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Doctor in the public health service; application for a job

You can apply to work as a doctor in the public health service.

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Regierung von Niederbayern - Sachgebiet Z2 – Personal

Regierung von Niederbayern

Street address

Regierungsplatz 540
84028 Landshut

Postal address

Postfach

84023 Landshut

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Procedure details

They are mainly active in the following areas:

  • Social medicine and medical assessments (e.g. employment or fitness for duty examinations)
  • Pediatric and adolescent medicine, including school medical activities
  • Hygiene advice and supervision (including inspections) in medical, nursing, community and other facilities
  • Infection control, incl. tuberculosis care
  • Drinking water and bathing water hygiene
  • (Environmental) epidemiology and health reporting
  • Environmental medical issues
  • Vaccination consultations
  • Administrative enforcement of vaccination obligations
  • Health promotion and prevention in the context of public health
  • Participation in committees with a focus on public health
  • Psychosocial counseling for mentally ill and addicted people and their relatives
  • Expert advice and involvement in the specialist units for care and disability facilities - quality development and supervision (FQA)
  • Participation in sex education and sex education projects
  • Supervision of medical narcotics traffic (especially in medical and care facilities and pharmacies)
  • Professional supervision of members of the academic healthcare professions and other legally regulated non-medical healthcare professions
  • Health impact assessment in the context of environmental medical issues, including climate-related health risks

The doctors in the state sector of the Public Health Service (ÖGD) are mainly employed in the health administration of a district office. They are initially recruited as employees. Management positions within the health administration and civil servant status generally require successful participation in the public health officer course. This forms part of the training to become a specialist in public health and is offered annually by the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety. The public health officer course lasts at least six months and can be taken either full-time or part-time.

After completing the public health officer training course, you will be taken on as a civil servant (depending on your personal background in A13/A14) if you meet the other requirements under civil service law.

Recruitment requirements:

  • Completed degree in human medicine and medical license to practice medicine
  • Willingness to undertake further training as a specialist in public health, including successful completion of the public health officer course
  • Several years of clinical experience, a doctorate (Dr. med.) and a specialist title are desirable
  • Professional and personal aptitude for subsequent employment as a civil servant

Additional requirements for recruitment or employment as a civil servant are in particular

  • Health suitability
  • German citizenship or citizenship of another member state of the European Union, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland
  • Loyalty to the constitution
  • Suitability of character
  • Age limit: Under the current legal situation, it is generally only possible to become a civil servant up to the age limit of 45 years

There are 71 state health authorities in Bavaria (as part of the district offices) and 5 municipal health authorities (at the state capital Munich and the cities of Nuremberg, Augsburg, Ingolstadt and Memmingen). The Bavarian State Ministry for Health, Care and Prevention in cooperation with the respective governments is responsible for recruitment at the 71 district offices.

Please send your application to the government(s) in whose area of responsibility (administrative district) you wish to be employed. They will also be able to provide you with more detailed information on which district offices currently have vacancies. If you are interested in working for a municipal health authority, please contact the respective city administration.

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Application deadline: ongoing

Status: 16.01.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Gesundheit, Pflege und Prävention
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