Personal Care Workers in Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Personal Care Workers in Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 5329) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Dental aide
- First-aid attendant
- Hospital orderly
- Medical imaging assistant
- Pharmacy aide
- Phlebotomist
- Sterilization aide
Latest personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
4,276 open ads- Healthcare assistant
German title: Pflegeassistentin
BPG Berliner Personaldienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH · Berlin · Posted 2026-10-16 - Healthcare assistant
German title: Pflegeassistent
Alpha-Med KG · Duisburg · Posted 2026-10-15
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Sweden
21 open ads- Pharmacy technician
Swedish title: Apotekstekniker
Apoteket AB · Västerås · Posted 2026-10-15 - Pipette Calibrator - Täby - Full Time
Swedish title: Pipettkalibrerare - Täby - Heltid
Simplex Bemanning AB · Täby · Posted 2026-10-14 - Wet Chemistry Assistant
Swedish title: Assistent till våtkemin
ALS Scandinavia Aktiebolag · Luleå · Posted 2026-10-13 - Pharmacy technician
Swedish title: Apotekstekniker
Apoteket AB · Markaryd · Posted 2026-10-12 - Laboratory Engineer
Ytsab Defence AB · Upplands Väsby · Posted 2026-10-09 - Responsible pharmacy technician
Swedish title: Ansvarstagande apotekstekniker
REGION ÖSTERGÖTLAND · Linköping · Posted 2026-10-08
Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden
Where personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all service and sales workers (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Shortage | €510 a month | Sofia: €650 |
| Denmark | Shortage | €3,491 a month * | Copenhagen: €1,800 |
| Greece | Shortage | €1,166 a month * | Athens: €1,150 |
| Netherlands | Shortage | €2,491 a month | Not yet verified |
| Poland | Shortage | €892 a month | Warsaw: €840 |
| Portugal | Shortage | €1,014 a month * | Lisbon: €1,400 |
| Austria | Surplus | €2,397 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Belgium | Surplus | Not yet verified | Brussels: €1,150 |
| Czechia | Surplus | €1,124 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Finland | Surplus | €2,706 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
| Latvia | Surplus | €928 a month | Riga: €870 |
| Romania | Surplus | €767 a month * | Not yet verified |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all service and sales workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified do
This unit group covers providers of routine health and personal care support services not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 532: Personal Care Workers in Health Services. For instance, the group includes occupations such as dental aide, sterilization aide, hospital orderly, medical imaging assistant and pharmacy aide.
Typical tasks
- In such cases tasks would include -
- Cleaning and sterilizing surgical, dental and pharmaceutical instruments, bottles, beakers and other equipment
- Labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations and replenishing stock on shelves
- Lifting, turning and moving patients and transporting them in wheelchairs or on moveable beds
- Preparing patients for examination or treatment
- Setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting dentists or radiographers during procedures
- Exposing diagnostic X-rays
Finding personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Dental aide".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.