First graduates of OTA training: Osnabrück Clinic celebrates its premiere!

First graduates of OTA training: Osnabrück Clinic celebrates its premiere!

On July 24, 2025, the time had finally come: The Osnabrück Clinic said goodbye to the first graduates of the new training on operating assistants (OTA). In the festive framework of the exam celebration, the 14 freshly baked specialists, among whom there were 11 women and 3 men, received their professional license and are now optimistic about the future. This training was introduced at the clinic three years ago and has been very popular since then.

As part of the celebration, numerous representatives from the clinic management congratulated the graduates. Deputy headmistress Dr. Janika Grunau, member of the works council Iris Menzel, head of department Christine Hochstauf, as well as the course instructor Esther Schulte-Möller and the practice manager Meike Heuing were present to appreciate the performance of the graduates. Managing Director Klaus Beekmann particularly emphasized the technical knowledge and human skills that the graduates could acquire in the three years of training, and congratulated the "pioneer" congratulated. Osradio.de reports that the graduates are now being used primarily in the operating room and in other clinical areas.

training with perspective

OTA training starts in summer every year and enjoys a stable request. With the new training model, a legal reorganization of the regulations in the health sector has been implemented since 2022. The graduates of this first cohort are particularly proud to have the end of this training. Your knowledge not only includes working in the operating room, but also in endoscopy and in other outpatient functional areas. [Klinikum-os.de] (https://www.klinikum-os.de/ueber-uns/news/detail/wegbereiter-akademie-klinikums-verabschiedet-erste-absolvierende-der-ota training) explains that you are also an anesthetic assistant (ATA), what yours Occupational opportunities increased.

The academy of the clinic also cooperates with other institutions, so that participants from hospitals in Ibbenbüren, Rheine and Bad Rothenfelde also benefited from OTA training. This interdisciplinary exchange not only ensures better training, but also a valuable experience for the prospective specialists.

The 14 graduates who are now starting in a promising professional future show how important the young professionals in the health sector is. The positive response to the new training model gives hope that future years will also find many jobs in this area.