Quennofswords

A good site to browse is http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ they have all NHS jobs listed. good luck

Quick update I have now received the papers - so will be filling them in over the next few days. Keep you informed. Again thanks to everybody who has contributed - much appreciated

I got my RN in the US and moved to UK 7 years ago, I was lucky there was a shortage of nurses in the UK then and within three months, I got my UK RN license a work permit and a job. It then took six years before I received my permanent visa. During that period I could not move jobs because each hospital has to apply for a work permit individually. Things have changed since and getting a work permit may be much harder as in the UK there is currently no great shortage of nurses. My view is that their is no clear way and up to your finances and your wishes. good luck

This is the response I received - so have sent the information and I will let you know how I get on. Thank-you for your inquiry about practicing nursing in Ontario. Before you are eligible to work as a nurse, you must first go through the College assessment process so that we may evaluate your credentials. You may meet the examination requirement for registration, but you must still be evaluated to determine if you meet the other requirements for registration in Ontario. In order for us to send you the appropriate Assessment Package, please provide the following information: 1) First Name 2) Last Name 3) Maiden Name 4) Date of Birth (Day, Month, Year) 5) Gender (Male or Female) 6) Mailing Address and telephone number 7) The year you graduated from your nursing program 8) Country or Province of Completion of Nursing Program. 9) Type of education received(i.e. Degree or Diploma) 10) If you would like to apply as an RN or RPN

That sounds fantastic - it would seem that I will need to do is find a job and my Ontario license should be a matter of course. I have written to Ontario Nursing Board for confirmation but as yet not received a response. Thank very much for that information =- go figure I wrote the State Board Test Pool Exam!!!!

Many thanks - email on its way

thank you all however i have found tucked away within the ontario nursing board the following:- u.s.: registered nurses from the u.s. who wrote the state board test pool examination before july 1, 1982 have met the ontario registration examination requirement and do not have to write the examination. applicants who wrote the national council of licensure examination (nclex) after june 30, 1982 are required to write the crne. i passed my ny rn licence in 1981 - however i have not been able to discover whether this was a state board test pool exam - anybody know what this is?? i seem to draw a blank on the internet.

Thank you both. However for some clarification I am an American trained RN ( and those Americans reading this will understand that an American RN covers most specialities ) my qualifications were accepted by The UK Nursing and Midwifery Council and I was given the UK qualification of Registered General Nurse. I have been nursing for over 28 years and have a wide range of experience. Currently working in a NICU/SCBU I am not asking for help with any immigration aspects as I am fairly clear what my husband and I need to do. What I am asking is there any nurses out there that know of any hospitals that are offering any incentives in Ontario and how easy/difficult is it to obtain a license in Ontario.

I have a current RN license (New York) and a UK RGN and have been living and working in the UK for over six years. I am an American passport holder and am married to my husband who is a UK passport holder. How difficult would it be to get a job in Ontario and what would I have to do. My husband and I have been frequent visitors to Ontario and would love to re-locate there. Does anyone know of any hospitals offering signing on initiatives? My husband works from home which he can easily do on any computer so he will not be looking for work - just me.

This thread although waving around somewhat, started of by the statement that nurses pay would be reduced to pay for a 'different' health service. How should it be paid for? when you think of how much profit the insurance companies make, one source of funding could simply be by cutting out the insurance companies and by the government collecting the equivalent in taxes and then paying directly to the hospital for the patients care. In effect using the profits the insurance companies would have made. This would be a step, but not the complete answer, inevitably taxes would have to rise. However the rise would be proportional to the amount of money earned, so in simplistic terms the rich would be paying towards the poor. - A thought

I am an American RN and have worked in the UK for the last six years. It is always difficult to compare like for like. However on the whole I consider that I am better off in the UK with the package of pay, pension, hours worked, holidays, paid for training and sick pay/maternity pay. It is always worth mentioning that the pay and conditions are the same throughout the UK (some slight variations between Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England) so if you want to move hospitals you know exactly where you stand. I agree that at the moment The UK does have a surplus of nurses and new grads will have some difficulty in finding a position. However if you have the UK nursing qualification it is accepted in most countries throughout the world (except America) so the option is always open to work elsewhere. Like most Americans I am following the elections very closely and like most people have not found anything which indicates a pay cut for nurses by any of the candidates. But I still miss America!

Having worked as an RN for over 23 years in the US and now working in the UK for the NHS there is a vast difference in reporting sick here. If you are ill you just phone in say you have a tummy upset or whatever - give an idea of when you will phone again and you get told - well get well soon and that is that. If you are off for more than four days you need to get a doctors note. No interrogation or hint of "are you really ill" much more civilised. Off course it may get abused - but then what doesn't.