HIRING NURSES FOR UK

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Nurses who are trained from outside European Union require registration with the Nursing and midwifery council (NMC) to work as a Nurse in UK. They can be employed under the Tier 2 (General) work visa arrangements.

Our clients employ Nurses from various countries of the world including India, Philippines, Nigeria, South African etc and sponsor the required work visa for them.

We specialise in processing Tier 2 (General) Visa applications for Nurses and regularly deal with various care/nursing homes and hospitals across UK. 

For sponsoring Tier 2 work visa for a Nurse the following criterion needs to be met:

A Registered Nurse (RN) earns an average salary of £24,907 per year. The skills that increase pay for this job the most are Practice Nurse, 

Case Management, and Geriatrics.

• Fully qualified nurses start on salaries of £22,128 rising to £28,746 on Band 5 of the NHS Agenda for Change Pay Rates. Salaries in London attract a high-cost area supplement.
• With experience, in positions such as nurse team leader on Band 6, salaries progress to £26,565 to £35,577.
• At more senior levels such as nurse advanced, modern matron and nurse consultant (Bands 7 to 8c) salaries range from £31,696 to £69,168

For issuance of a Tier 2 work visa for a Nurse, the minimum salary requirements are as follows:

• Pre-registration candidate nurses who: have arranged to sit an Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to obtain Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (Band 3 and equivalent): £17,787. Once you have passed the OSCE and issued with a NMC, UK pin then the minimum salary has to start from Band 5 onwards.

This occupation code is currently on the United Kingdom shortage occupation list but a resident labour market test is still required.