bourbon-biscuit

Good luck, here's the NZ Nurses Board stuff on cultural safety & the Treaty of Waitangi, which should prepare you quite well!

http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/dow...l-safety09.pdf

forshy

great! good luck

Aliwales

Woo Hoo!! JOb interview went very well! Job offer secured dependant on references, now to get my finger out and really start planning and action lol!!

Shazmoo

Congrats Ali!!

Ive just qualified RMN and secured a job in wellington about 2months ago, im just in the process of signing and returning my contract. Whats your position? I'm going straight for front line acute inpatients!! not quite sure what to expect, been reading up on mental health act etc. When are you looking at going over to NZ? were heading out in Dec and I have a start date for end of Jan!! i'm soooo nervous already!! I just don't know what to expect.
No band 3's!! OMG!!

Aliwales

Lol... ditto to all, I am looking at 6 months to get moved, and am going for acute inpatients too! so hopefully moving around march / april next year!!

Im heading to Auckland area, as we have friends there, but have to say im lokoing forward to it. better staff/client ratio, purpose built shiny buildings ... dreamy!! lolol

Shazmoo

Yes It will be great!! Congrats and good luck, please keep us posted!! now the delight on enrolling with the NZ nursing council, watch this space tho Ali, i have a feeling they are removing the EILTS as a requirement if ur an english trained nurse!!

Aliwales

thanls and good luck to u too, i have to say i registered with nursing council first, but theyre lovely people, very helpful when ur bank wont let u make a payment to nz lol

Shazmoo

ahh i'm going through the process now just sent forms off for police certificate, my pin hasnt come through from NMC yet tho as ive only just qualifed!
How long did it all take Ali? x

Aliwales

oh it took about a month i reckon, u have to go to a solicitor and get forms certified, need references, and they wanna know about hours worked thus far etc... the form filling is a mare, but not too difficult.
I seriously found paying the fees the hardest, i dont own a credit card (shock horror lol) and the bank wouldnt authorise debit card payment as they thought it was fraudulent (how can i be on 2 places at once type thing), but all sorted now ... phew! won't take you long to register once all the paper works together!!

Shazmoo

I DID NOT realise i had to go to a solicitor?? the application i have says nothing like that!!?? I thought i had to send one form to NMC one to my uni and the police cert etc. what do i need to take to solicitor and how much was it? x

Shazmoo

Ali do u mind if I Drain ur brain about his?

Aliwales

No it is fine, basically any copies u send eg: copy of statement of entry, passport etc, states on the application guidance need to be certified to be a true copy, so you take copies and originals to a local solicitor and they stamp and sign, think it cost me about forty quid at a local office. just rang up and asked "do u certify copies????"
Also be aware, unlike a passport application here you cant get it signed by a nurse/civil servant/ teacher etc... got to be someone off their list

see link:http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/dow...ist-5aug10.pdf

and look under photocopies

hope that helps!!
Ali

Shazmoo

Ahhh ok ali, thats not so scary haha thanks for that! God it's a bloody pain, how did u find the english exam? i'm still hoping it will get taken off the requiremtns but we'll see! The council aren't taking any new applicants at the moment anyway so all i can do is get things sorted e.g. police cert, pin number and wait until they "re-open"!

But the english test is definately up there in the ball-ache top 5 off immigration tasks. It's just a money making scheme!!

so is it u and ur family going over? Ive just folked out 1500 for the bloody dog too!! Tell ya this whole process aint for the faint hearted, fortunately i don't have any kids i only have to worry bout me, Steve and the dog!

Aliwales

lol! defo not for the faint hearted, im living on a wirei tells ya, and ive got 6 months left of this lolol!! never mind sure it will be worth it.. yeah me and my 2 kids going over there (hopefully)

Roll on 6 months time cant wait to get on a plane!!

Oh the IELTs are not THAT bad...listening, comprehension ans written styke tests, take a bottle of water and ake your time, but honest it is pretty straight forward! just make sure you do the academic not standard one, met a couple of people who applied for the wrong paper!!!

Ali

bourbon-biscuit

You'll be pleased to hear that solicitors do that for free here in NZ