"We have been carrying out some international recruitment in Poland for paramedics where their qualifications, skills and experience are very similar to our own and meet our own high standards for staff," Michelle Archer, the SCAS spokeswoman, as quoted by the Oxford Mail.
Archer emphasized that the SCAS was looking forward to applicants from many countries worldwide, not only from Poland.
The SCAS National Health Service Trust, which encompasses the four UK counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire, currently has 220 paramedic and technician jobs available, as well as 70 emergency care assistants vacancies, according to the SCAS website. In November, SCAS posted job listings, seeking to fill 260 vacancies, according to the local media.
In October and November, Unison members, along with 11 other trade unions organised strikes in response to the British Government's decision to reject a one per cent pay rise for NHS staff in 2014, and further pay increases for the coming year. Unison NHS members have announced another strike in 2015, after the New Year holiday, according to the union's official site.
The news reflects sentiment among health workers and their labor unions toward what they see as the UK government's inability to cope with national demand for medical specialists and the NHS payment plan.
