{"id":20521,"date":"2024-04-26T05:22:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T05:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immifocus.ca\/immigopro\/premium\/?post_type=immigration-pathway&#038;p=20521"},"modified":"2025-01-15T04:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:23:36","slug":"bcpnp-skilled-worker-priority-occupations-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"immigration-pathway","link":"https:\/\/immigopro.ca\/premium\/immigration-pathway\/bcpnp-skilled-worker-priority-occupations-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"BCPNP &#8211; Skilled Worker  (Priority Occupations) &#8211; Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Workers who are direct employees of a provincial health authority or who are physicians, nurse practitioners, or midwives with the support of a provincial health authority can submit an application directly to the Health Authority stream.<\/p>\n<p>Workers who are not employed by a health authority (and so must register in another stream) and who have a job offer in one of the following 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performing their work from within B.C.<\/li>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n  <li>Follow laws and regulations<\/li>\r\n  <li>Make genuine efforts to recruit locally<\/li>\r\n  <li>Your employer must demonstrate that there is a genuine need for the position.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","immigration_in_demand_jobs":"","Immigration_eligible_noc_teer_categories":"<table class=\"dataTable tableFullWidth tableTextAlignCenter\">\r\n  <thead>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <th>Code<\/th>\r\n      <th>Occupation<\/th>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n  <\/thead>\r\n  <tbody>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>30010<\/td>\r\n      <td>Managers in health care<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31100<\/td>\r\n      <td>Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31101<\/td>\r\n      <td>Specialists in surgery<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31102<\/td>\r\n      <td>General practitioners and family physicians<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31110<\/td>\r\n      <td>Dentists<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31112<\/td>\r\n      <td>Audiologists and speech-language pathologists<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31120<\/td>\r\n      <td>Pharmacists<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31121<\/td>\r\n      <td>Dietitians and nutritionists<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31200<\/td>\r\n      <td>Psychologists<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31201<\/td>\r\n      <td>Chiropractors<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31202<\/td>\r\n      <td>Physiotherapists<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31203<\/td>\r\n      <td>Occupational therapists<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31204<\/td>\r\n      <td>Kinesiologists and other professional occupations in therapy and assessment<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31209<\/td>\r\n      <td>Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>31300<\/td>\r\n 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<td>Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>33101<\/td>\r\n      <td>Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>33102<\/td>\r\n      <td>Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>33103<\/td>\r\n      <td>Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>41300<\/td>\r\n      <td>Social workers<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>41301<\/td>\r\n      <td>Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td>42201<\/td>\r\n      <td>Social and community service workers<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td colspan=\"2\">*For the purposes of the BC PNP, only health care assistants \/ health care aides are eligible under NOC 33102.<\/td>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <td colspan=\"2\">Occupations 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