FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. Which are the conditions of eligibility?

• A person coming from the European Union or holding a long-term residence permit in a EU country or being married with a EU citizen or being the citizen of a country which previously passed a worker-exchange agreement with France.
• Having a Medical Doctor Degree and a Specialist Degree from a state member of the European Union (Directive 2005/36/EC),
• Registrable or registered by the College of Doctors in France.

2. Is it mandatory to speak French?

Each applicant who wants a job in France must speak the French language well in order to be able to keep up an interview with the employer and later to be able to communicate properly with the patients. (For the moment neither French Authorities nor Hospitals require a language certificate.

3. How much does a Doctor earn?

In French Public Hospitals Specialist Doctors have incomes starting from about 4800 EUR per month, to which significant amount of money is added for the duties.

Public Hospitals offer a contract and a salary based on the skills and experience of each Candidate.

Specialists working in a Clinic and/or in their own private practice can foresee a gross income of 8000-9000 EUR per month, and in several very requested Specialties (Radiology, Anesthesiology, Gastroenterology) even 12000-13000 EUR per month or more.

In France 18% is automatically deducted from the gross salary (employee contribution and others). Since the 1st of January 2019 the income-tax called “IRPP” is also automatically deducted from the gross salary each month and it figures directly on the payslip of each Employee, representing between 10 – 15% of additional deductions, taking into account the personal and family status of each taxpayer (level of income, marital status, number of children, etc)

4, Who arranges the documents needed for the employment?

We advise You in all administrative steps in order to obtain documents required by the Hospital and French Authorities.

We handle the formalities for the recognition of your professional qualifications and your registration by the College of Doctors in France.

We foresee a meeting with a Member of the College of Doctors of the competent department for the moment when You will undertake your visit at Employer’s office.

5. Do You organize language courses?

No, we don’t, but we can guide You to those who are specialists in this field.

6. Which are the steps of the process of selection?

After receiving your CV, we’ll contact You by phone in order to determine your priorities and your needs.

We’ll then foresee an interview where we will establish among others whether You have a good enough level of the French language.

The next step is a phone or online interview with the Employer in France, who is represented in the majority of the cases by the General Manager, the Medical Affairs / HR Manager and the competent Head of the Department.

In case of a successful interview we arrange a visit for You to the Employer’s office.

In parallel we handle the formalities for the recognition of your professional qualifications and your registration by the College of Doctors in France.

In case of a successful visit and when You are registered by the College of Doctors, You can start work.

7. For how long lasts this process?

A person who has good French knowledge and who has all the required documents can begin to work after 3 months from the first interview.

Please take into account that there are also administrative aspects which may render more difficult the getting of the documents and which may extend the initial 3 months process with more than 3 months.

8. Which are the tariffs requested by your agency?

We ask no commission from the Candidates.

9. Which are the jobs You offer?

Job offers.

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