Medical doctors

Authorization
To work as a medical doctor in Denmark you will need to get an authorization from the Danish Board of Health. We will assist you retrieving the relevant documents.

Generel working conditions
Generally, employees are expected to work 37 hours per week. As a specialist doctor your working hours will vary with your schedule. Some weeks you might be expected to work up to 60 hours, while at other times you might not be assigned any shifts. The shifts vary between day and night shifts.
You have six weeks of paid holiday per year and also a day off from work on your child's first sick day.

How will you be paid?
Initially, you will be hired as a staff doctor with the intention of being hired as a consultant at a later date provided that you have fulfilled the language requirements. Naturally, when you are hired as a consultant, your salary will increase. For details about monthly basic wage estimation for a staff doctor, see below (please note that all figures are guidelines only):

Basic salary: (est.) DDK 49,500 (est. EURO 6,700)

On-Call Watch (5 shifts): DDK 5,000 (est. EURO 670) extra

Pension: 16.12% of the basic salary. This money is transferred to a closed account which you will be eligible to access upon retirement. This amount is in addition to your basic salary. This money can be transferred to Hungary should you choose to return.

Holiday pay: You will receive your full salary during the annual six-week compulsory holiday. However, the holiday pay is only available after the first full year of employment.

Childs first sick day: You are eligible for a day off with full salary should your child become sick and you are unable to arrange for an appropriate babysitter.

Note: All figures are estimates as some supplements are individually negotiated.

General compensation

Normal overtime: +50%, or DKK 442 (EURO 59) per hour

On duty watch - Weekends (24 hours): est. DKK 10,600 (EURO 1,413)

On duty watch - Monday-Friday (15 hours): est. DKK 6,630 (EURO 884)

Note: All the figures and data above are according to the collective agreement.

What is the collective agreement?
A collective agreement is a contract between employees and management governing wages, benefits and working conditions. The concept is defined as an agreement in which at least one of the parties is a collective body possessing the nature of a legal person. It applies, for example, to agreements concluded between the Danish Medical Association and the public authorities on the fees paid to doctors.

For more information on collective agreements in Europe, please visit: www.eurofound.europa.eu.

Settlement assistance
Before starting your new job, there will be a five-month training period. During your entire training period you will be receiving financial compensation to ensure that your everyday financial needs are met and you can fully focus on the training and education without having to worry about paying your bills.

We also provide those doctors living a long distance from Budapest with accommodation in Budapest which means that you can live near the training facilities without extra expenditure. 

For more information on income and financial compensation, please contact

Rasmus Jakobsen
raja@medicolink.dk
+45 2614 1020