Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says all 2025 nursing graduates will be offered jobs.

Last week the Registered Nurses Union issued a release indicating that conversations with nursing grads revealed that of the 121 fourth-year nursing students at MUN’s Centre for Nursing Studies, only three were given job offers.

One said that a manager with the health authority in central Newfoundland indicated that “he prefers hiring private agency nurses because they are easier to make happy.”

VP of Human Resources Debbie Molloy told VOCM Open Line with Paddy Daly this morning that there are jobs available. She says third year nursing students are matched in the fall with vacancies.

“This year we had five people…who’ve actually said they had an interest in Labrador, we have vacancies in Labrador so we were able to make those job offers right away.” In the meantime screening is currently underway to determine where they can match people with current vacancies.

On the comments of the NLHS manager about preferring to hire agency nurses, Molloy says an investigation has been launched into the matter.

She says they want to determine what exactly was said, and “appropriate action” will be taken after that.