Regarding the so-called "potential nurses" who are also expected to be responsible for vaccination of the new coronavirus, it was found that the number of people who took up the vaccination work was about 1,600 nationwide, which is only about 40% of the job offers.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling for the elimination of mismatches, probably because the working conditions are not met.
It is estimated that there are 710,000 nurses and associate nurses, so-called "potential nurses," who have left their jobs due to childcare or long-term care, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is supporting the return to work so that they can become the bearers of vaccination. I am.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, by the 6th of this month, a total of 4,275 job offers were sent to nurse centers nationwide by local governments and other organizations regarding inoculation services.
On the other hand, the number of people who actually worked was 1649, which is 39%.
The employment rate in prefectures with more than 100 jobs is 90% in Nagano prefecture, 67% in Hiroshima prefecture, 53% in Okinawa prefecture, which exceeds 50%, while Chiba prefecture is 9% and Hyogo prefecture is 8%. , Toyama prefecture was 7%, and Shiga prefecture was 2%, which was less than 10%.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "I think the reason why the employment rate is not increasing is that the conditions for recruiting by local governments and the working conditions desired by potential nurses do not match." Since we are ready to start vaccination work, we would like you to adjust the conditions such as work location and working hours and utilize it as a human resource to support inoculation in the workplace that starts in earnest. "