Six nurses from abroad have been given a heat welcome to Forth Valley Royal Hospital, as a part of a wider recruitment drive throughout NHS Scotland.
They've been recruited, in partnership with NHS Professionals, as a part of a Scottish Authorities initiative to extend worldwide nurse recruitment and help the supply of well being providers throughout Scotland.
They're going to be joined by an extra seven nurses from India and Zimbabwe, who're on account of arrive in Forth Valley subsequent month.
This worldwide recruitment programme, which goals to recruit round 200 nurses throughout Scotland, has been carried out ethically in keeping with the Scottish Code of Observe for the Worldwide Recruitment of Well being and Social Care Personnel.
Louise Boyle, Interim Chief Nurse, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, welcomed the nurses on their first day at NHS Forth Valley.
She mentioned: "We've got had appreciable success lately in attracting newly certified nursing workers to hitch us, nonetheless, it’s additionally vital to look past the established recruitment routes to assist us improve our nursing workforce.
"We're delighted to welcome these new nurses to NHS Forth Valley and I, together with senior nursing colleagues throughout the hospital, will probably be doing all the things we will to make them really feel at house over the approaching weeks and months."
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The nurses, who've expertise in quite a few areas together with intensive care and surgical wards, will bear a full induction programme.
Rahana Babu, who will probably be working in one of many surgical wards at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, mentioned: "Regardless of having household in England, I used to be actually eager to come back to Scotland to work because the individuals are actually pleasant and I felt I might have better alternatives to be taught and develop my nursing profession.
Maries Pakrath, who has expertise of working in Intensive Care, mentioned: "I'm wanting ahead to working within the Intensive Care Unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. It’s good to be right here with different nursing colleagues from India and I even have a brother who's finding out to be a nurse in Glasgow.
"Nonetheless, all of us really feel very supported by everybody now we have met since we arrived in Forth Valley."