"With healthcare industry growing globally, the demand for nurses and para-medical staff in on the increase. Currently, there are about 150,000 jobs in the US and nurses from India stand a good chance as they are both professional and fluent in English," Paula Bradney, director (recruitment), Banner Health said in New Delhi.
Founder of Modi Healthcare Placement India Pvt Ltd Charu Modi Bhartia, meanwhile, said, "There is a huge opportunity for nurses in the US and trained professionals from India are very much in demand because of their natural empathy towards people in pain and fluency in English."
The K K Modi group company has partnered with Banner Health, a non-profit organisation employing over 25,000 people and offering services such as hospital and homecare besides rehabilitation, for recruitment assistance.
About 150 nurses are flying to the US after being groomed for about two years before they take a job there, Bradney said.
Healthcare industry in India is growing at a rate of about seven per cent annually and the demand for professionals is accordingly increasing, Bhartia said.
As of now, about 90 per cent of the healthcare professionals in the business are from the US but things are changing rapidly, she said.
On institutes offering training in nursing, Bhartia said, "Concentration of such institutes, currently, is in southern part of the country but states like Rajasthan and Gujarat are also picking up."
