The Ministry of Health has started recruiting nurses, lab technicians and other health professionals who have been trained by public health institutions.
In a statement, the ministry said: “Following a financial clearance granted by the Ministry of Finance for the recruitment of the 2016 batch of the above-mentioned categories of Health Professionals from the public health institutions, the Ministry of Health wishes to inform the general public, particularly, qualified trainees who fall within the above description that it will commence recruitment processes into the various agencies from Thursday, 21 March 2019.
“Therefore, qualified trainees who are part of these groups whose clearance has been received (as indicated in the attached sheet) and intend to work in the various agencies under the Ministry of Health, are requested to formally apply online by logging onto the online application portal https://mohcrp.com and follow relevant instructions to select the preferred agency (GHS, CHAG, KBTH, KATH, TTH, CCTH, Police Hospital, MHA, Prisons Service, Ahmadiya Health Service).” the ministry said in a statement.
Recruitment categories:
Registered General Nurses (RGNs)
Registered Midwives (RMs)
Registered Community Health Nurses (RCNs)
Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs)
Diploma Medical laboratory (Laboratory Technicians)
Disease Control (Cert) – Field Technicians
Technical Officers:
DC (Diploma Disease Control)
Nutrition (Diploma in Nutrition)
Health Promotion (Diploma in Health Promotion)
Health Information (Diploma Health Information)
Medical Records (Certificate) – Technical Assistant
Community Mental Health Officers (Diploma in Community Mental Health)
Registered Dental Surgery Assistants (Diploma Registered Dental Surgery Assistants)
Dental Technicians (Diploma Dental Technicians)
Technical Officer – Orthotics (Diploma Orthopedics)
Physiotherapy Assistants (Diploma Physiotherapy Assistants)
Optical Technician (Certificate Optical Dispensing Technicians)
The deadline for submission of the applications is Thursday, 28 March 2019.
Meanwhile, the Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses (COUPN) has given the government a 10-day ultimatum to find its members jobs or face a demonstration.
The group has accused the government of gross discrimination in securing its members jobs.
The aggrieved nurses, who said they have been home since 2012, explained that they have participated in several discussions with the ministries involved to get their grievances addressed but to no avail.
In his recent state of the nation address, President Nana Akufo-Addo indicated that financial clearance had been released for some 22,000 nurses but the private nurses insisted that the government has excluded them from any employment arrangements.
The irate nurses have subsequently given the government a 10-day ultimatum for appropriate responses to their situation or else they will embark on a series of demonstrations across the country.
The spokesperson for the group, Doreen Boateng, told journalists at a press conference in Accra on Monday, 18 March 2019 that the president promised not to discriminate against any group of persons but has reneged on his vow with actions, which proves that the government feels nurses trained at private facilities are “irrelevant”.
She said: “There is no plan to recruit privately-trained nurses into the mainstream health sector by the government, as it is being done for state-funded nursing training institutions”.
Hundreds of trained nurses from private institutions besieged the premises of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2017 over the same issues.
They defied the presence of the police, forced their way into the ministry and brought business to a temporary halt.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com
