BACOLOD City – The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) here is hiring an additional 547 medical, administrative, and other staff as part of its expansion under Republic Act 11441.
As of Thursday, the hospital management said its Human Resource Management Office was accepting applications until Oct. 3, 2021.
Available positions granted by the Department of Budget and Management will address the hospital’s staffing deficiency and allow for the opening of more coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) beds.
Republic Act 11441 expands the CLMMRH. Signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Aug. 28, 2019, the law provides for the increase in bed capacity of the hospital – the only Department of Health (DOH)-retained hospital on Negros Island, from 400 to 1,000 beds and authorizes the increase of its personnel.
The hiring of additional employees should be corresponding to the upgrading of the hospital’s services and facilities and increase in bed capacity.
Among the vacant positions are 13 for medical specialist IV; 15 – medical specialist III; 20 – medical specialist II; 35 – medical officer IV; 66 – medical officer III; 5 – Nurse V; 12 – Nurse IV; 65 – Nurse III; 120 – Nurse II; and 40 – Nurse I.
The expansion will also include additional neonatal and critical care units. (PNA/PN)
