relocating to uk ...help/advice

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I am recently registered to work in the united kingdom. I will be relocating from the usa. Any advice on how best to make the transition? I am interested in information regarding hospitals to work for, housing options on a nurses salary in London, and any other helpful advice. I have heard that private hospitals may be the best option. Any names? I have 12 years experience in critical care and a 4 year degree from the united states. Also, has anyone ever worked with a company called OES. I would be interested in any feed back regarding experience with them or any other company that might be helpful for nurses traveling to uk. Thanks so much. I look forward to any helpful advice. globalnursing.

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:) welcome to the site. enjoy your stay and best wishes to you. :balloons:

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I moved your post to the UK forum where you will get responses from nurses that are currently in the UK.

Welcome to Allnurses.com.:balloons:

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Do you have a visa yet that will permit you to work? Having a license alone will not permit that.

Just checking.

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Yep agreed you will need a work permit if you are a US citizen. Work permits are done through the employer and can not be done by a individual. A work permit can take a while to come through as well as they will do a criminal reference check called a enhanced disclosure..

I am up in Scotland so i don't know a whole lot about the current market down in England other than London and its immediate surroundings are VERY expensive to live in.

There are a few expat sites that you may find helpul..

http://www.talk.uk-yankee.com

http://www.americanexpats.co.uk

They are full of Americans that have relocated here to the UK,and cover a variety of issues from housing to work to work permits etc.. so that may be a good place to start...

I probably shoulda said at the beginning .. I'm a American who came over here to Scotland on a work permit back in 1999 and now looking at getting naturalised as a UK citizen which would then give me dual nationality..I originally came over here with the help of a nursing agency that is no longer around and they helped me with obtaining my first job and helped the NHS trust i was working for with the work permit side..

Rules and regulations have changed even since i came over.. So there may be new rules and regs for foreign nurses coming over.

Hope this helps..

Kaylesh

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I am recently registered to work in the united kingdom. I will be relocating from the usa. Any advice on how best to make the transition? I am interested in information regarding hospitals to work for, housing options on a nurses salary in London, and any other helpful advice. I have heard that private hospitals may be the best option. Any names? I have 12 years experience in critical care and a 4 year degree from the united states. Also, has anyone ever worked with a company called OES. I would be interested in any feed back regarding experience with them or any other company that might be helpful for nurses traveling to uk. Thanks so much. I look forward to any helpful advice. globalnursing.

Hello and welcome,

Have you a job already lined up or are you going to be looking for a job? I know that most nurses from overseas look to London to be employed but there are lots of interesting places and cheaper places to live and work in the UK. Depends on what you are looking for and why you are coming to the UK?

The bigger hospitals in London do have accomodation which is quite reasonable. I know where I live down on south coast there is a recruitment freeze not because there are no jobs but because there is no available money to employ nurses.

I have never heard of the OES, sorry but there are lots of agencies in the UK.

I wish you luck and am sure you will enjoy your experience in the UK

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Hi. I'm new to this forum and am in a similar situation as globalnursing. I'm looking to move to the UK also. Over the last year I've been researching NHS and NMC sites, and the whole process can be a bit confusing.

Thanks for the sites Kaylesh, it looks like they might come in handy. The "Rct. freeze" sounds a bit worrying though.

Can anyone expand on the nursing grades for me please? I've not been able to figure out what an RN (diploma) equals when compared to (Nurse grade D or E for example). Thanks.

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Hi. I'm new to this forum and am in a similar situation as globalnursing. I'm looking to move to the UK also. Over the last year I've been researching NHS and NMC sites, and the whole process can be a bit confusing.

Thanks for the sites Kaylesh, it looks like they might come in handy. The "Rct. freeze" sounds a bit worrying though.

Can anyone expand on the nursing grades for me please? I've not been able to figure out what an RN (diploma) equals when compared to (Nurse grade D or E for example). Thanks.

grades are currently in the process of changing to something different which also varies depending on the hospital. Grade D is usually the starting grade when newly qualified and some nurses have been that grade for years if they are happy in the role and not looking for promotion. Grade E is usually a RN with 2 or more years experience and looking for promotion.

this will give you an idea on payscales now and RN's I believe are starting at Band 5. I work in the community and I haven't been told my band but do know my payscale and looking at Band 5 point 21

http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/10/85/32/04108532.pdf

you are looking atleast 12 months process, need a visa and now have to do 20 days protected learning before you can nurse in the UK

Good Luck

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Specializes in Emergency Staff.

Thank you Silver, much appreciated.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Thank you Silver, much appreciated.

your welcome

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