Posted on: Tue 23-04-2019

The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission is responsible for co-ordinating, regulating and supervising Christian Pilgrimage in Nigeria. As part of its mandate, the Commission organises pilgrimage programmes annually to the Holy Lands of Israel, Rome, Greece. The Commission recruits various medical personnel on adhoc and voluntary basis to provide medical services to pilgrims.

In pursuance to this goal, the Commission wishes to call for applications from qualified Christian Medical Personnel for the 2019 Federal Medical Team Examination.

Interested candidates are to apply online through the Commission's website www.ncpc.gov.ng from 15^th April – 16^th May, 2019. The Exam Is scheduled to take place on 1" June at the JAMB centres in selected states across the six geopolitical zones. Further details are in the application form on the Commission's website.

The examination fees for the various categories is:

• Doctors: N15,000
• Pharmacists: N13,000
• Nurses & Others: N11,000

Possession of Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Life Support (ALS) training certificate is an added advantage. Candidates should also be in practice.

The online application and Examination Is the only means through which candidates will be selected as members of the FMT. Kindly disregard calls or e-mails from persons asking for credentials and money to enroll on the team.

Federal Medical Team members that participated in the pilgrimage exercise in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 and those already serving a ban are not eligible to be part of the 2019 team and risk a ten-year ban should they choose to apply.

Those on the 2018 Federal Medical Team and are yet to travel need not re-apply.

Please note that only 1 Doctor, 2 Nurses will be selected from each state. 1 Pharmacist, 1 CHEW/MLS will be selected from each geopolitical zone. Pass Mark Is 70, for Doctors and Pharmacists and 60% for Nurses and Others. Application closes at 4pm on 16th May, 2019.

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