Nursing jobs

on the up!

We have seen some recent activity in the Nursing sector - primarily the Private sector - we all know what is going on in the HSE.

There are 2 current Nursing jobs seeking RGN’s with a minimum of 2 years post Grad experience and full ABA Registration -

Staff Nurse for North Dublin Clinic -

Clinic - Urgent Care - North Dublin - 6 month Maternity Contract job - This nurse must travel between 2 North Dublin Clinics so a car owner is desirable.

This Clinic is seeking a Staff Nurse with Accident and Emergency experience and skills, primarily -

Plastering, Triage and Phlebotomy

 

Staff Nurse for Cosmetic Surgery Clinic - Dublin City Centre

This stunning Cosmetic Surgery Clinic is seeking an experienced Cosmetic Surgery Nurse with strong Sales and Commercial skills to join it’s team.

Theatre and Phlebotomy skills required

This is a permanent Nurse job

 

To apply for either of these Nurse jobs, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs&page=2

We look forward to hearing from you!

Are you seeking a Medical or Pharmaceutical Sales job?

Are you based in or around Dublin?

We have a number of Medical Sales positions currently seeking experienced Medical or Pharmaceutical Sales Reps.

 

 

1. An experienced Pharmaceutical Sales Rep is required for Dublin to cover Dublin 6, 8, 10 and 12 and St James’s Hospital. This is for one of the largest Pharmaceutical Companies in the world. Must have St James’s Hospital experience and a minimum of 3 years Pharma Sales experience within Cardiovascular or Metabolic Therapy areas
2. A Nurse or Medical Sales Rep with a Critical Care/Haematology/Radiology or Oncology background is required for a Medical Sales job in Dubiln covering the Critical Care and Endovascular Product range.
3. A very strong Medical Sales Rep is required for a Wound Care Sales role covering Dubin. Must be a dynamic and hungry Medical Sales person with a proven track record within the Pharmaceutical or Medical Sales sector

For any of these or similar roles, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/job-tags/medical-sales.htm

We look forward to hearing from you

Night Nurse required for Wicklow

This Client is seeking a Registered General Nurse with a minimum of 2 years experience.

Care of the Elderly/Gerontology/Nursing Home experience would be beneficial, but must have a genuine interest and passion for this area of Nursing.

Ideally, living in the Carlow or West Wicklow area and a car owner.

Must be registered with ABA and have relevant Irish experience.

For more information or to apply to this role, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/job-tags/nursing-jobs.htm

Theatre Sales Rep required for Dublin.

This is an immediate need for a Company based in Dublin who is seeking the following -

1. Theatre Nurse OR
2. Theatre Sales Rep
3. Hospital sales experience
4. Theatre contacts
5. Based in or around Dublin

The Product portfolio is within sterile Theatre drapes and gowns and this Company is one of the market leaders.

In return, this Theatre Sales Rep or Medical Sales Rep will get a generous basic salary, bonus structure and full benefits package

If you meet this criteria, we would like to hear from you -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs&page=3

We look forward to hearing from you

Wound Care Nurse required for a Sales role in Dublin.

Leading Wound Care Medical Company seeks a Nurse with strong Clinical Wound Care background ideally with some Sales or Business experience.

Fantastic salary and full benefits package on offer with this role.

Territory covers main Dublin Hospitals.

This is a Medical Sales job for a Wound Care Nurse and offers any Nurses with the right skill mix the chance to work with one of the world leading Wound Care companies.

For more information on this job, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs&page=2

Medical jobs are looking good in Ireland.

We have a large amount of Medical jobs currently.

There are a large number of Medical Sales jobs and Pharmaceutical sales jobs

Also Science jobs and Nursing jobs.

For further information on these Medical jobs, go to -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs

It could be my imagination, but it seems to me that nurses are in higher demand than they have been over the last year.

The UK is screaming out for Irish Nurses in particular.  Unfortunately the weakening of sterling has made it less attractive for Irish nurses from a financial aspect.  There does remain though, the fact that the NHS is generally a much nicer system to work under than the HSE.  It’s not all bad here though.  And we are seeing nursing jobs begin to spring up despite the continued ban on recruitment.  Most of these jobs are private sector.

Nursing as a profession can be deeply rewarding, but threat of pay cuts and harder working conditions make it ever less attractive to school leavers, or even those who have been working as nurses for years.

It is hard work and it is sometimes dangerous work.  The plain truth of it is that nurses will always be in demand.  There will never be a time when this country is without nurses.  Just a few short years ago we were importing nurses because we could not find enough nurses to cope.  As our population ages we are going to need greater numbers of nurses again.  The cosmopolitan environment that exists in our hospitals, hospices, homes and clinics has doubtless been instrumental in aiding with cultural integration in this previously secular country.

Nurses have a lot to be proud of.  The contribution made by nurses to society is one that the nation should be eternally grateful for.  I know that nurses feel persecuted by the government, by cutbacks and by heavier workloads.  I think we may be reaching the bottom of the recessionary curve now though.  Things are looking up.

Have a look at some of the nursing jobs on offer!

We could be waiting another 8 months for the population to be immunised against the swine flu (H1N1) virus.

That is according to Mary Harney.  Why is this?  It will depend on uptake and supply.  I could have sworn that we were told that the supply part was sorted out.  I must have misheard it.

The IMC have assured doctors who are not participating in the immunisation program that they cannot be sued for not taking part in administering the Flu Vaccines.

Meanwhile the idea has been mooted that pharmacists may get involved in administering the swine flu vaccine too.

Some people in the at risk groups have reported that they have to travel large distances to get the jab.  It is also still uncertain whether a second jab may be necessary.  What will determine that?  How many people one jab does not work for.  Makes you feel safe in the capable hands of our health service executive doesn’t it!

Ever since Thalidomide people have been scared of putting anything they may not have to into their bodies (other than drugs and alcohol apparently).  I know that I for one will have no hesitation in getting myself immunised.  Why would I not?  I don’t want swine flu and having had the usual yearly flu vaccination for years I do not fear a slightly different version of it.  What I do fear is that by the time I get a chance to get the injection I will have already caught swine flu.

It is spreading at an alarming rate.  We have had relatively few deaths from it but by all accounts it is rather an unpleasant experience.  I dare say that for those who didn’t make it through and their relatives it was a sight more than alarming and unpleasant.

It’s been a while since I posted and now the recession is in full swing.  Indeed, other countries are talking about the recession bottoming out and the first signs of recovery.  It certainly doesn’t look that positive for us in Ireland at the moment.

NAMA remains a bone of contention and there is no obvious clear policy for a comprehensive plan to get us out of the mess we are in.  Indeed, it looks like we are facing a winter of public service strikes.

There is some positive movement though.  The initial recession panic seems to have alleviated to some extent.  While we are still seeing some redundancies in the medical sector, the rate of job losses has decreased.

Pharmacies are still reeling from the double hit they have taken.  There is little to no movement in the Pharmacist jobs market.  Our advice to pharmacists is “If you are working stay put”.  There were pharmacy closures over the last year and profit margins have been squeezed.  Salaries for new hires have similarly been affected.  The days of six figure salaries are largely over for now.  We have gone from a situation where pharmacists were in demand and could obtain nearly any salary they desired, to one where is an oversupply of pharmacists for very few jobs indeed.  We do not expect a change in this situation for another 12 months.

Nurses are finding themselves under increasing pressure, not immune to the bitter bite of the recession either.  Staff are not being replaced, Agency nurses are finding that there are fewer shifts available and conditions are not as good as they were (I can hear the comments already).  Many nurses are looking further afield with Nursing jobs in Australia enjoying a larger than normal interest.  Given that as a rule we export a lot of our nurses in good times it is perhaps not surprising.

The pharmaceuticals industry has also undergone some restructuring.  The Pfizer Wyeth deal has not had the negative effect that many in the industry in Ireland feared. We have seen large scale job cuts in manufacturing though, with several companies announcing redundancies.

Medical Sales Reps have been having a mixed time on the jobs market.  There have been redundancies, but there are still jobs available.  The people worst hit by the recession in Medical Sales are the people who are trying to break into Medical Sales.  A sudden glut of experienced Medical Sales reps on the market has left the hopeful rookies with little hope in a market that was always a relatively difficult one to breach.

We are still importing medical professionals to Ireland for positions that we just do not have enough people in the Irish pool for.  These tend to be specialist positions across the board.

Allied Health workers may as well get a job in the local chipper for the time being.  Despite there being a desperate need for Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists and Social Workers, the budgets are just not there to hire them.  We are faced with a culture of marginalisation, where special needs requirements have been firmly shelved.

Health Care Assistants are having a rough ride too, as are any professions where there are an excess of people qualified for the position.  The Fetac qualification is fast becoming an absolute necessity.  Competition is fierce and agency shifts are ever thinner on the ground.  The best route to finding a permanent position remains in building contacts in individual hospitals and nursing homes while doing agency work.

Recruitment Agencies are reporting an upturn in the numbers of jobs available.  In the Medical Recruitment Market in particular there has been clear signs of improvement.

Want an update on another sector? Leave a comment.

Agency Nursing used to be a great fallback for Irish Nurses.  Many chose to work solely as agency nurses because of the flexibility that gave.  You could choose your hours.  You were never guaranteed a shift but it was a good likelihood as long as you were not too picky about where you worked.

Mary Harney has announced that Crumlin Childrens Hospital is overstaffed.  As professor Crown so rightly points out, closing wards by slashing budgets needed to keep them staffed does not count as over-staffing.  Increasing patient numbers are now to be dealt with with utilising severely curtailed resources.  Some are being forced to look to the UK for treatment.

This is just one example.  The message is clear.  There are to be less nursing posts.  Is this a problem for nurses?

Just a few short years ago hospitals were clambering over themselves to source staff from India because we didn’t have enough Irish staff willing to work in Irish conditions.  Together with the Filipino nursing backbone of our country the addition of large numbers of Indian staff nurses added to the wonderful mix of cultures that make up a modern Irish Hospital.

Working conditions are arguably far worse now.  Nursing is still a passport to see the world.  Now with degrees under their belts, newly qualified nurses expect more.  But it is not so easy to expect more when you need to pay your bills and feed yourself.  If I was a new graduate I would be off to see the world, working as I went.

Are agency days over?  They probably should be.  Nursing agencies only grew so big because of bad staff management in the hospitals and hospices they served.  Some Hospitals were taking in 20+ agency staff a day (nurses and carers). The bill was massive.  The reason was that the Hospitals were not approved the funding for permanent job positions that would have cost far less.  Instead they had to pay through the nose for Agency Staff.  That sort of ridiculous situation needed to stop.  Yes there will probably always be a need for Nursing Agencies to provide temporary staff.  This is not ideal, since agency staff will not know the ward they are working on as well as permanent staff.  This leads to increased workload on the permanent staff.  If an agency nurse does know the ward as well as permanent staff then that must be an indicator of a case for another permanent staff member.

Final advice: If you are a nurse and not planning to leave the country get yourself into permanent employment as quickly as you can.  The current situation is not going to ease in the near future.

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