NMC Registration

Overseas Nurses Programme (ONP)

The role of nurses in the community

Having a specialization

Support workers

There are support workers, nursing auxiliary and clerks in the UK. They assist nursing staff in hospitals and other medical institutions. The clinical support worker usually does a short course and obtains basic qualification. The nursing auxiliary is usually unqualified. There may also be ward clerks, they up to date information about patients and answer the telephone.

Like doctors, nurses can improve their specialty:

§ From the beginning a midwife specializes in a course of midwifery, they manage pregnancy and childbirth.

§ District nurses usually visit patients in their homes.

§ Health visitors also work in the community, they give advice on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.

The nurse's role has changed considerably in recent years. In addition to general patient care, the nurse checks temperatures, pulse rates and blood pressures, changes dressings, gives injections and removes sutures, nurses now do some of the things which have previously been belonged to doctors, such as prescribing drugs, and ordering laboratory tests. More responsibilities for nurses are planned, as it is shown below.

Nurses in Scotland are trained to perform minor surgery in an effort to cut patients’ waiting times.

Nurses who have passed a new course at Glasgow Caledonian University are now qualified to carry out such procedures as the removal of small lesions, benign moles and cysts.

The need for trained nurses in the UK is still high.

Thousands of foreign trained nurses are recruited into the UK yearly.

If you want to work in the UK, however:

· You need to be accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of the United Kingdom

· You need to apply for and get a Permit Free Visa in order to proceed to the next step

· You need to undertake a 20 - day overseas nurses programme

· You may need to undergo a supervised placement in a nursing home or other accredited health facility

· You need to obtain a work permit

· You need to be registered with the Nurses and Midwife Council (NMC) of the United Kingdom straightforward.

· In order to be eligible for registration you need to show that you are able to communicate effectively in English language and are of good character, as well as have the relevant experience and qualifications demanded.

· It is required to have an overall score of at least 6.5 in the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum of 5.5 in listening and reading, and 6.0 in writing and speaking.

Once an applicant has passed its IELTS, he/she needs to download and put in the application form with evidence of past experience and good character. The applicant also needs to pay an application fee. The NMC will inform about its decision by a letter.

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