Studentjob
Want to combine work and study? Looking for additional
income during the holidays or through the academic year? Would you like to
work in a hospital, nursing home, laboratory or in the homecare sector?
Express Medical can help you to find what you are looking for.
- Student subject or not subject to Social
- Security contributions
- Positions provided by Express Medical
- The benefits of working via Express Medical as a student
- Good to know
- Apply as a student
Select the status you wish to work under: Student subject to Social Security contributions (student worker) or Student not subject to Social Security contributions (student doing part-time work)
All students working for an employer and receiving a salary come under the legislation for student workers. This legislation sets out what is allowed and what is not in terms of student work, as well as the rules governing Social Security contributions, income tax and entitlement to family allowance.
You are required to select the status you wish to work under at the beginning of the year. Once you have made your choice, you can no longer change it and the status chosen will apply for the entire calendar year. It will also define the maximum number of days that you can work during the year.
There are two separate statuses:
- the status of a student not subject to Social Security contributions, which enables you to receive a higher level of net pay;
- the status of a student subject to Social Security contributions, which has the advantage of no restrictions regarding the number of days you can work during the year.
Think carefully: the choice is yours!
Status of a student not subject to Social Security contributions
- With this status, the maximum number of authorised working days per year is 46: 23 days during terms 1, 2 and 4 + 23 during the summer holidays (July, August, September).
- The amount of Social Security contributions deducted from your pay is then limited to a "solidarity" contribution (4.5% during the academic year and 2.5% during the summer holidays) and no withholding tax will be deducted from your pay.
Status of a student subject to Social Security contributions
- With this status, you can work as many days per year as you wish
- On the other hand, the amount deducted from your pay for Social Security contributions will be 13.07% (the same as for a normal worker) and an amount of withholding tax will be deducted from your pay.
Positions provided by Express Medical
We are constantly looking for student nurses (who have
passed their first year) to carry out temporary assignments.
During the summer months, we are also looking for students who can do the following jobs:
- nurse
- nursing auxiliary
- administrative employee
- laboratory technician
- kitchen staff
- cleaning staff
- all sorts of other jobs (warehouseman, technician, IT worker, etc.)
The benefits of working via Express Medical as a student
- Express Medical is in contact with over 80 hospitals, 250 nursing homes and numerous companies working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
- Every year, over 700 students find work via Express Medical.
- You choose the region yourself where you want to work and when (throughout the year or during the school/university holidays).
- Express Medical handles all of the administrative procedures and will answer all of your legal or employment-related questions.
Good to know
- from the age of 18, working at night and at the weekend in the healthcare sector is permitted for students
- if you have passed your first year of nursing studies, you can already work as a nursing auxiliary after registering with the Ministry for Public Health.
- To work in a nursing home or in the homecare sector as a nurse or nursing auxiliary, you need to have an INAMI number.
Apply as a student
Interested?
Simply contact the branch of Express Medical in your area or register online.
To make the registration procedure easier, have the following documents ready:
- your identity card
- your SIS (health fund) card
- recent proof of registering from a study course
- your diploma/degree certificate if you have completed your final year
Student nurses/nursing auxiliaries must also provide:
- a certificate proving that you have passed your first year
- a certificate of good character
- your INAMI number (if you want to work in a nursing home)
- your vaccination booklet/medical certificate medical showing your suitability for the work
