Pakistan to send trained nurses to Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) will be sending qualified and trained nurses to Saudi Arabia on an urgent basis, state media reported on Thursday citing an official of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis.
The kingdom requires nursing staff in various fields, including cardiac care, emergency, medical care, obstetrics, pediatrics, critical care, hemodialysis, neonatal care, oncology, surgical care, and intensive care units. According to a ministry official, the demand for Pakistani workforce has been increasing in Arab countries.
“OEC an attached department of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development would export the female nurses workforce to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on an urgent basis,” state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. 
It said walk-in interviews of the nurses will be conducted in the eastern city of Lahore on Oct. 21. 
The overseas ministry official said Saudi Arabia was seeking women nurses with at least one year of experience and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing with 16 years of education. The nurses should have a PNMC [Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council] registration, intensive care unit and emergency room experience. 
He also said that the nurses should not be over 45 years of age.
A delegation from Saudi Arabia would conduct in-person interviews for the nurses in Pakistan that would focus on work experience, handling patients and fluency in written and spoken English. 
Candidates should bring their original degrees, national ID cards, two passport-size photos and a passport depending on its availability, the official said. 
Interested applicants could apply via the OEC’s website https://oec.gov.pk/, UAN 0311-0011-632 or email at helpdesk@oec.gov.pk. 
The last date to apply for the posts is Oct. 20.