The World really is your oyster when changing jobs with a healthcare recruitment agency.

Wherever the ultimate destination of a working nurse the starting point has to be a healthcare recruitment agency that specializes in international posts. Nurses are in demand.

Nursing is a global occupation. English speaking nurses have the choice of working anywhere in the World. So if you are a qualified nurse in Ireland or an English speaker who wants to work in Ireland open up a healthcare recruitment website to take the next step to a successful relocation. To work in nursing in Ireland and the United Kingdom you work either at the first or second level.

The first level requires extensive school qualifications and is better rewarded than second level state enrolled nurses. But at both levels job satisfaction is high, pay is good and nurses can move anywhere within the country to find the place that best suits them. To work in nursing in North America be aware that Canada and the USA have different rules and requirements. Canadian health organizations demand a bachelors’ degree as the basic nurses qualification.

The entry requirements in America though are lower at just two years of further education. Both Canada and America require nurses to be registered and licensed at state level. Canada also requires registration of psychiatric nurses to work in that health sector. Australia is a popular destination for English speaking nurses. There, nurses need to be ‘practitioners’, registered or ‘enrolled’. This latter is a nurse who is qualified to the minimum level but undertakes further ‘in the role’ specific training.

Australia is less formal in the way it addresses nurses. There are no ‘sisters’ and first names are the rule. While in South Africa there is a single status level of nurse requiring only two years training but two thousand hours of work experience.

Wherever nurses consider working, the starting point has to be a good healthcare recruitment agency that will not only help with finding the job but also advise on the national entry requirements, the training and all the details of making that dream move.