Slovenia

Organisation Responsible for the Professional Recognition Process:
Entity name: 
MEDICAL CHAMBER OF SLOVENIA
Address: 

 dalmatinova 10, p.p. 1630                            
1000 ljubljana                 
 slovenia

Phone: 
+386 1 30 72 100
Fax: 
+386 1 30 72 109
Web url: 
www.zzs-mcs.si
Contact Person: 
MRS. MILICA TRENKIČ
Contact Person's email: 
MILICA.TRENKIC@ZZS-MCS.SI
Documents needed/Requirements for Recognition
Other Requirements: 

 For a doctor to be an independent medical services practitioner it is compulsory to comply with the terms provided by the labour law and other regulations, as well as specific requirements provided by the General Practitioners Services Act. 
A doctor / dentist is required to:

  • have adequate professional qualifications and training
    A doctor / dentist is qualified for independent practice if he/she has a degree from the Medical faculty in EU country  or an evidence on the official recognition of a foreign university degree, and have also completed:
    • Dentist: internship,
    • Specialist doctor: medical specialisation,
    • Dental specialist: dental specialisation,
  • be fully registered with the Medical Chamber of Slovenia
    Apply for registration – membership in the Medical Chamber of Slovenia.

A doctor is required to use the Slovenian language while practicing medical services and if working in a mixed bilingual area of Italian or Hungarian national minority, he /she also has to use the Italian or Hungarian language.
Language knowledge is proven by a secondary school certificate or an educational institution certificate.

More information at www.zzs-mcs.si

Deadlines and Duration
Deadlines: 

 None.
The procedure usually lasts  from 3-6 months.  

Existent Medical Dedrees
Medical Degrees: 

 There are only two medical degrees in Slovenia. Doctor of medicine and Doctor of dental medicine, after completing medical university program. 

Additional Information
Recertification required: 
Yes
Recertification Information: 

 Every seven years the license has to be renewed, in that time CME points should be gathered.

Organisation Responsable for Postgraduate Medical Training
Entity: 
MEDICAL CHAMBER OF SLOVENIA
Address: 

Dalmatinova 10, p.p. 1630                                                            
1000 ljubljana                
slovenia

Phone: 
+386 1 30 72 100
Fax: 
+386 1 30 72 109
Web url: 
www.zzs-mcs.si
Training Program Advertisement:
Advertisement: 

 Nowhere. Chamber has the list of all training positions, so you have to ask the officials.

Enrollment requiments: 

 A foreign national can conduct specialisation in the Republic of Slovenia in accordance with the procedure and conditions, determined by the General Practitioners Services Act (PDF; size: 335 kB) in the Rules on the types and curriculum of specialization of doctors in compliance with the programme, valid for the nationals of the Republic of Slovenia.
The medical Chamber of Slovenia opens a public invitation for tender at least once a year, with possible application for specific specialist fields and specific geographical regions.

Deadlines
Application Deadlines: 

 None.

Selection Process
Selection Process Description: 

 Each applicant should send an inquiry on positons intrested in.

Working Conditions
Type of Contracts: 

Contracts are made for indefinitive period for specialists, 40 hours weekly, with 3-5 on  calls per month.In the future there will be an option to make an individual contract.

 Foreign trainees in basic does not receive any salary. If the trainee fullfils the conditions governing the exercise of medical profession and fullfils the conditions to be recorded in medical register, can be employed and receive salary.

Sick Leave: 
Yes
Payed vacation: 
Yes
Maternity leave: 
Yes
Other Information
Perspective towards migration of Helthcare Professionals and additional information: 

 Tender application (hereinafter: application) must include the original or a certified copy of the following:
1.    evidence on completed studies at a medical faculty in Slovenia or evidence on the official recognition of a foreign medical university degree or a decision on equivalence of foreign title with the Slovenian professional title of doctor of medicine or doctor of dental medicine (only for specialisation in maxillofacial surgery) obtained within the procedure of recognition under the act, regulating the recognition and evaluation of education; *(official recognition is not necessary for doctors and dentists who completed their studies within the former Yugoslav republics before 25 June 1991),
2.    evidence on having completed the professional examination in the Republic of Slovenia (completed by the application closing date); *
* Candidates from Member Countries of the European Union can replace the evidence required in point 1 and 2 above by submitting evidence on qualification recognition to practice a profession within the Republic of Slovenia, obtained within the procedure of qualification recognition under a special act,
3.    a statement that, following specialisation, the candidate will accept as his first employment as a specialist an offer from the public health service authority in the region for which he is standing as a candidate, and this for at least a period equivalent to the duration of the specialisation; should he decline the offer from the region, he shall be obliged to work within public health service for a single period equivalent to the duration of the specialisation.
 
 

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