Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

[Silverdragon102]

New thread discussing meeting APHRA requirements if trained in the Philippines.

Resources

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

International registration / Nurses / Home - Nursing Council of New Zealand

Part 1 thread New grad Filipino nurse wanting to work in Australia/New Zealand

Part 2 thread New grad Filipino nurse wanting to work in Australia/New Zealand

I have started a thread in the Immigration for Immigration requirements for Australia/New Zealand

[danika0528]

Hi Danika0528,

Finally, I have found someone who is quite in the same boat as me. I am also a registered Nurse here in the UK, came here in 2013. I also had a year experience in the Philippines so that's basically 5 years of experience in total. I am starting my AHPRA application and I really do hope that they won't require BP on my case. May I ask what visa are you applying for, now that you've had your Oz registration? and did they require you to present your documents in person eg passport?

TIA! x

Hi, good thing I decided to check this post. Yes I am already registered in ahpra without undergoing bridging programme. I just came back from oz last week.

Basically, just submit all needed documents including transcripts from your onp here in the uk to be sent directly by the uni to ahpra.

Then they will assess and hopefully you will not undergo bridging anymore. Mine was registration in principle in which I am was given 90 days to present in any ahpra office. I chose melbourne as it has the cheapest flight from london.

They need your passport, boarding pass, flight tickets, visa (i just applied for tourist visa 600) and proof of australian address. In my case, i applied for commbank migrant banking and used the address of my friend in victoria. Then when i arrived to my nominated bank branch, i just presented my passport and i asked for a letter with my australian address. Btw, if your cogs and ichc already lapsed 3 months, they will ask for a statutory declaration to be signed by a witness in Australia.

I submitted all those and after a day I am already an Australian RN

[edsel07]

Hi, Welcome back! I'm glad you did check this post. :)

I have listed everything that is to be done except the bit wherein the University has to send the transcript directly to AHPRA? Does same apply to documents coming from the Philippines eg. ToR, RLE?

I have not applied for ICHS just yet. I have booked my English test this coming week as my first one has lapsed already.

How long did you have to wait before receiving your LOE by the way?

Sorry, I have so many queries.

Thank you x

[tonidom12]

Hello fellow nurses, my working experience mostly in KSA, and i am already here in South Australia for 8 months for a spouse visa, i want to register and work here but I dont know where to start, i kept on reading about ahpra registration but i dont know where to start.and also Do i need to enroll age care disability courses for me to get a job in aged care facilities? Thanks in advance!

[theamariecanlas]

hi everyone, can someone please help me with regards to the statement of service required by AHPRA. I have actually submitted one, but I was asked by my CO to give a detailed letter that shows the breakdown of roles I have during my employment. I started working as a PCA then became an Enrolled Nurse then Staff Nurse, all with the same employer. I asked my HR for it but they declined to give me a detailed statement, reason given to me was that they follow a standard format and that I am still currently employed. Anyone of you also asked by AHPRA for a detailed statement of service? May I have a sample please?

[nurseHD]

Hi cucci, rn... i sent you an email to your personal email add the one that you gave me before... i hope you can reply to my email. How is everything in ACN btw?

[Jigglypuff2017]

To theamariecanlas, I think your CO is asking for your job description that detailed your duties and responsibilities when you were working as RN.

[markieAldrin]

@jmolina: i am wondering on what happened to ur querry about your experience in Libya. Please can you give me information about this? Im about to start my application in ahpra. Just like you, i worked in libya before. Here's my email [email protected]

[danika0528]

Hi, Welcome back! I'm glad you did check this post. :)

I have listed everything that is to be done except the bit wherein the University has to send the transcript directly to AHPRA? Does same apply to documents coming from the Philippines eg. ToR, RLE?

I have not applied for ICHS just yet. I have booked my English test this coming week as my first one has lapsed already.

How long did you have to wait before receiving your LOE by the way?

Sorry, I have so many queries.

Thank you x

This is more of the instruction from my RO

Criterion 2 - Evidence of education institution accreditation: please download the Request for accreditation evidence – education institution under Accreditation evidence on the International application resources page of the NMBA website. Send this document to the education institution where you obtained your qualification and request that they provide the response directly to AHPRA as soon as possible.

· Criterion 3 - Evidence of program of study accreditation: please download the Request for accreditation evidence – program of study under Accreditation evidence on the International application resources page of the NMBA website. Send this document to the independent professional regulatory authority or agency that accredited the program of study you completed and request that they provide the response directly to AHPRA as soon as possible.

PLEASE NOTE: the independent professional regulatory authority or agency is NOT your education institution. If you do not know who your independent professional regulatory authority or agency is, please contact your education institution for this information.

· Criterion 5 - Official confirmation from your education institution of the number of hours of workplace experience acquired during the time that you were studying.

· Criterion 6 - A certified copy of the course outline/ syllabus (translated into English if required) containing information on each of your nursing units.

· Criterion 7 - A certified copy of the academic transcript (translated into English if required) and any other supplementary documentation if available.· Criterion 8 - Certification from your education institution, provided directly to AHPRA, that you have successfully completed an assessment in medication management. This must be in the form of the following evidence:

- certified copies of the relevant course or unit outlines indicating the study and assessment undertaken in medication management, or

- if course or unit outlines are no longer available, an official letter from your education institution providing a breakdown of the content completed for medication management and the number of hours studied for each component.

Relevant courses must include the following units of study:

- pharmacokinetics (the study of the bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs)

- pharmacodynamics (the study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and the mechanisms of their action in the body)

- medication administration (including calculations), and

- quality use of medicines.

Please see the fact sheet for criterion 8 on the NMBA website for more information on meeting these requirements.

so, this is for your philippine and uk uni where you did your onp. In my case, city university of london onp programme leader made the transcript and he sent it directly to aphra. With the pharmacology, he asked me to have my module of pharmacology to be notarized and be sent to the uni so that he can attach it together with the transcripts as evidenced of my pharmacology

i completed all requirements by mar 20 and received my loe april 28 but with my friend, it took longer like after 3 months.

[Ranieryricoo]

Hi,

Will AHPRA email me if they have receive my application? Because when I tracked all my documents, it says that it was already received by the receiver?

Is there any circumstances that they already receive the documents but didnt email on time?

Thank you.

[kyle_em]

Hi,

Will AHPRA email me if they have receive my application? Because when I tracked all my documents, it says that it was already received by the receiver?

Is there any circumstances that they already receive the documents but didnt email on time?

Thank you.

They will. Don't worry.

[tin2mei]

Hi! I sent my documents last June 14, 2017 and they received it after 2days as per courrier. The fee got deducted from credit card after a week but until now I haven't received any email from them.

[lorenzx13]

Hello lorenzx,

Are you now here in Perth?

No I am still in the Philippines. Will be arriving on August 5. So you're there already?