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I assume you did the V300 not the V100/150? If I remember correctly, I passed the V300 at the end of June and was up and prescribing by the end of September. It doesn't take too long to have it registered with the NMC, and your NMP lead should sort out all the requirements at the local level. Depending on your trust you will have to fill out of form outlining your competencies but I don't think there is any formal logging as such. As an NMP you can prescribe all medications in the BNF within your level of competencies, which will hopefully be developed as time passes, so they cannot really log what you will or won't prescribe. Hope this helps.

Hi Belle and welcome :) What you wrote reminded me very much of myself some 20 years ago. I always felt uncomforatble the first weeks of placement and the chopping and changing around really does not help you feel a part of the team. All I can say to you is that it does get easier. When you qualify your confidence will grow, you will be part of the team then and hopefully your colleagues will treat you as such. You dont say how old you are, but confidence does come with age. I would never have imagined myself where I am today as a student nurse. I was always one of the quieter ones. I can't really say when I gained the confidence I have today, all I can think is that I "grew" into it. Good luck and I'm sure everything will start to fit into place once you qualify and get that job. :wink2:

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I agree that for general nurses with little or no experience then obtaining a work visa for the UK is nearly impossible, but for those with specialist skills and years of experience, it can be done. As I said before, I work with an Australian nurse who obtained a Tier 2 visa in September of this year, "The skilled worker category (Tier 2 General) is for people coming to the United Kingdom with a skilled job offer to fill a gap in the workforce that cannot be filled by a settled worker."...if there is a nursing job that requires specialist skills and the trust cannot find a UK citizen or existing work permit holder to fill the post, then they WILL look elsewhere.

Yes that is right, I think topscot was just trying to point out that there is no job freeze for nurses here in the UK. I work with an Australian nurse that came over to the UK a couple of months after I returned. She was able to get a Tier 2 visa, I have heard of a few others too.

I must say I have to agree with you topscot. When I came back from Oz there was no shortage of jobs for me to apply for, most trusts have a nurse shortage, I havent seen a job freeze anywhere. I looked into at least 15 trusts and available jobs before I settled on the one I have now. It might be a little harder for new grads, but theres certainly no shortage of jobs for experienced nurses. The NHS jobs website: http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/advsearch has over 3000 nurse jobs and thats just in acute trusts, theres primary care and the private sector that aren't included in there. I guess recession in the UK does not impact so much on the NHS, because as topscot says, it is a government funded operation, profit or lack of it doesnt factor into it. The government foots the bill and will continue to do so throughout any recession. Sure, nursing has been taken off the UK skills shortage, but that doesn't stop immigration from other EU countries.

Can I ask, have you ever actually been to Oz or NZ? If not I would certainly suggest a visit before making the permanent move. I can't comment on NZ because I have never been there. We were in Sydney both times, which is one of the more expensive places to live in Oz, the money is not that great, but the quality of life more than makes up for that. They didnt seem to be feeling the pinch as much as I have noticed since I got back to the UK. No signs of Australia entering a recession when we left in July, in fact they were predicting a 2.2% growth in the economy in 2009, but then again no country is immune, purely because of the global nature of the thing. Property is expensive especially in the cities and are you aware that you have to pay for your kids education too?

Hi Brit and welcome I have just got back from working 18 months in Australia. It was my second stint of work there. I loved it, great people, great weather and the job is pretty much like here in the UK. Your UK diploma in nursing will be sufficient for registration in Oz, but the one thing I will say is that it might prove difficult getting a job there without experience. I would suggest getting at least 6 months experience here in the UK before looking into making the move. In terms of the actual process of getting there, it is not too difficult or too long winded. I have made other posts on here about how to go about it, so just look back at my previous posts and check it out. If I can help in any other way please don't hesitate to ask and good luck in everything :)

Hi Rachael Im here on a temporary worker employer sponsered visa. I signed a 6 month contract but made it very clear to my employer that should any problems arise back home I obviously would need to go. They were fine about it, its very easy to get your contract virtually any length you want (not usually less than 3 months though) and they are always asking if you are going to stay on permanantly so dont worry about it. Obviously if you go back home on an extended visit but intend to come back, then you probably wouldn't get paid but there are no penalties for not completing your contract with them (unless you go with an agency that has some kind of fee attached, but there really is no need to do that to get to Oz, its a very simple procedure). Hope this helps. x

Hi Is there any reason why you want to apply under subclass 136? If you're an RN its easy and quick to apply under subclass 457, most employers will sponser you. When you get there its just a formality to apply for 121/856. All allow your family to accompany you. Good luck

OK fine, you have your opinion, I have mine and yes it might be your "true" experience of living in the usa, you are one of the lucky ones. My husband, who is American through and through, born there, parentage from way back, never set foot out of the USA before he met me, honest down to the bone, yet he still holds that life in the UK is way better than the life he was living in the US. There, he was working two jobs to make ends meet, wasn't lucky enough to be in job that offered a 401(k), so had the prospect of little, if any pension when and if he ever retired and couldn't even afford medical insurance, thats the "true" experience of many people there, hope you are aware of that.

Personally I find what you have said very insulting. How do you think I got to the position I am in now? I worked very hard to get there and have "excellent clinical skills and knowledge" (your words, not mine). I once was an "average nurse" as you put it. I worked my way up just like anyone else in the UK has the option to do. And I am not in managment, Im very much at clinical level and work hard to try to improve working conditions for nurses, especially those at ward level. I happen to be married to an American, hence the storage unit in the US. Im sure if your spouse was anything other than English, you would understand that making a descision about where you want to settle is not an easy one. As for where I got my facts from, I got them from you : https://allnurses.com/forums/f165/british-nurse-coming-nc-140871.html I guess the only one here who understands what I'm trying to say is Madwife, so I think I had just better be quiet from now on.

I am just saying that when we live in the states (dependant obviously on the area) we have less free income than we do when living in the UK. This isn't so obvious in Seattle, where our apartment was $740 a month, health insurance just short of $400 a month and hubby had earnings of just under $900 every 2 weeks, but certainly in the Bay area, where our apartment was $1300 a month and hubbys take home pay was just over $950 every two weeks then yes we were way worse off in terms of free available income, just like here in Oz we have less disposable cash. doesn't mean the quality of life is any worse, just means we have less free money to spend in our spare time. If you take it down to brass tacks, then the place were we (and I say we, not the entire population) have the most free cash, then it has to be the UK.

I am not in any way comparing the US to the north of England, Im just saying that in my situation and where I would have gone to in the States I would be financially worse off. Anyway, who are you to comment about the US being better than the UK? From what I can gather you've only visited twice and "fell in love with the place". I at least am coming from a more informed vantage point having lived there on and off for three years, married to an American for more than five years, have umpteen relatives there, 2 dogs and a cat there and virtually half my life in a storage unit there. I have experienced many different places and ways of working and still hold by what I say.

The number from the uk is: 001603 334 0700, keep us posted.