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APEL/APL of overseas experience
If your education or experience as a nurse/midwife in your own country is not recognised by the NMC, it may still be possible that your experience may be recognised by a University. This will depend on the University and the course which you wish to take. Currently there are two main approaches to recognising previous experience.
APEL ( Accredited prior experiential learning) is most often associated with the recognition of uncertificated work experience. For example this could mean that your nursing work in an Oxfam nutrition centre could be accredited towards your entry into an undergraduate nursing course.
APL (Accredited prior learning) involves formal recognition of prior learning which might give credit towards a qualification, or might simply be an acknowledgement that such learning has taken place, allowing the learner to be admitted to a programme of study. For example your certificated work as a community nurse in South Africa would be acknowledged as relevant to your application to a nursing course. Or that evidence of two years in an undergraduate nursing course in your own country could be considered relevant to your entry to a Scottish undergraduate nurse programme. The development of APEL/APL and GOPiP is at a formative stage.
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Disclosure Scotland
Many Trusts in Scotland recommend that NHS staff provide details of their last ten years addresses and undergo a criminal records check. Disclosure Scotland is the organisation which undertakes these checks.
This is a new service designed to enhance public safety by providing potential employers and the voluntary sector with criminal history information on individuals applying for posts. Disclosure Scotland issues certificates - known as "Disclosures" - which give details of an individual's criminal convictions or state that they have none. If a hospital requests that you need to undergo a check prior to a supervised placement, the GOPiP project can support you with your application.
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Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) or Health care assistant (HCA) or Nursing Auxiliary
Three names for the same job! A health care support worker is an assistant who works with the nurses and doctors but is not a registered nurse. This is an important post within NHS hospitals. Auxiliary nurses are part of the clinical team. It is hard but popular work and it is appreciated by the staff and patients you work with. GOPiP recommends that you reach IELTS level 5 in order to work within a hospital.
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IELTS
The International English Language Testing System IELTS is an exam which overseas staff and students must pass. There are different levels of ability which must be reached in order to work in the NHS. GOPiP recommends level 4.0 to join the project, and level 5 to work in the NHS as a support worker. Level 6.5 must be reached to gain NMC registration.
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Level one registration
Level one registration with the NMC is when you become a Registered General Nurse (RGN). Once you have gained registration you are able to work as nurse in the UK.
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the statutory regulatory body for nursing, midwifery and health visiting in the United Kingdom. The NMC establishes and monitors professional standards for nurses, midwives and health visitors in the UK. Their key areas of work include: maintaining a register of qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors; setting standards for education, conduct and practice; provision of advice and also considering allegations of misconduct or fitness to practice due to ill health.
All nurses who trained outside the UK need to be registered with the NMC in order to practice as a nurse in the UK.
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Supervised practice
This is a short period of work experience in a hospital or community setting. The length and situation (eg acute or community) of your placement is decided by the NMC. The purpose of this placement is to develop nurses knowledge of their own needs for successful adaptation of their skills. It provides an opportunity for overseas nurses to understand the local health care practices in Scotland.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
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