2023-05-05 14:17:39
And to attract future nurses, hospitals go even further. In Jolimont, contracts are even offered to students when they have not yet finished their studies. “Nursing students have the advantage they have is that they come for an internship with us so they already know the hospital”, explains Jean-Marie Boulanger, director of the care department. “He’s already almost a colleague. And in addition, it allows us to retain them and possibly recruit them.“.
And in an attempt to recruit them, the hospital bends over backwards and adapts to the schedules and requirements of the students. “It’s clearly on the menu. If a person wants to specialize in a year, we have contracts for 13 hours a week. Some who spread their specializations over two years and thus have access to two-year contracts“.
This is what we proposed to Arno. Next year he will graduate and he plans to specialize in SIAMU and intensive care. Normally this is done within a year. But he intends to spread his training over two years and thus take a part-time contract in the emergency room. “They are rolling out the red carpet for us. It’s great because if there weren’t all these proposals made by the hospitals, maybe I would miss the specialization because earning money is important but doing what we love it too. Here I have the possibility of not having to make a choice between one or the other“.
For Fanny, these expressions of interest from hospitals are clearly welcome. “It’s always a little flattering when we roll out the red carpet. It’s interesting that they offer it to us like that, we always have one foot in the hospital and yes why not stay there knowing that it is near my home“.
The idea is therefore to adapt to the schedules of the students. During periods when assignments or exams are due, students may decide to reduce their working hours. “What interests us is not to hinder their studies“, specifies Jean-Marie Boulanger, director of the care department. “At the same time, it allows them to acquire professional experience. For us, it allows us to recruit them, but to recruit them, they have to be qualified“.
Faced with the shortage of nurses, hospitals compete in ingenuity to attract the right people. For Arno as for Fanny, it is already a great recognition even before starting their career.
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