Update: RN Heals website announced that posting of RN Heals Successful Applicants starts tomorrow, February 10. Actually DOLE has started encoding the list of RN Heals Successful Applicants.

Click here to check your name on the RN Heals successful applicants shortlist.

The Department of Health (DOH) published in its website that applications can be filed starting next week, January 17, for its project where jobless nurses is going to be deployed to very poor communities in the country. DOH RN Heals Nurses

“The project, billed RN HEALS, seeks to help make vital health services accessible to all Filipinos by training and deploying 10,000 unemployed nurses in communities to be determined by the DOH in cooperation with the Department of Social Welfare & Development (DSWD),” Health Secretary Enrique Ona said.

RN HEALS, an acronym for Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement And Local Service, is expected to address the shortage of skilled and seasoned nurses in 1,221 rural and unserved or underserved communities for one year.

They will go through learning and development in accordance with all the tasks and functions needed by the project. A certificate of competency and employment will be provided by the DOH, DSWD, and the Professional Regulation Commission to those who have satisfactorily accomplished their standards.

During deployment, the nurses will be granted a nurse salary (allowance) of P8,000 a month by the DOH while the local government unit (LGU) where they are designated will supervise them, ensure their safety and security, and provide modest board and lodging. Also, LGUs are encouraged to give additional allowances and benefits worth at least P2,000 for these nurses.

PhilHealth and the Government Service Insurance System will provide group insurance coverage to the nurses while private corporations are encouraged to chip in thru their available resources.

The recruitment and selection of these RN Heals nurses shall be under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through its Regional Offices.

Registered nurses who are physically and mentally fit, and happy to serve in their municipalities may apply on the internet at the DOLE website (www.dole.gov.ph) from January 17 to February 4 this year. Preference will be given to residents of the municipalities covered by the Health Facilities Enhancement Program of DOH and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the Conditional Cash Transfer of the DSWD.

The list of RN Heals successful applicants with their area of assignments shall be posted online at the DOLE website from February 7-10. An orientation shall be held on February 11-12 in their provincial centers of assignment by the regional DOH, DSWD, Professional Regulation Commission – Board of Nursing and the Philippine Nurses Association prior to deployment.

Apply at DOH RN Heals program now!

Update: New website exclusively for RN Heals.