UK requires a lot of nurses to work in NHS hospitals, UK.

We work with health related recruitment companies in UK to assist nurses from India to work in UK.

Requirements – Skills, abilities and experience: 

• Current registration with a nursing body in India or any other country
• Practiced as a clinical nurse for a minimum of 6 months
• Evidence of practical nursing experience within the last 2-3 years.
• Adult nursing experience only (no neonatal or midwife experience accepted on the Health Education England program)
• Each candidate has to provide her nursing qualifications, passport, birth certificate, IELTS or OET qualification, experience.

How we will Support the Nursing candidates in this process?

• Application form filling assistance
• IELTS / OET preparation classes given in Chennai and through Skype (online) – 1month to 6 months classes
• Mock interview’s in NHS standard will be provided to each candidate
• Each successful candidate at interview with a UK NHS Hospital will receive an official offer letter via the recruiting Hospital.
• Our principal consultant in UK will provide online support to prepare for NMC CBT exam.
• UK NHS Hospital will provide successful candidates with a Tier 2 visa sponsor for 3 years
• Our principal consultant will process and pay for the visa fees.
• Flights to the UK organized and arranged for the candidate – UK Hospital will pay for the same.

 Recruitment Process

• Resume & IELTS or OET qualification received by Olive and the same is forwarded to the Principal consultant in UK.
• IELTS requirement – Listening 7, Speaking 7, Speaking 7, Writing 6.5 (Academic module) or OET all grade B’s.
• Reviewing the resume against the HEE recruitment criteria.
• Application form filled and submitted.
• Skype induction call arranged with candidate to discuss the whole process – Queries will be clarified.
• Our principal consultant in UK will review and approve application and submit to HEE
• Health Education England will then confirm if the candidate meets all the criteria’s to work in an hospital
• Placement Interview arranged for candidate by our Principal consultant in UK
• Mock interview conducted by our principal’s office through Skype or phone.
• Candidate is provided with an official offer of employment letter via the recruiting hospital in UK
• Our principal’s will provide NMC CBT training online once the candidate has successfully passed their interview with the recruiting hospital- (Test of competence)
• Tier 2 certificate of sponsorship for visa to UK will be provided by the recruiting hospital
• VISA application / POEA payments arranged by our principal consultants for the candidate.
• Flight to the UK arranged via our principal and UK NHS Hospital

Some of the Recruiting Hospitals via the HEE Program – (More UK NHS Hospitals to be assigned the HEE program)

• St Helen’s and Knowsley        – Morecambe          – Harrogate             – Torbay                                   – Blackpool
• East Lancashire                       – Swindon                – Portsmouth           – East Lancashire Care            –
• LancashireTeaching Trust       – Wigan Writhington & Leigh                 – Worcestershire

NHS Salaries

Agenda for Change NHS Pay Scales 2018/19

Successful candidates at interview will be offered either Band 3 salary £18,813 or Band 4 £21,089 salary whilst they are OSCE training.

Successful completion of OSCE training the candidate will be paid a Band 5 salary £24,214, each year the candidate is employed they a given a pay rise (they move up the spinal points of the salary grade).

Each UK nurse is also paid an unsocial working allowance once they are working past 7:00pm or weekend working, on average a UK band 5 nurse will earn £28,000 per year on average when working a standard shift pattern.

Nurse pays

IELTS – £155

CBT – £90 (Test of competence)

NMC Application £140 / NMC Registration Fee – £153

OSCE 2^nd attempt exam – trust pay – recouped via salary over 12 months £376

OSCE 3^rd attempt exam – trust pay – recouped via salary over 12 months £376

UK Hospital / Trust pays

Certificate of sponsor

Visa

POEA costs (if required)

Immigration skills charge

Health Surcharge Fee’s

3 months accommodation – local to hospital

OSCE training – 5 – 8 weeks

OSCE 1^st attempt exam

OSCE travel and hotel costs for 1^st exam

Loan of money on arrival if required – recouped from salary over 12 months