British healthcare professionals targeted by Immigration New Zealand to fill skills shortage
By Anup Mittal | Sun, 08/09/2009 - 23:09
Now that there are significant job shortages in New Zealand, Immigration New Zealand is eager to welcome skilled British healthcare professionals who are willing to come to the country. Applicants will then be kept in constant touch with the District Health Boards of New Zealand which desperately require skilled professionals for the sector. In order to fill the shortages, recruitment agencies like the Health Professional NZ, are also working in this direction.
Now that there are significant job shortages in New Zealand, Immigration New Zealand is eager to welcome skilled British healthcare professionals who are willing to come to the country. Applicants will then be kept in constant touch with the District Health Boards of New Zealand which desperately require skilled professionals for the sector. In order to fill the shortages, recruitment agencies like the Health Professional NZ, are also working in this direction.
A wide variety of healthcare professionals is needed in New Zealand, with opportunities available in medical, nursing, clinical technician and allied health positions. Anyone who has recently become jobless in the UK or is unable to get job under present circumstances can apply.
In maximum cases, Brits are even entitled to permanent residency in the country if they have the required qualifications to acquire certain jobs in the healthcare industry. Even better is the fact that the process of immigration will not take more than a few months to complete due to huge shortages in the industry at this point.
Even junior doctors might be able to come to New Zealand on a working holiday visa provided they are between eighteen to thirty years old. With the help of working holiday visa, skilled as well as unskilled Brits can work and travel in New Zealand for a period of upto twenty-three months.
Healthcare Professional New Zealand’s Shyam Murti said that British healthcare professionals can find many challenging opportunities in New Zealand in rural as well as urban areas.
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