Job summary
Are you a registered overseas trained Nurse looking for OSCE support to complete your NMC registration?
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals is an outstanding organisation with a strong reputation of clinical excellence and the delivery of high-quality patient care. The Trust also has an excellent reputation for supporting Nurses qualified overseas through the OSCE process to become a registered nurse with the NMC.
- Interview Date Friday 24 November 2023 Face to Face only
- Full & Part Time Hours/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
We are pleased to be recruiting overseas trained nurses who have achieved their IELTS or OET and who have successfully completed the NMC competency-based test (CBT) to join us as a Pre-Registration Nurse. If successful at interview, you will be offered a contract as a Pre-Registration Nurse progressing to a Qualified Nurse once registered with the NMC. We aim to support 1 cohort in the early part of the financial year Feb / Mar 2024, and you must be available to commence in post within this timeframeYou will be supported through our international nurses training programme whilst also being supported by clinical education staff on a ward where you will work permanently once registered. We will aim to support you in your area of preference and expertise but you may be placed in any adult nursing post across the Trust.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential Criteria
- You must be a current resident of UK
- You must hold a nursing qualification, have an active registration overseas and have a least one years experience in the country where the qualification was obtained.
- You will have passed either:
IELTS you have sat the tests within 12 months of each other, you have tested in all four sections at the same time, achieved at least 7 for reading, listening, and speaking, and at least 6.5 for writingin at least one of the two test sittings and have no scores in either of the two test sittings that are below 6.5 for listening, reading, and speaking, or below 6 for writing
OR
OET you have sat the tests within 12 months of each other, tested in all four sections at the same time, achieved at least grade B for reading, listening and speaking, and at least grade C+ for writingin at least one of the two test sittings and no scores in either of the two test sittings are below grade C+ for listening, reading, and speaking, or below grade C for writing
- You must have also successfully completed the NMC competency based test (CBT) and have received a decision letter from the NMC. We will request evidence of your examination results or NMC decision letter prior to interview.
- You must be committed to undertaking the additional study and passing your OCSE, you will be bonded for the costs of OSCE and training. Should you decide to leave the Trust during your training or before 12 months we will seek to reclaim the cost of your training.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential Criteria
- You must be a current resident of UK
- You must hold a nursing qualification, have an active registration overseas and have a least one years experience in the country where the qualification was obtained.
- You will have passed either:
IELTS you have sat the tests within 12 months of each other, you have tested in all four sections at the same time, achieved at least 7 for reading, listening, and speaking, and at least 6.5 for writingin at least one of the two test sittings and have no scores in either of the two test sittings that are below 6.5 for listening, reading, and speaking, or below 6 for writing
OR
OET you have sat the tests within 12 months of each other, tested in all four sections at the same time, achieved at least grade B for reading, listening and speaking, and at least grade C+ for writingin at least one of the two test sittings and no scores in either of the two test sittings are below grade C+ for listening, reading, and speaking, or below grade C for writing
- You must have also successfully completed the NMC competency based test (CBT) and have received a decision letter from the NMC. We will request evidence of your examination results or NMC decision letter prior to interview.
- You must be committed to undertaking the additional study and passing your OCSE, you will be bonded for the costs of OSCE and training. Should you decide to leave the Trust during your training or before 12 months we will seek to reclaim the cost of your training.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Meets all Essential Criteria
Desirable
- Meets all desirable Criteria
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Meets all Essential Criteria
Desirable
- Meets all desirable Criteria
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
