Bilingual / French Requirement Nursing Position Grant
The NRRF established this grant in response to a need for bilingual/Francophone nurses. This grant underscores the importance of French language services, supports nursing staff, helps eliminate barriers to professional practice, and enhances quality and patient safety.
This one-time grant supports bilingual/Francophone nurses to work in a recognized bilingual/Francophone facility or program for a return of service commitment. This allows them to work to the best of their abilities, enabling them to further contribute to improving access to French language health services in Manitoba and to support the needs of the province’s Francophone individuals and communities.
The eligibility criteria for the Bilingual/French Nursing Grant are as follows:
- Bilingual/Francophone nurses (RNs, RPNs, LPNs, and NPs) with an active practice license. Graduate nurses are eligible and must provide approval from the respective regulatory college to practice as a graduate nurse.
- Bilingual/Francophone nurses must be newly hired to a position where bilingualism/French language is a requirement and have not been employed in any such position in the 6 months prior to the grant application.
- Confirmed employment as a direct caregiver by an approved employer in a permanent or term position for a duration of at least one year and 0.6 EFT or higher. This excludes terms under one year in length, indefinite terms and casual employment.
- Acceptance of and compliance with the conditions of a return of service commitment of 12 months.
- The Bilingual/French Requirement Nursing Position Grant can be received in conjunction with other financial assistance from the Fund, such as Conditional Grant, Personal Care Home Grant, and Relocation Assistance. However, the return-of-service for any combination will be consecutive.
Individuals who meet the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply for a grant in the amount of $3,000.
For further information, please contact the Nurses Recruitment and Retention Fund team.