During the recent 5^th Philippine Nursing Opportunities Conference, Expo and Job Fair last September 18-19 at the Mandarin Oriental Suites Hotel, thousand of job opportunities for nurses were unveiled.

The nursing conference was led and organized by Miss Emma San Juan, president of the Elite Consultancies, Inc., they are one of the most active group that lead annual conference for nurses.

Lead by top immigration firm in New Zealand, the Manawatu Immigration Services, LTD. was invited to discuss job opportunities for nurses in their country.

Contrary to the previous news that circulated the country early this year with New Zealand restricting foreign workers, the immigration firm says that many medical institutions and organizations are still open for hiring foreign workers especially Filipino nurses.

The immigration firm says that thousands of job opportunities for nurses and other related medical profession are ready to be filled in New Zealand. Such jobs are the following:

• Nurse

Qualifications: Minimum of one year hospital experience with IELTS band score of 7.00 for each subject valid for 2 years. Must be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Salary Range: Php117,000-137,500 a month.

• Nurse Manager/Nurse Researcher

Qualifications: Minimum of one year hospital experience with IELTS band score of 7.00 for each subject valid for 2 years. Must be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Salary Range: Php117,000-137,500 a month.

• Ambulance Paramedic (Advance Life Support)

Qualification: Minimum of Two years experience as a nurse or ambulance paramedic

Salary Range: Php117,000-137,500 a month.

• Ambulance Paramedic (Intermediate Life Support)

Qualification: Minimum of Two years experience as a nurse or ambulance paramedic

Salary Range: Php117,000-137,500 a month.

• Medical Diagnostic Radiographer/Medical Radiation Therapist/Nuclear Medicine Technologies

Qualification: Minimum of two years experience as a Medical Radiation Therapist or any related field. Graduate of BS Medical Radiation Therapy or any related course.

Salary Range: Php125,000-200,000 a month.

• Food Technologist

Qualification: Minimum of two years experience as Food Technologist. Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Food Science or Food Engineering.

Salary Range: Php105,000-187,500.

*Applicants for the above job vacancies must be a licensed professionals authenticated by the Philippine Regulatory Commission.

The Manawatu Immigration Services, LTD is a New Zealand based immigration firm. You may email Mr. Geoffrey Abraham, a licensed immigration adviser of Manawatu at geoff@manawatuimmigrationservices.co.nz or alicia@manuwatuimmigrationservices.com.nz for their local transaction and offices.