More than600 jobs are up for grabs at this week’s Health and Wellness Career Expo and Employment Fair, organised by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information.
The expo and job fair is being hosted at The University of the West Indies, Mona this Wednesday and Thursday, January 22 and 23, 2025, under the theme, ‘A Career in Health: Roadmap to Success’.
The two-day event affords members of the public the opportunity to vie for the more than 600 job vacancies islandwide, which were advertised in this Sunday’s local newspapers. All categories of workers are required – from records and research officers to monitoring and evaluation officers, drivers, office attendants and accountants, managers and directors in programme management, doctors, nurses, psychologists, health informatics pros and so much more.
Those who are interested in applying for the posts need only to attend the expo and job fair with their resume.
The expo and job fair respond to prevailing challenges to human resources for health, including the limited availability of professionals for some specialist areas, migration and competition from overseas recruiters.
“This event will progress Jamaica’s journey to ‘ensuring human resources for health in sufficient number and competencies, aligned to the model of care and committed to the mission’ to safeguard the best possible health outcomes for all,” said Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton.
“As a Ministry of Health and Wellness, we are committed to getting ahead of the human resources for health challenges. The scale of this event and its prioritisation of the needs of students, career changers, jobseekers and others who are curious to find out what it takes to succeed in public health is a clear indication of that,” Dr Tufton added.
In addition to the opportunity to vie for the available vacancies, the event will showcase the range of career options as well as the different professional groups in health. Attendees will also have the benefit of enrichment sessions that feature, among other things, resume writing and how to finance a career in health.
The latter includes exposure to the Dr Barrington Wint Scholarship, which makes available up to $1 million per recipient for up to five years. Named in honour of Dr Barrington Wint, a former chief medical officer, the scholarship is open to Jamaicans pursuing health studies.
