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How does the New Test of Competence affect International Nurses?   NMC has announced the new Test of Competence (ToC) to be introduced on Monday 2 August 2021. The new ToC will reflect new Future Nurse and Future Midwife standards, ensuring that all those delivering care in the UK will meet the same high standards, regardless of where they are trained or how long they’ve bee...

How can we improve the retention level of International Nurses? Whilst evaluating the international recruitment activity, identifying the retention levels is one of the key factors. Having a clear international recruitment campaign to invite the right candidate is essential in setting the process focused from the beginning. The first six months in a new role typically influe...

Introduction to new OSCE changes for International Nurses The NMC will start testing candidates with the new test from August 2021. They had planned to launch the test in summer 2020, but changed this to August 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The OSCE will have 10 stations: Four stations will continue to be linked together around a scenario: the APIE (one station for asse...

UPDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL NURSES - CHANGES IN COMPETENCY TESTS   The NMC will start testing candidates with the new test from August 2021. NMC had planned to launch the test in summer 2020, but changed this to August 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. How is the test changing? Preparation materials The NMC worked with clinical partners to review and develop new examination ma...

Due to the severity of Covid-19, there has been a temporary pause in the arrival of international nurses from red-list countries, especially India. Even during this pandemic and travel restrictions, we here at Nursingjobsuk, have been fortunate to support the NHS by placing international nurses from non-red list countries. Today morning, we had 4 international nurses arrivin...

Due to the severity of the situation the UK Governtment has requested an immediate pause on all nurses internarional travel from India taking up employment in the NHS until further notice. This policy is for immediate actiom and therefore as of today we would not be booking any flights or travels from India untill we have further notice. For those who has already booked the ...

Jobs that qualify for travel exemptions: Latest Update for Overseas Nurses India was added to the Red List Travel Ban Countries today 23rd April 2021 at 4am. However, Some people are exempt from the red list restrictions because of the work they are doing. One of them namely, Nurses coming from or travelling through red-list countries to take up immediate NHS employment in E...

International Healthcare workers free visa extension: Home Office   Frontline health workers from overseas will be given a free one-year UK visa extension, the Home Office says. The move applies to eligible workers and their dependents whose visas are due to expire before 1 October 2021.  The list of professions who are entitled to this extension includes doctors, nurses, pa...

NEW OSCE GUIDELINES! WHAT AN EMPLOYER NEEDS TO KNOW?   The deadline for pre-registration nurses and midwives on the NMC’s temporary register to sit the Occupational Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been extended to 30 September 2021. If they do not pass on the first attempt, they will have until 31 December 2021 to pass the exam. This means that sponsors do not nee...

GREAT NEWS FOR OVERSEAS NURSES -NMC Inviting Overseas Nurses to join Covid-19 Temporary Register The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is taking immediate action by inviting additional overseas-trained nurses to join its Covid-19 temporary register to help strengthen workforce capacity in the immediate period and coming weeks. Objective structured clinical examination (OSC...