Nursing Assistant uk wants move to BC

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Hello, I am a Nursing Assistant in the UK and would like to relocate to British Columbia in a few years time. As a Nursing Assistant in Britain we are not certified/registered to to our job. How would I go about training in BC to be a Nurse Assistant or go on to train and get qualified as a Nurse.

At the moment I work in a General Practice and would just like help with some information.

Thanks :uhoh3:

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Have you looked on immigration Canada's website? I don't know how being a nursing assistant would affect your chances of immigrating (if you were a registered nurse you would likely have an easier time). http://www.cic.gc.ca

I don't believe nursing aides are registered in BC either, but I'm not certain. If you already have experience working as a nursing assistant in the UK, I would assume you could get hired doing the same thing in BC without extra training providing your immigration is all in order.

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Hey there,

I am a Canadian nurse who moved to the UK after I finished my training. I originally come from Manitoba, but I would assume that things in BC are similar to those in my province. In Manitoba the rules were that you had to take a Health Care Aide course which was about one year in length before you could work as a HCA. These courses were offered at community colleges and vocational schools throughout the province and provided students with education in the basic care of patients (bed making, manual handling, and much more). One point of interest is that nursing students who had completed their second year of training could be employed by the hospitals as Health Care Assistants. In terms of you taking your nurses training I would suggest you check out the University of British Columbia website (sorry don't know it off the top of my head) as they have a nursing program there. Now immigration may be a little tricky, as I don't believe that there is a huge demand for Health Care Assistants, but if you were willing to come over as an international nursing student on a student visa you may be able to do it that way, but I would once again refer you to the UBC nursing faculty for that sort of information as I don't really know the ins and outs. Alternatively you could do your training in England where the government pays for your course(in Canada you fund your entire four year training program yourself, about £4-5000 a year with personal savings or student loans) and head to Canada when you are qualified. I hope that this has been helpful and best of luck with getting to Canada. It Rocks!

Pete :rolleyes:

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You should know that if you choose to do your training in the UK you will need to make up theory and clinical time because Canada required you to have theory and clinical in med-surg, peds, psych and OB.

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Hey there,

I am a Canadian nurse who moved to the UK after I finished my training. I originally come from Manitoba, but I would assume that things in BC are similar to those in my province. In Manitoba the rules were that you had to take a Health Care Aide course which was about one year in length before you could work as a HCA. These courses were offered at community colleges and vocational schools throughout the province and provided students with education in the basic care of patients (bed making, manual handling, and much more). One point of interest is that nursing students who had completed their second year of training could be employed by the hospitals as Health Care Assistants. In terms of you taking your nurses training I would suggest you check out the University of British Columbia website (sorry don't know it off the top of my head) as they have a nursing program there. Now immigration may be a little tricky, as I don't believe that there is a huge demand for Health Care Assistants, but if you were willing to come over as an international nursing student on a student visa you may be able to do it that way, but I would once again refer you to the UBC nursing faculty for that sort of information as I don't really know the ins and outs. Alternatively you could do your training in England where the government pays for your course(in Canada you fund your entire four year training program yourself, about £4-5000 a year with personal savings or student loans) and head to Canada when you are qualified. I hope that this has been helpful and best of luck with getting to Canada. It Rocks!

Pete :rolleyes:

Thank you for your help, Canada is a wonderful place and I can't wait to emigrate there in a few years. If Nursing Assistants are not needed as much in Canada then it looks like I will have to do my training. Not sure if to do it in UK or BC. I don't know how difficult it is getting into Canada but I guess I will find out. Once again Thanks

Jan :p :rotfl:

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Have you looked on immigration Canada's website? I don't know how being a nursing assistant would affect your chances of immigrating (if you were a registered nurse you would likely have an easier time). http://www.cic.gc.ca

I don't believe nursing aides are registered in BC either, but I'm not certain. If you already have experience working as a nursing assistant in the UK, I would assume you could get hired doing the same thing in BC without extra training providing your immigration is all in order.

Thanks for replying, will look up the website and see what it says.

Thanks

Jan :uhoh21:

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