Jobs for Nurses in KSA

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administrator (POEA) announced yesterday that the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in urgent need of 1,000 Female Nurses to be deployed in government hospitals is Saudi.

Qualifications:

* Applicants must be a licensed female nurse with at least one year hospital experience
* Not be more than 45 years old.

Requirements:

* detailed resume with job description
* school credentials
* employment certificates
* copy of passport
* two pieces of 2×2 recent photo at the Manpower Registry Division, Window M at the ground floor lobby of the POEA building.

Benefits:

* annual paid vacation
* free economy round trip ticket
* housing and transportation allowance
* and yearly renewal of contract.

Qualified nurses may personally submit their documents to:

Philippine Overseas Employment Administrator (POEA)
EDSA cor Ortigas Ave. Mandaluyong City
Philippines

Jobs for Nurses in Saudi Arabia

50,000 to 60,000 jobs awaits Filipino Nurses in Saudi Arabia within the next six months. Officials of the King Fahd Medical Center are in the country today interviewing prospective applicants.

Lito Soriano of the LBS E-recruitment Solutions said that the demand for nurses in the Middle East are very high and immediate in fact, King Fahd Medical Center has linked up with more than two Philippine recruitment agencies to fill up their vacancies.

Saudi increased its inflation allowance from five percent to 10 percent of the basic salary, which would range from $600 to $1,000. This is on top of free housing, free transportation, and yearly vacation.

Nurses with two years actual experience in tertiary hospitals with at least 200 bed capacities and working with modern equipment are the top priorities.

Unfortunately, the Philippines cannot fill out those requirements due to lack of tertiary hospitals in the country and the volunteer work of Filipino nurses in government hospitals were not properly recognized.

Applicants may send their applications to aplymsd@e-recruitment.com.ph or may also visit http://www.e-recruitment.com.ph for more details.

UK Gives Filipino Nurses Opportunities

Filipino nurses can now study and work at the same time in order to qualify to full-time employment as a nurse or senior carer in the United Kingdom.

This as a prominent university in UK has opened its door for Filipino healthcare professionals.

A company called International Student Advisors Ltd. Inc. has launched its Student Work Placement Scheme, in cooperation with the Anglia Ruskin University based in England, which gives nursing graduates an opportunity to qualify in the UK.

Under the said program, aspiring Filipino nurses who want to work in the UK are given the opportunity to study for a degree in Health and Social Care or a combined National Vocation Qualification or First Line Management qualification.

New Zealand’s New Policy Affects Second Coursers

The New Zealand Nursing Council now requires Filipino nurses particularly second coursers to study 2-3 more semesters in New Zealand before they can apply for registration.
The council reasoned that in taking nursing as a second course, the student’s course duration was shortened since he or she was exempted from certain subjects, which often meant finishing the course in two to three years, instead of four.
They also expressed worry that the rapid increase in the number of nursing students in the Philippines—about 450,000 in 2008 — might have an effect on the quality of the course.
An organization of Filipino migrant workers in New Zealand appealed Thursday to the Nursing Council to approve the registration of qualified Filipino nurses who have been working for at least one year before implementing the new policy requiring nurses to take on second courses.
According to Dennis Maga, Migrante-Aotearoa national coordinator, hundreds of Filipino Nurses will be forced to go home because they cannot afford to pay around NZ$20,0000 a year for the required additional semesters.
Mr. Maga recounted the experience of a Filipino nurse, a second-courser, who has been in New Zealand for almost three years and has a pending job offer in a hospital.
The council earlier issued other tougher requirements for overseas-trained nurses seeking employment in New Zealand. Under the new policy, effective January 1, 2009, all applicants including Filipinos must have a score of at least 7.0 in each band of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to qualify.