Healthcare assistant/patient care assistant in singapore

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Hi All,

Good day! would like to hear your opinion on this. i am a registered nurse here in the Philippines with 1.3 yrs experience in a secondary hospital. i have to 2 job offer -

1. Healthcare assistant/patient care assistant in Singapore- with salary of 750SGD + 300 housing allowance with 2 years contract you can upgraded to enrolled nurse but it depends to your work performance.

2. staff nurse in a tertiary hospital in kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( KSA)- salary offered was 3500SAR with free accommodation and food with 2 years contract.

guys, please help me to decide. i appreciate your opinions.

I'm weighing the options here only based on experience of friends and relatives and what research I have obtained online.

The typical salary I see online for an RN in KSA is 3,000-6,000 per month but since you have free accommodation, you will be able to use your earnings on other things like transportation (if not provided), personal expenses and saving up money.

I have heard from relatives that unless you are a man and an civil engineer, it is not advisable that a Filipina work in KSA. I have read many cases of abuse on Filipino OFW' s. I have a cousin who is a civil engineer who worked in Dubai at first and is now in Riyadh and is doing well- accommodation, food and transportation were all included. He lived with other staff and had saved up enough money to rent his own place, petition his wife and now have a daughter and they raise their family in KSA. I have another cousin who went to work in KSA as an office employee and ended up living in the manager's house to be treated like a personal assistant/driver/cook and was forced to sleep on the floor like a dog. He came back broken- spirited and traumatized. I think he was abused but he refuses to talk about it.

The need for nurses is there but as a woman, it is not safe. Plus I believe you will have to speak/write in their language? What type of free accommodation will that include? And does that include transportation? Hopefully, the accommodation is not in somebody's house where you might be maltreated and/or abused. From what I've seen in relatives pictures, the food provided is mainly meat-based.

Singapore is one of the most expensive countries to live in. The minimum salary is about SGP 1,000. Many English-speaking expats live there so English is widely spoken. I know of a friend of a friend who lives and works there. Just be careful that the company is not misrepresenting themselves. Is that patient care assistant/ healthcare assistant position in someone's house or in a facility? This is a website I found that compares cost of the living expenses in Singapore.Cost of Living in Singapore. Updated Prices Mar 218.

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