Overview of job opportunities:
Professional Connections recruits nurses to "perm" nursing jobs for The Middle East, The United Kingdom and Australia.
Middle East
At least two years post graduate experience is essential. To be eligible to license as a nurse in The Middle East, most of the licensing/ registration authorities want to hire people that have been working full time in a clinical post for the past two years. Your basic nurse education needs to be not less than three years duration.You will generally be placed in the same ward speciality that you are currently working in. Contracts for nurses are typically single unaccompanied status. You need to hold an executive nursing role for the hospital to offer you a married/ accompanied status contract.
Contract highlights:
One year renewable contracts, free return flight, 45- 61 days paid leave dependent on the hospitals you are selected for. Free accommodation and utilities, free healthcare. Overtime of up to 80 hours per month offering you a chance to significantly increase your tax-free income. Salary is calculated as follows. Basic salary + speciality premium + increments for years of experience and postgraduate qualifications and other joining incentive bonuses.
United Kingdom:
Professional Connections recruits for NHS Trusts. There are nursing vacancies throughout the UK. NHS Trusts welcome new graduate and experienced nurses from the EU and nurses with at least 12 months post graduate experience if based outside the EU.
Contract highlights:
Permanent contracts to EU nurses and contract validity is the term of your visa if you are a non-EU passport holder. Trusts offer generous relocation packages. Pay your NMC English language assessment exam, NMC exam fees and provide free training. Pay your medical and visa processing costs. £1000 or two months free accommodation and assist you securing a permanent place to stay. Pay your flight to the UK to take up employment.
To be eligible to nurse in the UK you need to hold a valid NMC Registration. Professional Connections will guide and assist you with each and every stage of your NMC registration application.
Ireland:
Professional Connections recruits nurses for public and private hospitals as well as nursing homes. Irish healthcare organisations welcome new graduate and experienced nurses, midwives and mental health nurses from the EU and nurses with at least two years post graduate experience if based outside the EU.
Contract highlights:
Permanent contracts for EU nurses. Contract validity is the term of your visa if you are a non-EU passport holder. Most hospitals offer generous relocation packages up to 1000EUR or two months free accommodation and pay your flight to Ireland to take up employment.
To be eligible to nurse in Ireland you need to hold a valid NMBI Registration. Professional Connections will guide and assist you with each and every stage of your NMBI registration application.
Australia:
Professional Connections is a New South Wales Health PORA agency. That means that we are on the panel of recruitment agencies that NSW Hospitals use to assist them with international recruitment of nurses, midwives and mental health nurses. We assist you with all aspects of relocation to New South Wales. To be eligible for sponsorship you need to have at least one year of post-graduate experience. In addition, to be eligible to gain nursing registration with the Australia nurse registration board (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - APHRA) you most likely need to have obtained your Degree in Nursing in Canada, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom or The United States of America.
You may be able to license if you obtained your nursing degree in Belgium - Flanders region, Chile, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore. Before applying for a nursing job in Australia please read the current information on the APRHA web pages with regard to eligibility to register/ license.
http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-and-Endorsement/International/Accreditation-requirements-of-the-qualification-assessment-model.aspx.
Contract highlights:
Visa sponsorship provided 457 and sometimes PR. Permanent nursing contracts. Very high rates of pay.