Just looking for advice from anyone else who is in or has been in my situation. I am an RN, registered until October this year and wont be revalidating. I have not practised as a nurse for a few months now and am currently employed in a non Nursing role. I would like to know if it is possible to do a Health care assistant job whilst still being a registered Nurse . I am happy to relinquish my registration early if it's a problem. Also are employers likely to be too worried if I don't have the NVQ's even if I have a qualified Nurse registration ? basically will my RN status go against me for a HCA position ?