Overview
A comprehensive Government of New Brunswick website providing up to the minute information on a wide variety of healthcare professions and careers in the province. The user-friendly site divides healthcare professions into 3 areas: Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health. Each subheading further divides into a diverse range of career opportunities specific to each area and provides easy to read descriptions for each including:
- Definition of the career/job
- Personal characteristics and skills required
- Roles
- Settings where the career can take place
- Academic requirements
- Education and Training institutions
In addition to the pertinent information, the site also has a tab for current job opportunities posted by health region. There are additional tables providing information addressing Internationally Trained Health Professionals and Living in New Brunswick. The Homepage has a “Health System At A Glance” view of current numbers of positions in the province
Objectives
- To explore the large variety of healthcare career options that exist in New Brunswick.
- To gain knowledge about specific skills, qualifications, and personal characteristics relevant to various health career jobs
- To explore labour market needs and real job opportunities in the healthcare field in various regions of New Brunswick
Instructions
This website is an excellent resource for exploring health career options within the province. Educators could direct learners to the site to have them discover healthcare careers they never knew existed and find the best match to their current skills and interests. Given the variety of careers listed, there is likely something that may interest learners who may not have considered a career in healthcare and assist them in discovering current labour market needs and possible options for their future.
Key Highlights
- User friendly, current, attractive, non-technical language
- Includes lesser-known healthcare careers
- Available in French
- Includes testimonials from healthcare professionals working in various regions in New Brunswick