Nmc application: Employment gap

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Good day fellow nurses!

I'm an aspirant nurse for UK and I really need help or some advice from you who share the same experience with me or have knowledge about my concern.

I just received an email today (NOV 27, 2017) from an NMC assessor and he/she asked me to re-submit my application after I comply with this:

Employment Gap - Applicant must declare by way of declaration if she has undertaken any work as a nurse (unregistered or registered) during the following periods: June 2016 - Present. In this declaration, applicant must also confirm whether she has resided in any country, other than the Philippines, for period of 3 months or longer over the age of 18. Applicant should submit this information as a Self-Declaration or a Curriculum Vitae (C.V/Resume). This should be uploaded to the Portal as 'Additional I.D'. Any gaps in employment should also be noted.

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I resigned from my previous work last June 2016 and never had or applied for work after that. So, I have been unemployed for 1 year and 5 months now.

Questions:

1. Will my employment gap affect my NMC application? Or, will they just ask an explanation/declaration from me about my work gap?

2. If you experienced the same, how did you proceed with your application?

I would highly appreciate your feedback. Thank you and may God bless you.

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Specializes in Emergency Department.

Just as a quick reply, if I was looking at your application a gap of over a year with no explanation looks as if you may have been in prison.

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Just submit your detailed resume especially the emoloyment history including the employment gaps and you will be good.

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Hi there ,

I just received an email today 24-01-2018 from assessing officer from NMC stating further information required explaining my employment gap.

I was unemployed from Oct 2016 to present. I didn't work anywhere during this period as I was caring for parents who met with road traffic accident and had multiple fractures.

What shall I mention for my gap ? Someone please help.

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nandha charles said:
Hi there ,

I just received an email today 24-01-2018 from assessing officer from NMC stating further information required explaining my employment gap.

I was unemployed from Oct 2016 to present. I didn't work anywhere during this period as I was caring for parents who met with road traffic accident and had multiple fractures.

What shall I mention for my gap ? Someone please help.

Hi! Hows your application? I hope everything went well. What did you do regarding your work gap? I'm applying also and I also have work gap of almost 2 years. Thank you in advance.

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Hi! any update with your application? Im applying also for UK and I have work gap. Thank you in advance.

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Hi

I submitted self declaration explaining My emp gap and it was accepted and I received my decision letter. You should provide reasonable explanation for those 2 years. Like you can mention IELTS preparation ( for example Jan 2017 to May 2017 ) also mention the number of attempts with exam date . So you can cover a few months for IELTS preparation. Rest is just mention what you were doing in that period. If you have travelled to any country you should mention about that. If not travelled , mention you haven't travelled to any country during that period. Also declare , the employment gap during that period was not problematic.

What is your application stage now ? If are at initial stage , add your employment gap in your CV before submitting. That would be fine . Thank you enquiring about my application status.

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nandha charles said:
Hi

I submitted self declaration explaining My emp gap and it was accepted and I received my decision letter. You should provide reasonable explanation for those 2 years. Like you can mention IELTS preparation ( for example Jan 2017 to May 2017 ) also mention the number of attempts with exam date . So you can cover a few months for IELTS preparation. Rest is just mention what you were doing in that period. If you have travelled to any country you should mention about that. If not travelled , mention you haven't travelled to any country during that period. Also declare , the employment gap during that period was not problematic.

What is your application stage now ? If are at initial stage , add your employment gap in your CV before submitting. That would be fine . Thank you enquiring about my application status.

Thank you for your response that was really helpful because I'm really worried about my work gap. I still need to take CBT next month and hoping that evrything will be fine.Thank you again and goodluck!

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Hi, Can you please send me the sample employment gap letter that you uploaded in the portal? It would be a great help to me since I also have an employment gap. TIA

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Hi there,

I didn't find any options to attach file here. Kindly email me at [email protected]

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I e-mailed you already. Thanks

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Just sent. Thanks

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