Nurses needed in UK, Work Permits and UK Visas available

The new British Prime Minister, Theresa May wants to reduce net migration, but nurses are desperately needed by UK employers, especially in the private nursing home sector, which cannot recruit staff locally.

Due to a severe shortage of nurses in the UK and aggressive recruitment by NHS Hospitals, the private sector is suffering the worst staffing crisis since the early 2000's, the the RCN nurses union estimate that there are 20,000 nursing job vacancies in England and Wales.

Due to a severe shortage of nurses in the UK and aggressive recruitment by NHS Hospitals, the private sector is suffering the worst staffing crisis since the early 2000's.

The EU market for nurses has been heavily depleted by numerous recruitment drives over the last three years, and employers are increasingly turning to non-EU nurses to fill the UK job vacancies.

In order to work in the UK as a nurse trained outside the EU, you should first register with the NMC on their website. You will need to take an online test and pass an IELTS exam at level 7.00 across all bands. The language test is the biggest stumbling block for overseas nurses, according to a soon to be published new study. 

NMC fees for the 4 stage application process:

Application for nursing/midwifery £140
Part 1 test of competence (CBT) £130
Part 2 test of competence (OSCE) £992
Admission onto our register £153
Total £1415

For full details, check the NMC website http://www.nmc.org.uk/ and see if you will qualify for UK registration.

Despite rising immigration in the UK and government plans to restrict skilled migrants to 30,000 per year, Tier 2 working visas or work permits are available for shortage occupation category non-EU nurses right now with excellent salary packages up to £30,000 per year.




Employers need to register with the Home Office as Tier 2 Sponsors in order to employ non-EU nurses. We can assist employers with the Tier 2 sponsorship registration process.

If you are interested in working in the UK as a nurse in a nursing home, or an employer looking for staff or Tier 2 sponsorship start by registering with the NMC where you can see all the rules.

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EU Immigration to UK Tops 2 Million but Care and Nursing Vacancies Unfilled

The number of EU migrants living and working in Britain now exceeds two million, official figures reveal today.

According to the figures, more than a million migrant workers are from eastern European countries, such as Poland, Romania and Bulgaria who migrated to the UK since the EU expanded in 2004.

Combined with non-EU migrants, there are over 3.2 million foreign nationals working in the UK, up by over a quarter of a million in the last year alone.

Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the total number of foreign nationals working in the UK has increased by 257,000 or 15% over the past year.

One in ten workers are now non-British, compared with one in twenty seven in 1997 when Tony Blair came to power.

There are now 189,000 employees from Bulgaria and Romania, an increase of 19% on a year ago, which coincides with the lifting of restrictions on working in the UK on 1 January last year.

Newest EU entrants from Croatia are also being deterred from coming here by a similar 7 year restrictions on working in the UK.

Croatian citizens need permission to work in Britain, which can take the form of a Tier 2 Work Permit, for instance for a Nurse or Doctor, or a yellow card permit to work whilst studying.

Britain’s growing economy is clearly attracting immigrants according to experts.

Carlos Vargas-Silva, of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, said the reason migrants were moving to Britain was because they can easily find jobs.

He said: 'As long as the EU economy remains weak and the UK economy is strong, you are going to see more people come in.'

You don’t need to be an Oxford Professor to work that one out, but Carlos has a point.

Britain’s economy is growing whilst the economies of most EU countries, burdened by the Euro and EU regulations, have been going downhill for years.

This week in Brussels, Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to come away with a renegotiated deal and prevent an EU exit vote by British voters in a forthcoming referendum vote.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said there were still two million more people in jobs than in 2010.

'On top of that, today's figures show job vacancies at a near record high - evidence of the continued confidence of British businesses, and potential for further growth in the UK economy.

'Our one nation government is helping millions across the country to succeed and achieve their full potential. I was particularly pleased to see that wages are continuing to rise - meaning that hard-working people will see a real difference in their pay packets.'

Unemployment has fallen by 221,000 in the last year, and long-term unemployment has been reduced by 210,000 since 2010.

Despite unemployment figures exceeding 1.8 million, there are 735,000 UK job vacancies, an increase of nearly 70,000 since last year. 

There is an acute shortage of nurses and care workers in the UK, with NHS hospitals and private care homes crying out for staff. 

Currently, my own clients have have hundreds of job vacancies for nursing and care staff all over England and Wales.

Migrant workers are needed to fill the vacancies, as many British workers do not want the jobs. In the last few weeks I have witnessed local workers not even bothering to turn up for interviews.

If you are an overseas nurse or care worker (EU citizens only) and would like to work in the UK, email your CV.

UKIP Leader Nigel Farage blames immigration on motorway traffic jam

UKIP Leader Nigel Farage blamed UK immigrants for a traffic jam, which resulted in him being unable to attend a party event in Wales on Friday.

His astonishing statement was made to BBC Wales after he missed a UKIP convention in Port Talbot, which he said was due to Britain’s high levels of immigration causing congestion on the M4 motorway.

Over 100 UKIP members had coughed up £25 each to attend the event featuring their charismatic leader. But Farage failed to arrive in time, telling BBC's Sunday Politics Wales, "It took me six hours and 15 minutes to get here - it should have taken three-and-a-half to four.

"That is nothing to do with professionalism, what it does have to do with is a population that is going through the roof chiefly because of open-door immigration and the fact that the M4 is not as navigable as it used to be."

Labour's Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith said his remarks were "absurd".

“Remarks like these are what makes Farage so dangerous.

"It is clearly absurd to suggest heavy traffic on the M4 is caused by immigration, but through the laughter at his silly comments you can hear UKIP's dog-whistle politics of division."

UKIP has gained popularity with voters in recent years, largely built on anti-immigration and anti-EU rhetoric. Farage has called for strict controls on immigration, especially from the EU, which would effectively mean Britain pulling out of the European Union. Some in the party have even suggested sending home EU nationals!

We have heard of politicians blaming immigrants for a country’s economic woes, for instance Adolph Hitler, but never for a traffic jam on a busy motorway.

Let's not forget that our NHS (National Health Service) would not be able to run without foreign Doctors, Nurses and Care Workers, which is why hospitals are now recruiting Nurses in Spain, Ireland, Croatia and The Philippines for UK job vacancies.

The MEP (Member of European Parliament) also forgets that Irish immigrants helped build Britain's motorways!

Anyway, who were these so-called immigrants clogging up the M4 road to Wales? Maybe English people emigrating to Wales? 

If he wanted to be sure of getting there on time he could have taken the train? Politicians are always trying to force us to use over crowded public transport, while they use taxis and chauffeur driven cars.