Applying for a job at HUS as an international professional

Professional practice rights

All healthcare professionals working in Finland need to apply for licensing, the right to practice their profession in Finland or right to use protected occupational title from the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health, Valvira. This applies to people trained in Finland, people trained in another EU or EEA member state and people trained outside the EU/EEA.

To work in a health care profession in Finland, you must have a license granted by Valvira. Valvira charges a fee for every decision concerning licenses to practice a profession, and each applicant is responsible for the cost of the decision and additional training.

Rights to practise in social welfare and health care (Valvira)

Rights to practice in nursing

In Finland, Valvira grants the right to practice to nurses trained both in Finland and abroad. To acquire the right to practice, you must start the legalisation process with Valvira. Valvira will make a decision and a statement on any additional training required.

Rights to practice for doctors

Valvira grants persons who have completed a medical degree or a dental degree the right to perform their duties as a legalised medical doctor or a dentist in Finland.

A medical degree in an EU or EEA member state

If you have completed your medical degree in an EU or EEA member state, you can apply for a fixed-term right to practice medicine under the direction and supervision of a legalised medical professional. 

Information for a Medical Doctor trained in an EU or EEA Member State (Valvira)

Certain steps are required in the process, application, interviews, and language requirements for doctors trained outside the EU/EEA.

Information for a Medical Doctor trained outside of the EU/EEA (Valvira)

Language proficiency and qualifications

The official working languages of our organization for all positions are Finnish and Swedish. You must have sufficient spoken and written language skills to perform your duties. At the recruitment stage, we will assess whether your language skills are sufficient for the job you are applying for.

If you are applying for job as a healthcare professional, you must additionally demonstrate your language proficiency to Valvirain either Finnish or Swedish.

Demonstrating sufficient language proficiency (Valvira)

All our jobs have formal qualification and language criteria.

Moving to Finland and residence permit

Not yet living in Finland? Please check if you need to apply for a residence permit when you apply for a job here. For further information, visit the Finnish Immigration Office's website.