Short story:
Registered Nurse
Last worked May 2007
Last re-registered Sept 2009 (had over 450 hours 'banked')
Due for registration September 2012
Would like to do HV training
Ok....
I won't have any hours for re-registration in September. I have a DD with SN and there is no way I could work 30 hours per week to accrue them, even if I could work right now, which wouldn't happen because I'd need CRB check, etc.
I can't register for NHS Professionals (the nurse bank) because I haven't got 6 months experience in the last two years. Same goes for most agencies. Also, I haven't worked for 5 years, so I wouldn't want to just rock up on a ward when they are expecting an experienced nurse, and it turns out that I haven't set foot in a hospital for 5 years.
I can't do a reurn to practice course because I haven't actually lapsed my registration, and the RTP courses are for nurses who wish to return to the register.
Practically speaking...I'm in no-man's-land. It also seems non-sensical that I won't be able to register because I don't have 450 hours of practice in the last 3 years, but the RTP course only expects 150 hours of practice, which I could esasily manage between now and September if I could actually get registered with NHSP and do some shifts!
Also, the RTP courses are £975, which means that I have to pay £975 to do 150 hours of nursing practice, instead of receiving £1500 to do 150 hours of nursing practice, IYSWIM.
I can't apply to do the HV course, because ironically, although that would give me the practice hours I need, and the contract is as a band 5 nurse, you have to have effective registration from October of the year you are starting, by which time my registration will lapse.
Hellllp!!!
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Lougle · 03/05/2012 22:44
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