For many Nurses graduating in 2013, they may experience a degree of uncertainty about what direction they should take. News media continuously reminds of the harsh economic conditions and this certainly is a cause for concern for many graduates. Do you intend to stay in Ireland and possibly have to accept a job in a slightly less desirable position than you’d like? Perhaps you may consider a temporary move abroad where employment opportunities in your target profession may be easier to come by.

The Nursing sector is a diverse and exciting one and graduates will discover that there is considerable scope found in larger markets such as the UK. London Independent Hospitals can provide you with invaluable acute hospital experience, state-of-the-art healthcare facilities and many great courses that can provide career advancement. A graduate can benefit from these courses by using them to branch out into other disciplines that may not be as easily accessible in Ireland.

However, despite the large number of available roles, actually obtaining eligibility for work in the UK is not as clean cut a process as you might think. For nurses who have not previously trained in the UK, it is a requirement for you to have your qualifications registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). For more information on this process, visit www.nmc-uk.org. The lead time for registration can vary from 6 weeks to 6 months.

We recommend that you also register through a recruitment agency in the UK because they will possess the local knowledge of the market and will be familiar with the hiring managers for the hospitals you wish to work in. Be sure that you have registered with a reputable agency that is authorised to work with UK-based hospitals. Working in NHS and Private Hospitals can be most beneficial as these will potentially provide you with a number of career opportunities.
As with obtaining any job, the interview process is significant part of the process. Be sure to conduct the necessary preparation and research. For more information on how to successfully undertake a job interview check out the following article: Top 10 Tips for Interview Success.
The idea of working abroad may seem like a daunting prospect but the potential benefits are numerous and the invaluable experience and knowledge gained will allow you to return to Ireland with significant career advancement.

One of the most common and fundamental mistakes candidates continue to make is not ensuring they have produced a strong CV. For a recruiter, it is naturally a frustration to receive a poorly constructed and error-ridden CV from an otherwise qualified and suitable candidate. Your CV is one of the most important documents in your procession. It outlines your professional experience and should be structured in such as a way so as to showcase your talents, achievements and skills.

With so many CVs received every day, a recruiter spends an average of only about 20 seconds reading each one. This means that it is vitally important you keep it concise but also eye catching. CVs that contain spelling mistakes, sloppy editing, inappropriate fonts and extraneous details will quickly be ignored.

The following is a list of some top tips to help ensure that you have a CV that will stand out from all other applicants and give you the best possible chance of being considered for an interview.

• Customise your CV to each job you are applying for, this makes it clear to the recruiter / hiring manager that you are interested in working for them specifically.

• Your past experience should be written not as a list of duties and responsibilities but as achievements. Responsibility-based CVs fail to demonstrate how you went above and beyond the requirements of your role. They also don’t give employers any insight into what sets you apart from everyone else and what you bring to a company.

• Avoid writing whole sentences like: “I coordinated and managed all of the day-to-day operations of the east coast sales department”. This statement should read: “Coordinated and managed day-to-day operations of east coast sales department”. Not only is this sentence punchier, it also helps to reduce your CV’s word count.

• Try not to cram your entire CV onto one page. Many candidates attempt to find elaborate ways of condensing their professional experience onto one single A4 page. For example they might try reducing the font size. Such techniques are counterproductive and will only make your CV a challenge to read.

• With high volumes of applications being received every day, recruiters have begun using automated keyword search algorithms to filter through CVs. Make sure that your CV is Search engine optimised by including keywords related to the job opportunity you are applying for. Such keywords can be found in the job ad description.

I am currently looking to speak with experienced Nurses who may be interested in these excellent opportunities abroad – please share this blog with Nursing colleagues/friends trained in the UK or Ireland, who would like to spend a year working in Saudi Arabia, for the Middle East’s largest employers of Medical staff, and in the most innovative and technologically forward health facilities in the world. 55% of this organisation’s workforce are ex-patriates, 13% of which are from the EU, and with the majority of the staff speaking fluent English, you can forget about the “language” as being an obstacle.
Our client offer an attractive financial and benefits package including: subsidised housing (you’ll have your own apartment with all the mod cons), the chance and freedom to live in established and well developed communities, which contain shopping malls, bars and restaurants, gym, pools, private beach, running tracks, and tennis courts, amongst other amenities. You’ll also receive yearly return flights and tax free living and, with salaries of approximately £34,000 GBP, why are you even thinking twice about the move?
Interviews are taking place in London 15th – 18th April, and interview expenses will be covered for shortlisted applicants.
Clinical Vacancies include;
• A&E Nurses (2 years post graduate experience in A&E necessary)
• Paeds Nurses (2 years post graduate experience in Paediatrics necessary)
• Cardiology Nurses (2 years post graduate experience in Cardiac Nursing necessary)
• Ortho Nurses (2 years post graduate experience in Orthopaedics necessary
• Clinical Nurse Specialists in; Oncology, Pain, Cardiology, ICU & General Medical (Candidates will require a BSc Nursing & Masters Nursing qualifications, and minimum 3-5 years post graduate experience in their chosen specialty)
• Complex Care Lead Nurses in; Oncology, Paediatrics, Medical, Surgical & Cardiology (Candidates will require a BSc Nursing qualification and 9 years post graduate experience, 3 of which must be in their chosen specialty)
Escape the doom and gloom of constant talks of budgets, recessions, bank bail-outs, property taxes, bad weather, etc and take 1-2 years out to fulfil your sense of adventure, experience life in a foreign land, and enjoy the sun. It will be the best decision you’ve ever made.
Contact Annmarie on +353 1 4825354 (Ire) or 0844 2324983 (UK), or email annemarie.gallacher@cplhealthcare.com for more information.

Saudi Arabia is truly like another world, in a good way.  It is a unique country rich in culture, religion and tradition; hence the country has a lot to offer its visitors. This is a great chance to live and work in a tax free environment, gain solid work experience in reputable hospitals and yet be mesmerized with its bizarre and magical world.

Cpl Healthcare in partnership with its client now has vacancies for experienced Nurses.  Our client is one of the Middle East’s largest employers of medical staff, in some of the most innovative and technologically forward health facilities in the world.  Our client offer an attractive financial and benefits package, including subsidized housing and return flights to a certain value each year.  Communities are well developed and established. Your living area will be a single occupant flat.  Other amenities include; gyms, swimming pools, running tracks, tennis courts etc.

Clinical Vacancies:
•A&E/Emergency Department Nurses  (2yrs+ post graduate experience in their specialty)
•Paediatric Nurses (2yrs+ post graduate experience in their specialty)
•Cardiology Nurses (2yrs+ post graduate experience in their specialty)
•Orthopaedic Nurses(2yrs+ post graduate experience in their specialty)
•Outpatients Department – Division Heads/Nursing Shift Coordinators/Nursing Quality Improvement Coordinator – (BSc in Nursing & Masters, 15 yrs post graduate experience – 5yrs spent in management, @ 350+ bed Hospital)
•Clinical Nurse Specialists; Oncology, Pain, Cardiology/ICU, General Medical (BSc in Nursing & Masters, 3-5 yrs post graduate experience  in their specialty)
•Complex Care Lead Nurses; Oncology, Paediatric, Medical, Surgical,Cardiology (BSc in Nursing and 9 years clinical experience – 3 years in their specialty)

Apply in the strictest confidence:
Cpl Healthcare Contact: Catriona Ph +353 91 507510 E: catriona.kelly@cplhealthcare.com
www.cplhealthcare.com

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The conference will take place on March 20th and 21st in Limerick and is the only dedicated conference for the Social Care sector in Ireland this year.

The conference brings together all major stakeholders to discuss current issues affecting the sector.

Further details can be found on the Social Care Ireland conference 2013 website www.socialcareireland.ie

Critical Care Nurses work wherever critically ill patients are found, namely Intensive Care Units, Paediatric ICUs, Neonatal ICUs, Cardiac Care Units, Cardiac Catheter Laboratories, Telemetry Units, Emergency and Recovery Rooms.  We at Cpl are noticing a greater demand for experienced ICU Nurses in the global healthcare market. This in turn means that Critical Care Nurses have their pick of jobs, and are very much in demand.

Cpl is currently working with Europe’s largest single Intensive Care Unit, based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, with the capacity to care for 100 critically ill patients.  Our team is led by a RGN, who has a Higher Diploma in Critical Care Nursing and many years experience.  They have visited this site numerous times and cannot stop raving about it.  Seemingly it is an ideal place for an experienced Nurse to further develop their ICU skills and work with an industry leader in this space.  There is a huge buzz about this unit – it’s busy, fast paced, technologically advanced and innovative in their practices, and receives patients from their own A&E, other UK hospitals, and from overseas.

The future of Critical Care Nursing is very exciting; with rapid advances in healthcare and technology, more people are being cared for at home, meaning patients in Critical Care Units are more ill than ever.  Many patients in today’s Critical Care Units would not have survived in the past.  Due to the ever changing and evolving nature of Critical Care Nursing, we at Cpl feel it is extremely important for a Nurse with a strong interest to build their career in this field to work with the best Unit available in the country, and in the UK we believe this to be at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.  Here you will receive training and be at the centre of the latest information and practices in ICU Nursing, helping you develop your own skills and enable you to manage new treatments and technologies.

Candidate Requirements:

• Qualified
  Registered General Nurse
• Minimum
  6 months experience in the last 1.5 years working in a Critical Care setting
• NMC
  Registration or eligibility to apply
• Eligible
  to work in the UK

For more information or to apply please contact Catriona Kelly at Cpl Healthcare:

Ph: +353 91 507510 or UK Number 0844 232 0714

E-mail: catriona.kelly@cplhealthcare.com

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Last Friday night, members of the Cpl Healthcare team donned their glad rags and
headed for the Shelbourne Hotel where over 330 of Ireland’s leading recruitment
industry figures were gathered for the prestigious National Recruitment
Federation Awards 2012.

The awards are designed to identify and reward excellence in recruitment and Cpl
Healthcare had great success on the night, scooping the award for ‘Best in Practice Healthcare’ along with Cpl Healthcare’s Recruitment
Consultant, Aoife Berrigan picking up an individual gong for completing the NRF Certificate in Recruitment Practice Aoife’s grade ranked in the top 6 out of 142 students in 2012.

The evening was attended by Cpl Healthcare’s Managing Director, Niall McDevitt,
Elaine Higgins, Nursing Agency Manager and Annmarie Gallacher, Principal Team Lead Nursing Division.

The competition was excellent and achieving top spot in the ‘Best in Practice Healthcare’
category is a great accomplishment for the Cpl Healthcare team. Cpl Healthcare is dedicated to excellent recruitment practice and we are committed to fulfilling the needs of our clients and candidates alike.

Finally, huge congratulation goes out to all winners on the night and to the NRF committee for a thoroughly enjoyable event.

Niamh Rooney

Recruitment Consultant

CPL Healthcare

Ph: +353 91 507516

E: niamh.rooney@cplhealthcare.com

www.cplhealthcare.com

Looking out the window at the pouring rain I think to myself “I’d love to be on the opposite side of the world soaking up the sun!”  If you feel the same and are a qualified Midwife with 2 years experience then you’re in luck! I am currently recruiting midwives for a large teaching hospital in Brisbane.

Brisbane is a vibrant city in Queensland Australia with an exhilarating and diverse variety of attractions, restaurants and sights to suit all tastes. Brisbane’s riverfront setting, perfect climate, cultural diversity, unique architecture and unrivalled employment growth make it one of the most attractive cities to live in Australia. It is clean and safe, with beautiful parks and gardens and a lively cultural scene. It has excellent transport links with Sydney just over one hour away from Brisbane by plane.

As nurses and midwives are in high demand in Australia most visa applications for nurses and midwives receive priority processing. To work in Australia, nurses and midwives need to be registered or enrolled by the nurse regulatory body in the State or Territory in which they want to work. The Australian Nursery and Midwifery Council (ANMC) website has more information including links to State and Territory nurse regulatory bodies. Please follow the links below for more details on Visa’s and Registration:

• http://www.anmac.org.au/
• http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/
• www.immi.gov.au

Our Client is an acute care hospital providing an extensive range of inpatient, outpatient and critical care services. The Hospital caters for it patients using the most advanced medical, surgical and diagnostic technology and has a well recognised reputation for
providing quality healthcare to all their patients. This is a great opportunity for experienced Midwives to join an innovative and clinically focussed team delivering excellent care.

So if you would like the opportunity to leave the rain behind and relocate to the beautiful, sunny city of Brisbane, get in touch with me!

Cpl Healthcare Contact:

Niamh Rooney

Nursing Consultant, CPL Healthcare

Ph: +353 91 507516 / +353 86 0215666

E: niamh.rooney@cplhealthcare.com

Just as your staff are your greatest asset, get it wrong and they  can also be your greatest liability. In an age when everyone in your business  needs to “add value” a slick interview is the first step to ensuring the time  and resources you commit to a new hire will reap returns. Even in this  challenging market, top talent is always in demand. To ensure you attract and  employ high calibre staff preparation is key.

Prepare Prepare Prepare

To ensure you get the most out of the interview you must prepare
thoroughly beforehand. This preparation should include:

1. Ensuring a clear specification is in place, detailing both what the job entails and the person you need to fill it. This should define the qualities you would like to have in a new employee; reflecting on the characteristics of your best employees might help with this.
2. Devising a series of interview questions that allow your applicant to demonstrate he/she has these desired qualities, talents and skills. This will then also allow comparisons to be made across all interviewees and ensure you have control over the flow of the conversation. Avoid asking illegal questions.
3. Scheduling interviews as soon as possible from the time when you receive the CV- this will minimise fallout from the process. It is important also to allot enough time for each interview.
4. Arranging a suitable location for the interview- preferably not in the dispensary when the store is open as you will not get the most from the time you spend with the candidate.

The Interview

1. Put the candidate at ease

Ask some casual questions not in relation to the Pharmacy or the job to relax the candidate, encouraging them firstly to open up before focusing on more specific work questions.

2. Questions

• Ask open questions- you will get the most from the candidate through the usage of open questions- these work to allow the candidate to speak openly and candidly.
• Use questions which will allow scoring between one candidate and another such as: Explain your approach to maintaining high standards and improving poor performance in a Pharmacy? Give me an example of a time where you’ve had to deal with a customer making an unrealistic demand? Why do you want this job? What will you bring to store/company if we employ you?
• Tougher questioning
  - For an entry level position it will work well to focus on interview questions
  that put the candidate at ease. However, if you are interviewing for a more
  senior role e.g. Supervising or Superintendent Pharmacist, tougher questions
  may be needed to establish whether the person has the attributes required for
  the role.

3.       Probe

Clarification can then be secured by probing the candidate’s answers, delving further into specific areas.

4.      Setting Expectations

• The interview process is also a great opportunity to set expectations- both yours and theirs.
• To guarantee a smooth start and transition into the job you need to have a clear picture set of what you expect from your new hire and what they can expect from you in return.

5.       Selling your company/job

The interview is normally also a candidate’s first interaction with you and your store; you should use this to your advantage, telling the person about the job, the store and the team they will be working with. You have to bear in mind that this candidate may also be interviewing for a number of other opportunities and if you decide that they are the right person for your company you must do enough to make sure that they also decide that your company is right for them.

Post- Interview

Provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates. While the current candidate
may be unsuccessful, they may be perfect for a role in two years time; you
don’t want a previous interaction to have left a negative impression.

Planned interview processes increase the quality of staff in a store; having a direct effect on profitability. The customer facing element of Pharmacy further underpins the importance of affording the time to meet the person, ensuring the best candidate is selected for the role and the store. Second-rate job interview methods result in poor selection, waste time and increase staff turnover and ultimately affect customer service, moral and profits. A well planned interview will allow you to find the right person for your vacancy and give the candidate an opportunity to believe that your pharmacy and your job is the best one for them.

Cpl Healthcare- Pharmacy

For further information please call Siobhan Ryan on 01-4825408 or e-mail siobhananne.ryan@cplhealthcare.com