THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has reported “strong interest and enquiries” about its controversial scheme to employ 1,000 graduate nurses on lower salaries.
The first phase of the scheme offering the newly qualified nurses jobs in hospitals kicked off yesterday despite bitter opposition from nursing unions.
The nurses will get a two-year contract at €21,769 a year, which is just 80pc of the rate of a regular new recruit. But they can top this up with another €4,000 in premium payments.
“Informal interest and enquiries regarding the scheme has been strong since it was announced in December,” said an HSE spokeswoman
The closing date for the first- phase applications is noon next Thursday and the expectation is that successful recruits will start work next month.
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