In the Czech Republic the shortage of nursing staff. Clinics are closing offices due to lack of thousands of nurses. Czech Association of nurses believes the only way out of the situation, the involvement of specialists with secondary medical education from abroad – from Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Russia.
According to the press Secretary of the Prague clinic “On Bulovce” Martin Seleka, now in their seventh clinic part of the medical staff are foreigners, mainly from Slovakia and from Ukraine and Russia. In connection with an acute shortage of nurses of the clinic see the need to call additional staff from other countries. First clinics hope to attract nurses from Ukraine.
As commented by the President of the Czech nurses Association Martin Sahmanov in an interview with Mladá fronta DNES, Czech Republic attracts Ukrainian nurses, because the situation in health care of Ukraine the opposite. In Ukraine, a lot of nurses, and job opportunities are few.
Together with the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Czech Association of nurses is discussing the question of the simplification of obtaining visas and work permits for nurses from Ukraine. “We are keen to draw in the Czech health care new frames. With medical experts from Ukraine we have a positive experience”, – said the press Secretary of the Ministry of Ladislav Sticha.
Why in the Czech Republic the shortage of medical staff
Near the Czech Republic are Germany and Austria, attracting medical professionals high salaries. If a nurse in the Czech Republic earns 28 thousand crowns, in Germany at least twice.
In addition, as commented Martin Rahmanova, Czech Republic had not responded to the fact that educational institutions each year produced less nurses (over the last 30 years their number decreased by 36 percent). In connection with the acute shortage of nurses in August 2016, the Czech government approved changes to the education Act navrachana specialists. Nurses in the Czech Republic now must not have a bachelor’s degree. The training period was shortened so that they quickly started to practice.
The adopted amendments will have effect only after several years. Until then, the only solution is the involvement of experts from Ukraine, Russia, Slovakia, Poland.
Recognition of qualifications is 6 months
Nurse is a regulated profession. Therefore, to obtain the right to work in the Czech Republic, nurses from countries outside the EU must prove qualifications. First of all it is important to the ownership of the Czech language. You also need to pass the exams with a degree in the Department of nursing and navrachana specialties of the Ministry of health of the Czech Republic and an internship at a Czech clinic. On average, the process of recognition of qualifications is 6 months.
The program is attracting nurses to the Czech Republic
At the request of the Czech clinics training center GoStudy with the right of a state examination, arrange for foreign nurses and male nurses special courses of Czech language with the study of medical terminology and provides support at all stages of the process of recognition of qualifications.
Program participants GoStudy “Working nurse” must have a diploma of secondary medical education. Recruitment of nurses for the program is 4 times a year. After passing the appraisal exam nurses guaranteed official employment in the Czech clinic.
Working conditions in clinics of Czech Republic
According to the Czech Institute of health information and statistics (ÚZIS), in 2015, the monthly salary of nurses in public hospitals was 30 866 CZK, private – 25 434 crown.From the beginning of 2017 by the decision of the government of salaries of doctors and nurses increased by 10 percent.
Regional clinics, most acutely experiencing a personnel crisis, offered to employees the conditions above are standard. Clinic in Liberec, in the admission of nurses to work pays a grant in the amount of 50 000 CZK. “We also managed to increase by 9 percent average wage nurses and now it is 33 087 CZK”, – told the newspaper Mladá fronta DNES Director luberetskiy hospital Luděk Unkempt.
To get detailed information about the process of recognition of qualifications of nurses in the Czech Republic on the Czech educational center GoStudy www.gostudy.cz/medsestry
