moving from US to UK?

I am a nurse in Florida, my fiance lives in UK. We are wondering how hard it will be for me to move there and get a job. Not really sure what all the proper paper work entales, anyone on here done it before? Would it be easier for me to go there on a work permit or for us to get married there. Also I am wondering what all the nursing titles mean in the UK, when I was browsing online there are so many different nurses..ie nurse E,H, theatre nurse, i think i spelled that right. what is all this....help!!!

Is your fiance a EU citizen? I know you say he live's in the UK but does not necessary means he is a UK/EU citizen. If he is the best thing would be to get married as currently very hard if not UK/EU to get a work permit. Overall jobs in the UK are very hard to find with newly qualified RN's struggling to find work. You will also have to meet all criteria with the NMC as a overseas nurse and complete their programme before you can work as a RN in the UK.

nursing titles

care assistant/auxillary nurse helps providing basic care and assist RN in roles they are able to do

Health care assistants (HCA) completed courses enabling them to support RN with jobs like blood monitoring diabetic. In the UK we call it BM monitoring with also covers bowels movements as well as blood monitoring (we are a bit funny like that :)) basic dressings. Currently do not give injections

Enrolled nurse similar to your LPN/LVN

RN

Sister/Charge nurse

Modern matron

Nurse practitioners based both in the community and the hospital (I am sure someone who is doing that job can give you an idea on what they do)

Nurse specialist nurse work both in the community or hospital with specialist knowledge in certain areas

I hope some others will give their opinions on nursing titles :)

E,H or band 5 etc are ways that we are graded to pay. Recently changed old way was C upwards but now band 5 upwards. Not gone down well and some hospitals still need to convert.

Links which should help you

http://www.rcn.org.uk/agendaforchange/payconditions/pay/pay2006.php Pay grade

http://www.nmc-uk.org/aSection.aspx?SectionID=17

http://www.britainusa.com/visas/

This is my opinion and I am sure one of the others will jump in and give theirs

Hope it helps

If I was your fiance I'd be wanting to go to the USA!!

Nothing more I can add otherwise to what SD has already said - that's not unusual though!

You have a few options:

You can get get married outside of the UK - that would mean then applying for a spousal visa, which you would enter the UK on. That lasts two years (you can't claim any benefits), and then you can apply for indefinite leave to remain. After you've had ILR for one year, you can apply for British citizenship if you like.

You can come to the UK on a fiancee visa. You have to get married in the UK within six months of arriving and cannot work in that time. Once married, you get your two year spousal visa (can't claim benefits) and then ILR as above.

You could come as a student. You would have to pay international fees and could only work 20 hours/week during term time and full time during holidays. You couldn't claim any benefits.

You could come on a work permit. If you're not what the UK would consider a high Band 6 or Band 7, you wouldn't be considered in a shortage position and therefore would be unable to get a work permit or residency visa on that basis.

As far as the US to UK immigration goes, I highly advise you to join www.americanexpats.co.uk . However, there's not a lot of nurses on that board, so it'd be best used for immigration queries to the UK and All Nurses used for specific nursing queries.

(I realise the thread is old but thought it was worth putting the information out there.)