After passing ILETS 7.5 and OSCE Part 1 (She was the only applicant to apply to UK at the centre in Manila - all the rest were going to the US. Almost there - the process is though horrendous! So much red tape. If I hadn't phoned, she would still be waiting - pressing submit suggests that the applicant will register within 40 to 60 days. I phoned on day 45 days - some problem with her Saudi papers. She had sent through the propers papers, but they had not looked at them. So they are still verifying - there is a chronic shortage of nurses in the UK and she is queued to work in the NHS in my local town, she has passed the interview - but she is now in red tape. In Church today I met a Nigerian RGN staff nurse who works for Excel Care and told me he was on a two year Tier 2 work permit and was earning £44,500 a year! He said he worked a 48 hour week at £17.95 an hour x 48 x 52. Big money....... when I was a Band 7 District Nurse Leader in Fulham I earned something like that in 2011. I am now retired though.
I understand that the Ilets entry for written part is now 6.5 My partner is now working in the UK in my local hospital, having received a three year residential residents permit. It has been a long slog to get this far, but the perseverance has paid off.
Yes its true what the Nigerian RGN told you, take a look; https://careers.excelcareholdings.c...–-hunters-down-huntingdon/J3Q4LX6X3P4QLSS8SPB So anyone wanting a career change could do worse than looking at Excel Care..
Nursing in the NHS offers excellent opportunities for training, which the nurse I mentioned was unable to access. He complained that training in the Nursing Home was not on par.