MoU with UK opens new avenue of employment for Nepali healthcare professionals

KATHMANDU: The government has signed a bilateral agreement with the UK with the purpose to provide employment opportunities to Nepali youths in the country providing high remuneration.

Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Ek Narayan Aryal, and British Ambassador to Nepal, Nicola Pollitt in presence of Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Welfare, Sher Bahadur Kunwar, today signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to recruit Nepali healthcare professionals in the UK’s health sector.

The MoU has become a new milestone for Nepal in terms of diversifying employment destinations for Nepali youth.

The MoU has established a Government to Government (G2G) bilateral agreement on the fair and ethical recruitment of Nepali healthcare professionals to work in the UK’s health sector that will also encourage individuals seeking healthcare careers and help strengthen the healthcare workforce in Nepal.

Once selected, the Nepali healthcare professional will be provided the support required for them to be placed in the UK health system. They will also receive equal rights, privileges, protections and dignity as health professionals from the UK.

Prior to this, the government has signed labor agreements with countries providing high remuneration including Israel, Japan and Mauritius.

The Department of Foreign Employment of Nepal will work with the Department of Health and Social Care of the UK and its designated entity to undertake the recruitment process.

A joint press release issued after the program reads, “An understanding has been reached to determine implementation protocol at the participation of government bodies of both countries in order to take the recruitment process to the conclusion.”

The MoU has established cooperation between the two governments for Nepali healthcare professionals to work in the UK National Health Service and ensures a dignified, lucrative and managed recruitment process to fill the NHS vacancies in the UK.

All the information related to the recruitment process of health workers would be kept at Labour Ministry’s website. Applicants, who fulfill the eligibility criteria, shall need to submit all required documents into the Department of Foreign Employment’s online platform.

Nepali citizens aged between 20 and 45 years holding a valid Nepali passport, who have pursued Staff Nurse, Bachelors’s Degree in Nursing (B Sc) or Bachelor of Nursing or Master’s degree in Nursing from a recognized institution by the government of Nepal can file an application.

The applicant should have an active professional license from the Nepal Nursing Council and at least two years of experience in a registered hospital in Nepal.