ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Filipino Labor Secretary Marianito Roque announced the implementation of "Nurses Assigned in Rural Service" (NARS) program throughout the country.
The program adopts a training-cum-employment scheme which aims to hire unemployed, but registered nurses to be deployed to their hometowns to undergo six-month training to perform public health functions and other clinical tasks to enhance their skills and employment opportunity in local hospitals and other medical facilities.
The NARS program is a collaborative undertaking of the Department of Labor and Employment, the Department of Health (DOH), and the Professional Regulations Commission's Board of Nursing (PRC-BON).
Roque also instructed all DOLE Regional Offices to entertain applications and conduct selection of nurses for deployment to rural municipalities in the region. Initially, 5,000 nurse-trainees would be selected for deployment all over the country specifically in the 3rd to 6th class municipalities.
In Zamboanga Peninsula, DOLE Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom directed all units and staff to conduct information dissemination on NARS Program.
The registration of applicants will be held at the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of the identified municipalities and at the DOLE provincial Offices or through the Internet which can be accessed on this URL: http://www.nars.dole.gov.ph where application form can be downloaded.
The requirements for hiring nurses are as follows: with valid nurse license issued by the PRC, not over 35 years old, resident of the identified municipalities; and no nursing-related practice for 1-3 years. Qualified nurse applicants who are dependents of workers affected by the Global Crisis shall be given priority in the selection.
On the other hand, Ligutom stressed that the first level screening and evaluation will be done by the PESO and the Municipal Health Office while the second level will be conducted by DOLE-IX Provincial Heads, HRMO and the Assistant Regional Director.
The final selection will be at the Office of the Regional Director. The orientation and deployment of nurses in the local hospitals is scheduled on April 1. While on training, nurses would receive a minimum allowance from DOLE worth P8,000 a month.
Another batch of 5,000 nurse-trainees would be recruited within August 15 to September 30 and the deployment would commence on October 1.
The program is part of the government's efforts to generate jobs for the unemployed workers, thus, promote the employment opportunities in line with strategies aimed at mitigating the impact of the global financial crisis on the Filipino workforce.
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