How to become a nurse in Singapore?

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Hi guys any kababayan here who successfully landed in Singapore as a RN? Please share your experience on how to go with the process...This country is getting us poorer...

pinay2008 said:
Ok... How about trainings (nurse training in a tertiary hospital), do you have any idea if they consider this as an experience? Thanks.

No I think not. They really prefer paid employment.

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englishnewyork said:

I am an currently working in the US. My nurse education was in the UK where I worked as a nurse for 6 years prior to coming to the US - I have been here for 13 years.

My experience is vast 20 years as an RN, 18 of those years primarily in Emergency/Trauma setting - however I have worked occupational health, flight nurse and on a cruise ship for 10 months.

I am a highly skilled nurse and currently studying my RN - BSN - MSN degree.

I would like to work in Singapore. How do I go about doing this?

It seems most advertisements are for Philippine Nationals or Singaporean Residents. Does this mean they do not hire US/UK nurses at all?

I do have 2 passports (Dual Nationality) US and UK .

Can anyone advise?

Thanks so much.

Chris Matthews

Definitely with your qualifications they will surely accommodate you. :up: Singapore is a multi-racial country so as long as you are qualified you can work here. However I think the wage for nurses here are not as high as compared to US or UK.

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apkawale said:

Hi,

My sister is a registered nurse in India with specialization in cardio-thoracic nursing. She wants to work in Singapore as RN. Is there any organization or employer who she can contact for help? What are the requirements for the same ? Would greatly appreciate any help.

With Regards,

Amol Kawale

Hi Amol,

For foreign nurses they require at least 3 yrs of working experience in a 200-250 bed capacity hospital. For more infos you can contact the Singapore Nursing Board. http://www.snb.gov.sg.

But just to give you some details, before your sister can register for SNB or become licensed here, she needs to find an employer first. This is a pre-requisite. The board will only allow your sister to sit for the exam if she has an employer. and almost every hospitals here require a nurse to have at least 3 yrs of post registration experience before they can employ you.

If your sister does not have the 3 yrs work experience requirement, she can apply as an Enrolled Nurse provided that she has at least 1 year work experience in a 100 bed capacity hospital. After a year or so, if her performance is good, the hospital can let her sit for the SNB-RN exam (upgrading test) so she can work as a full-fledged RN.

for job opportunities she can google search or go to job search engines online like

https://www.jobstreet.com.sg

https://jobscentral.com.sg

https://www.stjobs.sg

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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Hello Chris,

I am also an RN in the United States and I am about to complete my masters as a family nurse practitioner. I am wondering if you found out any additional information about practicing as a US/UK trained nurse in Singapore, either as an advanced practice nurse or as a staff RN.

Thanks,

Amanda

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Hi guys.

I am to sit on the Singapore national board exam, do you have some review materials that I can use? Or a link to that? Please help me. Thanks.

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nemov02 said:

Hi guys.

I am to sit on the Singapore national board exam, do you have some review materials that I can use? Or a link to that? Please help me. Thanks.

I was only reading Lippincott's pathophysiology book. You will be fine. I find the questions were very easy. It might change now, I sat for the SNB in 1999. Good luck.

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Hi. I'm actually new here and just want to know if there are other hospitals who are hiring nurses in Singapore even without experience.

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Specializes in PICU.

US PICU RN with >5yrs. exp. wants to maybe relocate to Singapore? Any advice would be much appreciated!

Cheers!!!

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Hello!

My sister just recently went to Singapore & work as a nurse in one of the best hospitals there. We're actually from Cebu. From what I know, She ventured to manila for a few days together with some of her co-workers and personally applied at agencies there. Fortunately she was considered and everything went pretty fast from there. It took around 2-3 months processing.

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Specializes in ER.
hotpotato101 said:
Definitely with your qualifications they will surely accommodate you. :up: Singapore is a multi-racial country so as long as you are qualified you can work here. However I think the wage for nurses here are not as high as compared to US or UK.

What is the average salary of nursing there in Singapore?

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After reading through this thread. I have a few questions about working in Singapore as a RN. Does the enrolled nurses and needing at least 2 years of work experience counts only for people from Philippines holding a Philippine BSN? I will be graduating from the States with a BSN and taking the NCLEX in May of this year. I am not from USA and may or may not get OPT so I might end up returning to Singapore. Would I have to work as an enrolled nurse then instead of a RN? What is the job situation currently in Singapore?

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spottiswoode said:
Hi! Suzanne! This is in fact my very first message here, I have been a long time reader of this forum and I find the thread very informative especially your output and other members too. Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us. I may agree with you that there's still quite a number of registered nurses from Philippines who are working in Singapore as Enrolled Nurses (Assistant Nurses) or other lower posts but I must share with you that there are large number of Filipino Nurses who works here as a Registered Nurse too and I am one of them. I'm working in one of the biggest tertiary hospital here and almost 10% of Registered Nurses are Filipinos not to mention other hospitals where I knew some who are Registered Nurses too. Well I might say that it was not easy to be registered to Singapore Nursing Board but at least some of us made it.

Hi spottiswoode,

I am currently doing research on nurse migration for a Japanese university. It is about the multi-step migration of Filipino nurses. I will be in Singapore during the last week of March for my interview/data gathering, and am currently looking for a contact person there. Is it possible to get in touch with you about my research, and possibly get some referrals of other nurses? I am nurse myself who is based in the Philippines. Please message me how I can get in touch with you. Hoping to hear from you. Thanks

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