Internationally-trained nurses looking to get their permanent residency in Canada are getting the opportunity to fulfill the requirements of their applications by working in Ontario\u2019s beleaguered long-term care homes.<\/p>\n
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says more than 1,200 applicants are already showing interest in a program to match such internationally-trained nurses with hospitals and clinics in the central Canadian province.<\/p>\n
The province is working with the College of Nurses of Ontario to deploy these internationally educated nurses to hospitals and other healthcare settings facing labour shortages as part of teams under the supervision of a regulated healthcare provider, such as a registered nurse or doctor.<\/p>\n
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Ontario Starts 2022 With More Than 1,000 Employer Job Offer Canada Immigration Invitations<\/a><\/span> \u201cSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario\u2019s hospitals and healthcare providers have worked tirelessly to protect the health and safety of patients,\u201d said Elliott earlier this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur government has continued to make critical investments in our hospital and health workforce to ensure no resource goes untapped so that our hospitals have the staffing and resources they need to care for patients during this challenging time.\u201d<\/p>\n Ontario has about 600 intensive care beds still available, with another 500 beds at the ready if needed.<\/p>\n But the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has hit the province hard and it is actively recruiting more nurses and other healthcare workers through economic immigration programs.<\/p>\n In its latest\u00a0Express Entry<\/span><\/a>\u00a0draw on Jan. 12 under the Human Capital Priorities stream of the\u00a0Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program<\/span><\/a>, the province targeted 18 occupations where workers are in high demand to fill vacant positions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Among those targeted occupations were registered and psychiatric nurses, licensed practical nurses, opticians, and medical laboratory technologists.<\/p>\n That draw came the very next day after six separate Expression of Interest draws through Ontario\u2019s Employer Job Offer streams for Foreign Workers, International Students and In-Demand Skills.<\/p>\n Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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