Nurses from New Zealand are being targeted by a Hobart-based healthcare agency in a new recruitment push to meet the shortage of nurses in Tasmania. Searson Buck Health and Nurseline state manager Cathy Beswick said the agency was in the early stages of a relationship with a New Zealand company to recruit nurses into Tasmania for short-term contracts initially, with the potential for some to stay permanently. “Pay rates in New Zealand are less than in Tasmania so that is an incentive for them,” Ms Beswick said. “It’s very much in the early stages, but it’s just a different way that Nurseline is trying to meet the shortage of nurses in Tasmania.
