Promotion of medical care

Are you considering where to complete your clinical traineeship and practical year? Are you looking for a suitable location for your specialist training? Would you like to set up a GP or specialist practice and are therefore looking for a location for your own practice or employment opportunities?

Then Wolfsburg is the right destination for you as a family-friendly, green and dynamic city with attractive conditions and a wide range of support services.

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• Current newsletter 31/2025

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• Medical Students

  Wolfsburg physicians of tomorrow!

  Attractive clinical traineeships are available at Wolfsburg Hospital and the Wolfsburg Health Department as well as in numerous practices in the city.

  You can also complete your practical year or just one or two tertials at Wolfsburg Hospital. The elective course in public health is offered by the city's health department (Gesundheitsamt). A two-week rotation from the elective subject General Medicine to Public Health is possible. There are also interesting practices in Wolfsburg for the PJ. We will be happy to help you find the perfect place for you!"

  • Contact

    Clinical traineeships

    Contact at Wolfsburg Hospital Maximilian Müller Phone: 05361 80-1994 E-mail: maximilian.mueller@klinikum.wolfsburg.de Contact person Health Department Dr. Michael Brabant Phone: 05361 28-2032 E-mail: michael.brabant@stadt.wolfsburg.de Dr. Volker Heimeshoff Phone: 05361 28-2020 E-mail: gesundheitsamt@stadt.wolfsburg.de

    Practical year

    Contact at Wolfsburg Hospital PJ representative Prof. Dr. med. Tomislav Stojanovic Phone 05361 80-1588 E-mail: gch@klinikum.wolfsburg.de Contact Health Department Dr. Michael Brabant Phone: 05361 28-2032 E-mail: michael.brabant@stadt.wolfsburg.de Dr. Volker Heimeshoff Phone: 05361 28-2020 E-mail: gesundheitsamt@stadt.wolfsburg.de

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  • Practical year at Wolfsburg Hospital
  • Practical year at the Wolfsburg Health Department
• Doctors

  Are you looking for a job as a doctor and would like to work at Wolfsburg Hospital? If so, please contact Maximilian Müller, Human Resources and Social Services, or find out more about vacancies at Wolfsburg Hospital here.

  You can also find more interesting information about the clinic in the Wolfsburg Clinic section.

  Wolfsburg Hospital
  Maximilian Müller
  Sauerbruchstraße 7
  38440 Wolfsburg
  Telephone: 05361 80-1994
  E-mail: maximilian.mueller@klinikum.wolfsburg.de

  Become part of the clinic and get to know Wolfsburg!

  During your time at the clinic, Bernd-Michael Hilbig from the city administration will also be available to answer any questions you may have about your professional future in Wolfsburg

  City of Wolfsburg
  Health division
  Bernd-Michael Hilbig (Project Manager Medical Promotion)
  Rosenweg 1a
  38446 Wolfsburg

  Telephone: 0175-5575173 or 05361 28-5144
  E-mail: bernd-michael.hilbig@stadt.wolfsburg.de

  
  
• Establishment and promotion

  We promote and support you on your way to settlement!

  We also have an attractive funding program in place. For medical specialties that are at risk of being undersupplied, we grant a maximum subsidy of 50,000 euros. This funding for doctors paves the way for a new career start in Wolfsburg.

  We will also help you find a suitable practice location, place to live, daycare and school places and much more. You are very welcome in Wolfsburg. Mr. Hilbig is available to answer your questions.

  You can also find out from the staff of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Niedersachsen (KVN), Braunschweig district office, what specific options are available to you in Wolfsburg. The colleagues there will be happy to discuss the topics of licensing, employment, practice design, etc. with you and work with you to find the best solution for you.

  If you are interested in the flexidoc project, you will also find the right contact person there: the project manager.

  KVN

  Sonja Bäckert
  Phone: 0531 2414-218
  E-mail: sonja.baeckert@kvn.de

  
  

• Life and work in Wolfsburg

  Let yourself be carried away by the dynamics and diversity of Wolfsburg!

  Wolfsburg is

  • an impressive business location
  • Most dynamic city in Germany (IW Cologne, 2016)
  • Most family-friendly city in Lower Saxony (2009)
  • Child-friendly municipality (2014)
  • Cosmopolitan with more than 145 nationalities represented

  Wolfsburg has

  • idyllic and green oases (Wolfsburg is one of the greenest cities in Germany)
  • top-class sports (women's and men's soccer, ice hockey)
  • an educational landscape and is a university location
  • a comprehensive all-day offer at schools

  Wolfsburg offers

  • leisure and adventure for the whole family
  • culture and architecture
  • Green living
  • Innovation and technology
  • Mobility (excellent transport links)

  Wolfsburg - impressively young!

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  • Your Wolfsburg" citizen magazine
  • Wolfsburg Economy and Marketing GmbH
• Wolfsburg Clinic
  

  Klinikum Wolfsburg is a hospital providing specialist care and, with the MedizinCampus Wolfsburg (MCW), a clinical training location of the University Medical Center Göttingen. We have 547 beds in 20 clinics and institutes as well as our own nursing school for the training of nurses and pediatric nurses and provide care for the city of Wolfsburg with around 125,000 inhabitants as well as numerous patients from the region.
  

  • Wolfsburg Clinic

• Council adopts amendment to funding guidelines - grants now also for students, innovations and rental of real estate/technical equipment

  On 04.09.2024, the Wolfsburg City Council decided to fundamentally expand the funding for the recruitment of medical professionals. In addition to the extension of the funding for the establishment of doctors, which began in 2013 (with a maximum grant of EUR 50,000.00), further measures were approved from 01.01.2025.

  The new funding measures now also allow funding for students. This should enable them to get to know the medical structures and players in Wolfsburg at an early stage and increase their interest in working there later on. This is achieved with the following measures:

  • Financial support for students of human medicine completing compulsory internships (clinical traineeships) and courses at the Wolfsburg Medical Campus in the city of Wolfsburg
  • Granting of remuneration in accordance with TVöD for students who complete their practical year at the public health department,
  • Awarding scholarships for students at the Wolfsburg medical campus.

  In addition, a mentoring program will support students during their studies.

  In addition to promoting the establishment of medical practices, the promotion of innovative approaches in GP care will be introduced as a new element. Innovations eligible for funding can be made in the following fields:

  • Practice organization
  • cooperation
  • digitalization
  • delegation
  • Accessibility

  The innovation grant is a maximum of 50,000.00 euros per innovation field, up to a maximum of 150,000.00 euros.

  If there is a special reason, there is also the possibility of a grant for the rental and use of a property, technical equipment or similar.

  Further details can be found in the attached guidelines.

  • Guidelines for the promotion of general practitioner and specialist care in Wolfsburg
  • Guidelines for the promotion of students at the Wolfsburg Medical Campus
• Czech student completes clinical traineeship at Wolfsburg Hospital

  Time passed faster than expected. Mr. Hudec's three-week clinical traineeship in gynaecology/obstetrics at Wolfsburg Hospital ended at the beginning of June. Time for the
  project manager Bernd-Michael Hilbig to sum up the last day with the Czech student. There were some interesting statements that
  that may also be helpful for future students.

  How was your time at Wolfsburg Hospital? It was my third internship at a German hospital!

  As with the last internships in German clinics, it was very demanding in terms of language. You have to be very attentive. That makes you a bit tired, but it's also always exciting. It's exciting to get to know a foreign city and a foreign structure and to always adapt to new people. In my experience, the doctors here take a lot of time to explain things and are very nice.

  What have you seen of the city of Wolfsburg?

  I went to the wine festival ("I only looked from the outside, it was very crowded") and the Campus Open Air. I also went to Wolfsburg Castle and saw the art exhibitions there.
  art exhibitions there. I also found the exhibitions in the art museum interesting, especially "Weightless". I didn't go jogging that often, as I still had to
  I still had to learn.

  What's next for you?

  I have my exam in gynecology and obstetrics on June 11, 2025. If I pass, then I'll be a doctor.

  And then you'll come to Wolfsburg for further training?

  I still have to think about that and discuss it with my girlfriend (laughs). But I'm keeping my eye on Wolfsburg Hospital.

  And finally, what would you like to say?

  I would like to say thank you for the support and care I have received here in Wolfsburg. Czech or Slovakian students are welcome to get in touch with me. I am happy to answer any questions about an internship or clinical traineeship in Germany. Please send your inquiries to vit.hudecak@gmail.com.

  We wish Mr. Hudec a safe journey home and all the best for his exams. Perhaps we will see you again soon. The next Czech and Slovakian students
  The next Czech and Slovakian students, whose interest in a clinical traineeship in Wolfsburg was aroused at the job fair in Prague, are expected in July 2025.

  

  Vit Hudec and Bernd-Michael Hilbig

  
  

• After job fair in Prague 2024 - First student starts clinical traineeship at the hospital

  After job fair in Prague 2024 - first student starts clinical traineeship at the hospital
  In October 2024, the large job fair for medicine and nursing took place in Prague, at which the city of Wolfsburg was represented. After numerous discussions and contacts, the first student met there began his mandatory internship at Wolfsburg Hospital in mid-May 2025. The 25-year-old Vit Hudec is completing the three weeks in the gynecology/obstetrics department. Reason enough for doctors Zuzana Kratochvilova and Bernd-Michael Hilbig, who were both also at the job fair in Prague, to welcome him. Of course, there was also time for a short interview.

  How was the journey? Did everything go well?
  I took the Flix bus to Berlin and then the ICE train to Wolfsburg. On the subsequent walk to the clinic, I got to know the city center and the climb through the forest (laughs). Everything worked out quite well.

  What is your first impression of Wolfsburg?
  Above all, I was surprised by all the greenery. I've already been jogging extensively in the woods. I will certainly have a look at one or two more places.

  And the Wolfsburg Clinic?
  It's a larger hospital. I'm getting on well here. There's a lot of theory involved in the internship at the moment.

  What ultimately tipped the scales in favor of an internship in Wolfsburg? You've already done internships in Berlin and Kreischa (near Dresden).
  First of all, it has to be said that Wolfsburg was the largest city represented at the job fair. I also like to try out new things.
  A larger maternity ward was also important for my decision-making process. For my studies, 300 births a year don't help me. So it had to be a larger clinic. I want to see a lot of what happens before, during and after the birth.
  I also want to improve my German. And people speak the best High German in northern Germany (laughs).

  What do you think about the subsidy for the compulsory internship from the city of Wolfsburg?
  It's nice to receive additional financial support.

  Then we wish Mr. Hudec all the best for the rest of his days at Wolfsburg Hospital. We will meet up with him again at the end and draw a few conclusions.

  

  On the photo from left Zuzana Kratochvilova, Vit Hudec, Bernd-Michael Hilbig

  
  
  

• Wolfsburg Hospital receives gold award for outstanding hand hygiene

  Hospital hygienist Dr. Birgit Feier: "Recognition is an incentive for us to maintain our high standards in the future."

  The "Clean Hands Campaign" has awarded Wolfsburg Hospital the gold award for its exemplary commitment to hand hygiene. This prestigious recognition underlines the hospital's constant efforts to ensure the highest standards of hygiene and maximize patient safety.

  Priv.-Doz. Dr. Alina Dahmen, Medical Director of Wolfsburg Hospital, emphasizes: "This award is proof of our constant commitment and the work of our entire team. Hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures to prevent the transmission of infections in a hospital. We are very proud that our efforts in this area have been recognized and that we can now celebrate another "Gold"." The hospital has already been awarded the silver certificate in the past two years.

  Dr. Birgit Feier, hospital hygienist at Klinikum Wolfsburg, adds: "This award shows that we fully comply with national standards and in some cases even exceed them. We want to continue to create a safe environment for our patients and employees and see this recognition as an incentive to maintain our high standards of hygiene."

  The gold award recognizes the comprehensive measures taken by the hospital with regard to hand hygiene. These include regular staff training and the continuous monitoring and improvement of hygiene measures, such as monitoring the use of hand disinfectant. These initiatives make a significant contribution to reducing infection rates at the hospital and increasing patient safety.

  The "Clean Hands Campaign" is a national campaign to improve hand disinfection compliance in German healthcare facilities. It was launched on January 1, 2008 with the support of the Federal Ministry of Health by the National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (NRZ), Aktionsbündnis Patientensicherheit e.V. (APS) and the Gesellschaft für Qualitätsmanagement in der Gesundheitsversorgung e.V. (Society for Quality Management in Healthcare).

  

  Gold award for hand disinfection activities (from left to right): The hygiene team at Wolfsburg Hospital led by hospital hygienist Dr. Birgit Feier (left) and Medical Director Priv.-Doz. Dr. Alina Dahmen (right) present the certificate

  Photo: Julia Klemp
• Summary of the Prague job fair: Many discussions, numerous contacts, satisfied organizers and exhibitors

  After several years, the city of Wolfsburg was once again represented at the Medical and Nursing Job Fair in Prague. The stand was very busy, as many people knew the city of Wolfsburg by name and Czech and English were also spoken here. This was due to the doctor Zuzana Kratochvilova, who works in the health department and comes from the Czech Republic herself. She was joined at the stand by Bernd-Michael Hilbig, the project manager for the promotion of business establishment at the City of Wolfsburg. Both were pleased to welcome many visitors to the fair who enquired about an internship, further training or a job. There were probably more than 100 conversations held. After two days at the job fair, they returned with a rucksack full of contact forms and the realization that "it was good that we presented the city of Wolfsburg and Wolfsburg Hospital. Now we have to use the contacts made by interested students, doctors and nursing staff to make them an interesting offer for an internship or a job," said Andreas Bauer, the city councillor responsible for the health division.

  

  The Wolfsburg stand at the Jobdays in Prague
• Planning for extension to hospital can begin

  Instead of renovating the existing central surgery area at Wolfsburg Hospital, a completely new building is now to be erected, which will also house other areas such as the urology clinic and radiology. The extension to the hospital is now to be planned at a cost of 14 million euros. This was decided by the Wolfsburg City Council at its meeting in September 2024. Construction costs are expected to total 120 million euros. The state of Lower Saxony will contribute to the costs with financial support. This will future-proof Wolfsburg Hospital for the coming decades and secure medical care for patients.

• More than 250 visitors at Berlin job fair "Operation Career

  For the third time after 2015 and 2016, the city of Wolfsburg presented itself at the "Operation Karriere" medical job fair in Berlin. In the dbb forum, interested students and doctors were able to learn a lot about the various employers from the exhibitors on the day before the second Advent from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm. A total of 28 clinics, federal associations and organizations as well as the city of Wolfsburg, the only local authority, presented themselves in the large reception hall. More than 250 people took advantage of the offer. As we learned from various conversations, they came not only from Berlin, but also from Saxony, Hesse and Brandenburg.

  The fair's offer was rounded off by free professional application photos and a total of 21 presentations on professional and organizational career information. For example, Bernd-Michael Hilbig, project manager for the promotion of doctors, gave a presentation entitled "Settling down - why in Wolfsburg", which provided insights into the support offered to doctors looking to settle down. A job board at the trade fair showed interested parties various vacancies at a glance. Visitors learned a lot about the possibilities for their future careers. And the city of Wolfsburg with its support program was probably remembered by one or the other.

  
  

  
• Announcement dated May 17, 2022: Hospitals in Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg and Braunschweig to expand cooperation

  Cooperation agreement signed

  The hospitals of the cities of Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg and Braunschweig want to further expand their cooperation. On Tuesday, 17 May, Wolfenbüttel's Mayor Ivica Lukanic, Wolfsburg's Lord Mayor Dennis Weilmann and Lord Mayor Dr. Thorsten Kornblum signed a cooperation agreement together with the managing directors of the three hospitals Axel Burghardt (Wolfenbüttel Municipal Hospital), Wilken Köster (Wolfsburg Hospital) and Dr. Andreas Goepfert (Braunschweig Municipal Hospital) in Braunschweig Town Hall.

  The agreement is intended to intensify the existing cooperation. Specific objectives are the creation of a jointly used diagnostics center, the strengthening of the study location East Lower Saxony and the strengthening of activities to ensure the supply of specialist staff to the clinics. In addition, shared facilities - including a service center - are to be examined. There are also plans to create a jointly used midwifery course as the fourth study location in Lower Saxony.

  In addition, the clinic managements want to act more jointly with regard to important topics and interests vis-à-vis third parties and the public. More regular meetings and exchanges between the clinic managements have been agreed. In addition, the chairmen of the supervisory boards will meet at least every six months in future.

  "With the agreement signed today, the clinics are declaring that, in view of the major challenges of the coming years, they want to work together even more closely than before and jointly represent their interests," said Lord Mayor Dr. Thorsten Kornblum. "It is important to me that we strengthen and further develop the study location of Eastern Lower Saxony together."

  Dennis Weilmann, Lord Mayor of the City of Wolfsburg, added: "Inter-municipal cooperation is an important factor for a successful region, from which we all ultimately benefit. This is now being demonstrated once again with the expansion of cooperation in the healthcare sector through our clinics. I am therefore very pleased to be able to sign this cooperation agreement on behalf of the city of Wolfsburg. Acting together and supporting each other in many areas and specific projects in the future is absolutely the right way forward. This has been demonstrated not least by the major health challenges during the pandemic."

  "Collaboration is beneficial for the hospitals under municipal ownership for everyone," emphasizes Wolfenbüttel's mayor Ivica Lukanic. "The agreement signed today by the municipal hospitals of three important cities is a clear signal of how important optimal medical care for our citizens is to us. Strengthening the study location of eastern Lower Saxony will help to ensure sufficient medical care in our region in the long term and we local authorities are the driving force behind this."

  
  

• Contact

  City of Wolfsburg
  Health division
  Bernd-Michael Hilbig (Project Manager Medical Promotion)
  Rosenweg 1a
  38446 Wolfsburg

  Phone: 0175 5575173 or 05361 28-5144
  E-mail: bernd-michael.hilbig@stadt.wolfsburg.de