mgreaves

That is for when you show up in person. As long as you sent a fresh COGS to AHPRA with your application, you just need a statutory declaration when you go to their office and you can do it at their office.


All you need to do now is email the case officer.

wc112

Thanks Mcgreaves that's great

Nurse Becky

Well I'm still employed by the agency but haven't done any shifts since Feb.
They were all cancelled in March, plus some couldn't accept as my sister was here Visiting.
Applying for jobs everyday but not heard a lot back from any.
There is a big call at the moment for surgical nursing which isn't my areas. Other than that no one is really getting work.
Everyone's perception is that nursing will pick up again June/July and go straight back up to the top of the skills shortage list so jobs will come thick and fast due to the recruitment freeze. Fingers crossed! Because as beautiful as Australia is in I'm bored out of my mind in the day times not working

Tashylou

Hey everyone, received my letter from the NMC today!! Yippee!! I've requested for them to verify my qualifications held on the register. It says that some overseas authorities require evidence of current registration and if I need this I have to ring them! I'm very confused now, nothing actually says certificate of good standing which is what they actually require isn't it? Have I requested the wrong thing? Thanks xx

Tashylou

O no, there's not many vacancies at the moment then? Where are you living? I hope it picks up soon! Xx

Susan41658

The certificate of good standing is something that the NMC deal with and we don't see at all. You need to request it online and they then send you a letter which you write the address of AHPRA and then send back to NMC. The statement of entry you can print yourself by logging in to NMC online. You then need the NMC to prove the university/course we're accredited at the time of studying. This can be requested at the same time as COGS. Just print off the form from the AHPRA website and include it in the letter you send back. This is all you need from NMC.

I'm not sure what you mean about the verification of qualifications unless it's the accreditation?

wc112

Yeah NMC sent everything straight to AHPRA for me, I didn't see anything but AHPRA will let u know when THEY have received all from the NMC.

Tashylou

It's not what they've sent, it's the first letter after requesting it online. The one where you put the addresses and payment information. It's very confusing. Hope it's the right one, I may ring tomorrow just to make sure because it doesn't call it a cogs it's a verification :/ thanks for the replies! Xx

Susan41658

I've just checked my letter, as they sent me 2, and the first line says 'instructing us to verify your qualifications held on the register'. From what you've said, it sounds like the same thing.
Be aware though, they take the money out of your bank as soon as you click the button online, but can take anything up to 5 weeks to actually send it to AHPRA. It might be worth keeping a timeline of things sent off/paid/requested etc and keep badgering NMC until they can verify they've sent it. It took NMC 3 weeks after taking the money from my bank to actually send it to AHPRA. They are not quick with anything unless it helps them out!

Tashylou

Fantastic thank you! It's okay I haven't sent my ahpra form yet getting everything ready first :-)

Susan41658

You're welcome 😊 Definitely get everything ready first. Uni and NMC and usually the ones that take the longest so sort those before anything else 😊

Nurse Becky

Thank you me too!. There's vacancies but not in areas I'm qualified. But there is 100's of applicants for every job at the moment. It's the same across the board for all jobs, I've been applying for shop work etc everyone over here is struggling, I'm in Perth. The job market over here is the worst it's been, or so I'm told.
It's possible that I'm being overlooked also as I've not yet got my 189 so I'm hoping that's part of the problem and as soon as that's through I may find something!
But I shouldn't complain to much we have a beautiful dream house and the country is amazing and we have made some incredible life long friends out here, it could be a lot worse xx

akx

Yay, great news! I finally have my registration in principle and have to email to extend presenting in person for a year. Thank you everyone for the posts on here!

Now to apply for my visa and start job searching! A little worried as I have heard there is a job freeze until the summer and I'm specialised in neonatal nursing so very limited!

Susan41658

Yay! That's amazing, well done you! I'm specialised in neonatal as well. I've managed to join healthcare Australia in the mean time to get some shifts with them. I'm paediatric trained so asked the question regarding amount of work available and she said some nurses have been able to work up to 60hour weeks recently!

I decided to join agency because of being paediatric/neonatal only and thought it would be a good way to get my foot in the door, making it easier to go for interviews for full time positions when I finally get there

akx

Ah brilliant. Where abouts in Australia are you planning on living?