Government has introduced an electronic recruiting policy
for aspiring nurses, starting with this year’s September intake to ensure
accountability and clamp down on corruption.
Director of Nursing Services in the Ministry of Health and
Child Care Mrs Cynthia Chasokela said the digital recruitment policy was the
brainchild of the Health Ministry and Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT).
“The ministry will, starting with this September’s student
nurse intake, introduce electronic selection for aspiring nurses countrywide in
a new policy that was necessitated by a public outcry over the way recruiting
processes were being held previously.
“We partnered Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) in
coming up with the new system which will see people downloading forms from our
website and filling in before they resend for consideration.
“The interviews will then be done by a panel of experts
before successful candidates are advised through their e-mails. This is a
positive way for the profession as we endeavour to curb corrupt practices and
also moving along with modern trends in this ever diversifying profession,”
said Mrs Chasokela.
She said all nursing schools countrywide will recruit
students using that platform.
“Let’s say Marondera School of Nursing wants to recruit
students, they will advise us and we flight the advert on our website for them.
“We are actually working with Econet Wireless Zimbabwe to
have an EcoCash platform on which students pay their $10 interview fee before
they come for the interviews. We will then advise the nursing school of
successful candidates for enrolment.
“Every nursing school in the country will use this method
and we want to urge the public to start using our digital platform as soon as
we flight for this September intakes,” she added.
Mrs Chasokela said the revised entry requirements still
stand while applicants must be aged between 17-and-a-half years and 30 years.
“Our revised entry requirements are standing as they are.
That is five Ordinary Level subjects including Mathematics, English and a
Science subject.
“Practical subjects are not included and the person must be
aged between 17-and-a-half years to 30 years and we need certificates not
results slips,” she said. Herald
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