Due to recent changes regarding applications for International nurses to Australia and the combining of the nursing boards to one central nursing board in Australia AHPRA I have started a new thread for people to discuss the new process on working in Australia.
Currently New Zealand is not accepting new applicants from International trained nurses except those that meet the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement {TTMR} this will be updated once the New Zealand nursing board reopen their books to International nurses.
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency AHPRA
visit gumtree.com.au there are lots of accommodation posted in Burwood.
Thank you for ur suggestion. I will check it out! :) However, are there any others that may recommend a good place to stay (tried and tested) walking distance to CON Burwood???
Im also applying for BP, but I think I'll go to CON in Sydney.
I'll prefer it rather than mercy because mercy got only 2 weeks for theory and I dont think thats enough to understand the Australian healthcare setting.
and La Trobe is better but there next intake would be january next year... More time waiting...
Specializes in Acute Care. ER. Aged Care/LTC. Psyche.
Are all overseas RN's require to undergo bridging program or do further studies?
I'm about to start my registration application, I also inquired through a staffing agency, and the agency said if an applicant has a nursing experience in the US, UK, Ireland, NZ, and non-Quebec Canada, then no bridging program is required. Is this relatively true?
Specializes in Acute Care. ER. Aged Care/LTC. Psyche.
I earned my BSN degree in the Philippines, then took my NCLEX, and now I'm working here in the US. I already took my IELTS exam and got an acceptable band score.
I don't mind doing the bridging program if its needed, but I just think it will save me money and time if I don't have to.
Also, is there a format for license verification? or can it be whatever verification my current nursing board will send to AHPRA?
You still have to sit the IELTS exam and score 7 in each task. You don't need to do a bridging program if you have been working as a nurse in the US. You have to contact your nursing board to submit your licence verification to AHPRA - you can check other requirements for international nurses on the AHPRA website.
Specializes in Acute Care. ER. Aged Care/LTC. Psyche.
Hi iamnomad,
You still have to sit the IELTS exam and score 7 in each task. You don't need to do a bridging program if you have been working as a nurse in the US. You have to contact your nursing board to submit your licence verification to AHPRA - you can check other requirements for international nurses on the AHPRA website.
thank you.
I just recently took the IELTS and got the required band score.
About the bridging program, just what you said, the agency told me that its possible that I might be exempted on that bridging program.
I checked the process, the requirements, and viewed the forms on their website. It's pretty much straightforward. But I just don't want to make any errors in the application.
BTW, do you know if there's a certain format for the CV? I know on the website there's a guide on what should be included in the CV but I don't know if there's a format. Also, do you have to list all the procedural / clinical skills that you possess / completed / observed? (it's not very many for me, lol)
Sorry, can't help you with the CV format but I assume the guide on the web site/page would be the format they would prefer. AHPRA is still very new even to us who are registered here.
'Also, do you have to list all the procedural / clinical skills that you possess / completed / observed?' -----
Are you referring to a requirement from a nursing agency? If so you could ask them to send you a tick list of competencies/skills.
Specializes in Acute Care. ER. Aged Care/LTC. Psyche.
Sorry, can't help you with the CV format but I assume the guide on the web site/page would be the format they would prefer. AHPRA is still very new even to us who are registered here.
'Also, do you have to list all the procedural / clinical skills that you possess / completed / observed?' -----
Are you referring to a requirement from a nursing agency? If so you could ask them to send you a tick list of competencies/skills.
It is stated under "Work History" in AHPRA form to attach a CV, describing full practice history and any clinical or procedural skills undertaken. Well I guess I just have to be really detailed on the CV. It's better include / attach more than to lack something. And they're not sending back applications if you missed or forgot to include something, right? They will just send you a correspondence stating what else needs to be done, correct?
So did you register under the previous standard managed by each state and territory? Are you already working in Australia? (sorry I didn't back read.)
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Can you recommend an accommodation near CON Burwood??? Thank you!