Nursing in the UK: It's Simple When You Have The Right Connections!
Who is Professional Connections?
Professional Connections often referred to as Profco is an International nurse recruitment agency. We have offices in Europe and in Asia. We have partner agencies in Australia, New Zealand, India and The Philippines.
What Professional Connections (Profco) can offer you?
We have jobs for nurses with at least 12 months post graduate experience right up to Ward Managers. Search our jobs pages or just contact us and we will call you and discuss which posts you can apply for.
We are committed to providing the very best service to our candidates and clients. We work all day every day with our candidates to keep the recruitment process moving forward with as much ease for you our candidate as possible. We know the processes very well you don't we are here to guide you. It is very complicated we are here to advise you every step of the way.
Recruitment Process:
Send your expression of interest for a nursing job in The UK.
We will send you an employment application pack to complete and return and provide advise how to write your cv.
If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by Profco for an initial prescreening interview by telephone.
Your file will be submitted to The Hospital (NHS Trust) for shortlisting.
Interview will take shortly after shortlisting.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registration for overseas nurses:
Professional Connections will assist you at all stages of the application process from ordering an application pack, advising you on documents required, checking your application prior to submission and following up the status of your application for you.
When you apply you must have been practising as a registered nurse or midwife for at least 12 months (full-time or the part-time equivalent) after qualifying. Also, if you have been qualified for longer than this, you must have practised for at least 450 hours in the previous three years
To be eligible to register with the NMC in the UK you must complete the academic version of the IELTS test and achieve
* At least 7.0 in the listening and reading section
* At least 7.0 in the writing and speaking section
* At least 7.0 (out of a possible 9) overall
The registration process and the information required (four stages): source
The current processing times at NMC means it is likely to take 6- 9 months for you to receive your decision letter. (DL)
Stage one: Initial application
For NMC to begin processing your application you will have to:
Pay an administration fee of £140, this fee is non-refundable.
Return a fully completed application request online form - on this form you will be required to provide details of you your International English Language Testing System (IELTS) candidate number and test scores.
Send NMC photocopies of the following supporting information (please note, these no longer need to be certified):
Passport (NMC will need a copy of the pages containing your photograph, signature and personal details).
Birth certificate.
Registration certificate from the licensing authority/registration body in the country in which you qualified and any other countries where you have practised as a nurse/midwife.
Marriage, civil partnership or deed poll certificate as evidence of your change in name if your name has changed or differs on any of documents listed above.
Stage two: Full application
When we have received and assessed all of the requested stage one documentation and the required fee we will send you a stage two application pack.
You have six months to return the following documents to NMC:
A fully completed full application form.
Two employment references (to be provided directly to us from your selected referees).
A fully completed original transcript of training form (to be provided by the training institution where you attained your approved nursing/midwifery training programme).
Stage three: the Overseas Nurses Programme and the Adaptation to Midwifery Programme
If your stage two application is successful and meets our minimum standards, you will have to complete an education and/or clinical practice placement before you can be entered onto the Register. If you are a nurse you will have to undertake the Overseas Nurses Programme. If you are a midwife you will be required to undertake the Adaptation to Midwifery Programme. These courses are run by selected universities in the UK.
Final Stage: Identity Check
On successful completion of the Overseas Nurses Programme we will send you a final confirmation letter and require you to:
Complete a self declaration of good character form.
Pay a fee of £133.
Once you have sent back your declaration form and paid your registration fee for the year then you will be invited in for an identity check. You will need to bring with you the original documents of the copies you supplied in stage one, in addition any recent versions of the documents:
Passport.
Birth certificate.
Registration certificate from the licensing authority/registration body in the country in which you qualified and any others in which you have practised as a nurse or midwife.
Marriage, civil partnership or deed poll certificate as evidence of your change in name if your name has changed or differs on any of documents listed above.
Only once you have attended an Identity appointment and satisfied the requirements of the check will you be entered on to the NMC Register as a nurse or midwife and will be provided with your PIN.
Nurses Salary in The UK:
How much will I be paid? Allocating posts to pay bands: Staff are placed in one of nine pay bands on the basis of their knowledge, responsibility, skills and effort needed for the job. The assessment of each post, using the Job Evaluation Scheme (JES), determines the correct pay band for each post, and as a result, the correct basic pay. Within each pay band, there are a number of pay points. As staff successfully develop their skills and knowledge, they progress in annual increments up to the maximum of their pay band, At two defined "gateway points" on each pay band, pay progression is based on them demonstrating the applied knowledge and skills for that job.
For London area: High cost area supplements:
Area Inner London: 20% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,076 and a maximum payment of £6,279
Outer London: 15% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £3,448 and a maximum payment of £4,395
Fringe: 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £942 and a maximum payment of £1,632
In addition unsocial hour's payments are paid. For more information NHS Employers
Band 5
Point 16 - 21,388 +20% = 25 665
Point 17 - 22,016 +20% = 26 419
Point 18- 22,903+20% = 27483
Point 19 - 23,825+20% = 28 590
Point 20- 24,799+20% = 29 758
Point 21- 25,783+20% = 30 939
Point 22- 26,822+20% = 32 186
Point 23 - 27,901+20% = 33 481
Band 6
Point 21 25,783
Point 22 26,822
Point 23 27,901
Point 24 28,755
Point 25 29,759
Point 26 30,764
Point 27 31,768
Point 28 32,898
Point 29 34,530
Band 7
Point 26 30,764
Point 27 31,768
Point 28 32,898
Point 29 34,530
Point 30 35,536
Point 31 36,666
Point 32 37,921
Point 33 39,239
Point 34 40,558
Meet and Greet?
Professional Connections meet you at the airport and provide free transport to take you to your accommodation and settle you in. Provide you with a SIM card.Show you the hospital and where to report to on your first day. Show you the local shops.Assist you to obtain your National Insurance Number. Assist you opening a bank account. Assist you to register with a doctor. Finalise your NMC registration.
We look forward to relocating you to The UK. Contact us today. email nurses@profco.com or register here