8,000 jobs on offer for Romanians in Britain

Romanians and Bulgarians can now go across Europe for work after they were granted the same rights as the rest of the European Union from Wednesday.

Around 8,000 jobs in Britain are being advertised on the website Tjobs.ro, a site based in Romania.

There are 20 jobs for Romanian women with an 'elegant, pleasant appearance' while one Birmingham club is offering up to £6,000 for women to work as strippers.

Care home workers can apply for jobs paying as little as £500 a month although accommodation and meals are covered.

There was anger from MPs that a shortage of training places for nurses had denied young people in Britain the chance of a career. One Black Country hospitals trust has said it is now looking for recruits in Europe.

There are also 25 posts across the country, including some in Birmingham, for qualified nurses on Tjobs.ro.

The jobs offer £11 an hour for newly- qualified staff, rising to to £14 an hour for candidates with experience or £16-18 an hour in private sector. Telephone or Skype interviews are offered for candidates that are not able to attend face to face.

The website also suggests that women wearing 'sexy outfits', aged 18 or over, could make between £1,500 and £8,000 a month working as dancers in Birmingham.

The 20 positions advertised for Romanian women with an 'elegant, pleasant appearance' suggest they should be communicative, responsive and ambitious.

A translation of the website reveals in the advert that 'English is an advantage'.

Another opportunity in Birmingham offers up to £6,000 a month for women prepared to work as strippers. It reveals they would earn 65 per cent of the fee charged for a dance but would have to pay club owners £80 a week in accommodation.

There is one advert for 50 posts for care home workers split between the Midlands and the south. Those who want to become a care home worker are being offered pay of up to £7 an hour – and they will get their accommodation found for them by their employer.

There were calls today for the Government to do more to boost the number of British young people who are able to train as nurses, reducing the reliance on foreign workers.

Warley MP John Spellar said: "I have been campaigning against the cuts in nursing training places in the West Midlands for some time. This is denying opportunities to our youngsters."

Hospitals have also begun seeking applicants for nursing posts from overseas, with health bosses looking as far afield as India, China and the Philippines as well as Europe.

Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North, said: "With A&E units struggling to cope and waiting lists increasing, we need more nurses and I want to see local youngsters getting trained and being employed, but despite all David Cameron's promises about the NHS, he's made experienced nurses redundant. The number of nurses fell by almost 6,000 between 2010 and 2012 and the number of training places has been cut by thousands as well."

But Gavin Williamson, Tory MP for South Staffordshire, said the former Labour government had created a system where some people found it paid more to be on benefits rather than in low-paid jobs.

"People trapped on welfare have been unwilling to take jobs that are not the best paying," he said. "My hope is that with changes to welfare we will see more jobs going to British people."

Tjobs said that many Romanians would not be looking to settle in Britain. Spokesman Raluca Stefanescu said: "Most of the Romanians choose to leave the country for economic reasons and, according to our statistics, more than 80 per cent are planning to work abroad for a few years, save some money and go back to buy a house and maybe start a small business." On Wednesday, when the relaxation of restrictions came into effect, MP Keith Vaz, the chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, met arrivals at Luton Airport to find out what had brought them to Britain.

However, most of the 140 passengers on the flight from Romania were already living and working in the UK.

Nurses at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital are being recruited in a £3.6 million drive with 170 expected to come from overseas.

Its chief executive has pledged that any British nurses who are trained and up to the task will be hired but the hospital is prepared to seek workers from India, the Philippines and China because of a shortage in the UK. But the hospital confirmed it was not targeting workers from Romania or Bulgaria.

The Dudley Group of Hospitals advertised for 18 nurses but only found one with the right skills and experience. It is now looking for recruits from Europe.

By Daniel Wainwright