Health care careers provide flexible hours

What are working parents looking for in a new healthcare job? The first thing is a competitive compensation package-wages plus benefits and the second is generally a flexible schedule. What some medical workers view as a down side of working in health care; working off shifts, holidays and weekends, parents working in the health industry often find advantageous.

Many hospitals offer a weekend alternative work option where most often nurses can work every weekend usually Friday night shift through Sunday nights. Many times this staffing model also includes the perk of working 24 hours and getting paid for 32. Hospitals have found that by implementing this type of schedule their weekend staffing needs are met and the nurses working the weekend alternative have their child care needs met while continuing to earn a nice income. These nursing positions can be quite popular with nurses (women and men) with young children.

A recent post on aol.com discussed the top 10 jobs with parent friendly hoursand nursing ranked number 1. In addition to the week end work option, in-house float pools are popular with nurses where there are minimal scheduling requirements but should the patient census go down there is a chance of being canceled and not being paid. Working for an outside staffing agency also brings scheduling flexibility and extra pay as long as a RN is experienced and can hit the ground running.

While working in health care is not for everyone, scheduling flexibility provides a real perk for not only parents but for those medical professionals with other requirements such as taking classes or traveling. Good luck in your health career.

DOH Offers 10,000 Nursing Jobs in Poor Communities

MANILA, Philippines - Filipino nurses looking for a job can apply for a new Department of Health program that will deploy unemployed nurses to poor communities in the country.

Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the project RN HEALS addresses the shortage of skilled and experienced nurses in 1,221 rural and unserved or underserved communities for one year.

"It seeks to make essential health services available to all Filipinos by training and deploying 10,000 unemployed nurses in communities to be identified by the DOH in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare & Development," he said in a statement.

Ona said nurses chosen for the project will receive P8,000 monthly allowance from the health department. He encouraged local government units where the nurses will be assigned to give an additional P2,000 worth of allowances and benefits.

Registered nurses who are physically and mentally fit, and willing to serve in their municipalities may apply online at the DOLE website (www.dole.gov.ph http://www.dole.gov.ph/) from January 17 to February 4 this year. Read More...