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sailaice Jul 13th 2019 3:48 pm

Nurses Working In Spain
 
Are there any British nurses on here that have gained employment in Spain?

I am a UK trained nurse qualified a year and I am fluent in Spanish and English.

Wondering if there are any British nurses that made the move over there?

Rosemary Jul 13th 2019 3:54 pm

Re: Nurses Working In Spain
 
There is a shortage of nursing jobs and that is why so many Spanish nurses end up going to the UK to work.

Rosemary

sailaice Jul 13th 2019 6:08 pm

Re: Nurses Working In Spain
 

Originally Posted by Rosemary (Post 12709977)
There is a shortage of nursing jobs and that is why so many Spanish nurses end up going to the UK to work.

Rosemary

thanks Rosemary. I know, we have quite a few in our hospital.

im just wondering if on this board/forum there are any nurses who have made the move and obtained work :-)

Rosemary Jul 13th 2019 6:16 pm

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You first started asking questions a couple of days ago in the USA forum, are you looking in general at different countries or do you have a preference?

Rosemary

bob_bob Jul 14th 2019 7:40 am

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@9000 Spanish Nurses working now in the UK. Spain is one of the few countries with a glut of Nurses. New Zealand or Australia are your best bet if you want a change of country. A nephew of mine applied for a post (online) in New Zealand, had an interview via Skype and was working there in less than six months.


missile Jul 14th 2019 8:54 am

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On perhaps a.n.other Spanish speaking country?

Fredbargate Jul 15th 2019 7:29 am

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Originally Posted by missile (Post 12710182)
On perhaps a.n.other Spanish speaking country?

Gibraltar

jonboy Jul 16th 2019 8:13 pm

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Parts of the U.S.A have large Spanish speaking communities and if I remember correctly public service workers, nurses included used to get a bonus for being bi-lingual. California springs to mind.

christmasoompa Jul 16th 2019 8:16 pm

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Originally Posted by jonboy (Post 12711183)
Parts of the U.S.A have large Spanish speaking communities and if I remember correctly public service workers, nurses included used to get a bonus for being bi-lingual. California springs to mind.

Very little chance of a visa for the US though unfortunately. At least within the EU no visa is required.......for now. :lol:

sailaice Jul 16th 2019 8:56 pm

Re: Nurses Working In Spain
 
Thanks everyone for the replies!

Thats right Rosemary we are just keeping our options open at the moment at at the exploring stage!

Fredbargate Thanks for the reply! Do you know nurses that have successfully gone to Gibraltar?

jonboy oh if only, I think California is quite hard to get into, as if America wasn't hard enough haha

bob_bob Jul 17th 2019 5:41 am

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You don't have the experience of specialised areas of Nursing required for the USA, New Zealand or Australia is much easier to get work in. Very few posts will be available in Gibraltar and again you need a lot more 'ward time' to gain employment there.

Fredbargate Jul 17th 2019 11:00 am

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Originally Posted by sailaice (Post 12711192)
Thanks everyone for the replies!

Fredbargate Thanks for the reply! Do you know nurses that have successfully gone to Gibraltar?

My wife
But that was more than 40 years ago :rofl:

There are many others more recent, Plus the Gibraltar Health Authority works to UK standards but also employs doctors,nurses etc from Spain who have experience in the UK.
Remember many Gibraltarians are bilingual, Spanish English with a lot of the older women only speaking Spanish.
Also with 10,000+ Spaniards crossing the frontier to work in Gib each day who are entitled to work related health services there is a major Spanish speaking community in Gib.
Arabic and French are also significant languages in Gib.

https://www.gha.gi/
.

sailaice Jul 19th 2019 9:11 pm

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Originally Posted by Fredbargate (Post 12711344)
My wife
But that was more than 40 years ago :rofl:

There are many others more recent, Plus the Gibraltar Health Authority works to UK standards but also employs doctors,nurses etc from Spain who have experience in the UK.
Remember many Gibraltarians are bilingual, Spanish English with a lot of the older women only speaking Spanish.
Also with 10,000+ Spaniards crossing the frontier to work in Gib each day who are entitled to work related health services there is a major Spanish speaking community in Gib.
Arabic and French are also significant languages in Gib.

https://www.gha.gi/
.

Where abouts in the spain do they cross the border from?

Fredbargate Jul 20th 2019 7:01 am

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Originally Posted by sailaice (Post 12712648)
Where abouts in the spain do they cross the border from?

La Línea de la Concepción



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