Can i work outside hospitals without having permanent residence?

[amelia1979]

Hello,

Please could anyone tell me if you need to be a canadian citizen to work outside the hospitals? I am a RN in from the uk and am looking into employment outside of the hospital setting such as long term care facilities but i am strugglng to find out whether these places would employ IEN's (without already having a visa). I am looking into British Columbia awaiting to do SEC assessment. Any help greatly apprecitated.

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

This thread belongs in the International Forum because it relates to immigration-type issues. The Canadian Forum is for discussing nursing issues unique to Canada.

You do not need to have permanent residency to work in long-term care. You do need a favourable labour market opinion report and a work permit.

[amelia1979]

Thanks for that, excuse my not knowing but could you please explain these a little more.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

You can work in any RN setting as long as you meet College of RN requirements, have eligibility to sit or have passed CRNE and your employer obtains a LMO and you pass a medical as part of your process for Temp Work Permit (TWP)

I an a IEN with work permit (waiting for PR) working in LTC

[amelia1979]

Thanks for that, i understand a little better now although it seems a lot of bother for the employer to get an LMO, dont they tend to wait until a canadian can fill the post? I am presuming that these areas are less desirable though and wonder if there are more opportunities for IEN's in LTC. Any advice very much welcome.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Some areas really struggle to find staff and therefore the LMO is easy to get but a lot will depend on the province you are thinking of living and working in. I know my LMO took about 3 weeks to be issued once applied for but the employer could prove that they was not able to fill my post by a Canadian as the job had been advertised for several months, much longer than is required

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

There's usually a reason why employers aren't able to fill positions... you should keep that in mind.

[amelia1979]

Thank you both for that. Are any of you aware of there are more jobs for iens outside the hospitals? Im still a long way off getting there as booked to do sec assessment in October, just wondering that's alkaline, thanks.

[amelia1979]

Sorry, should say that's all, bloomin predictive text!