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FAQ: 2022 NHS Pay Bands For Nurses

March 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Employement Tips /by Taru

Over the last few days, many have taken to Google to enquire about the National Health Services’ pay band. Most are enquiring about Band 5 and we have taken the time to answer some questions about the NHS’ pay band in 2022.

What Is The Average Wage For A UK Nurse In 2022? According to the 2018 Royal College of Nursing’s calculations, the average NHS nurse’s weekly salary is £642, and annually, £33,384, however, there are other factors that were not taken into consideration with the Royal College of Nursing that might affect the average salaries published, though presumed accurate, the figure might not be as affirmative in 2022 as it was in 2018.

How Do NHS Pay Bands Work? The UK Government uses a Job Evaluation Scheme called the Agenda For Change System. The system is the one that allocates posts to set pay bands. The system among other things is used to provide better links between pay and career progression using the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)

What Is The NHS Pay Band for 2022 – There 9 Salary Bands for Nurses in the NHS, ranging from band one to band 9 as outlined on the table below

Band	Years Of Expereience	Salary In Pounds
1	0 to 1+	£18,546
2	0 to 2	£18,546
	2 to 6+	£19,918
3	0 to 2	£20,330
	2 to 6+	£21,777
4	0 to 3	£22,549
	3 to 6+	£24,882
5	0 to 2	£25,655
	2 to 4	£27,780
	4 to 7+	£31,534
6	0 to 2	£32,306
	2 to 5	£34,172
	5 to 8+	£39,027
7	0 to 2	£40,057
	2 to 5	£42,121
	5 to 8+	£45,839
8a	0 to 5	£47,126
	5+	£53,219
8b	0 to 5	£54,764
	5+	£63,862
8c	0 to 5	£65,664
	5+	£75,874
8d	0 to 5	£78,192
	5+	£90,387
9	0 to 5	£93,735
	5+	£108,075

Do Private Sector Nurses Earn More Than Public Sector (NHS) Nurses In The UK? The NHS has a structured pay system depending on the bands that were listed in the table above. However in the private sector, there are various factors, for example, someone can negotiate their salary in the private sector while in the NHS it is not common. That then affects salaries earned in both sectors, therefore, the simple answer is, there are some NHS nurses who earn more than private-sector nurses while there are some nurses in the private sector who earn more than NHS nurses.

If I Am A Qualified Nurse Coming From Another Country To Work In The UK, Which Band Will I Start At? Band 5

How Long Will It Take Me To Get To The Next Band? So The NHS KSF system will scale a nurse’s performance and award points for each band. There are different points for each band, and annual appraisals are then used to determine the points to be given to each nurse. Normally nurses move one point each year.

If you are wondering how you can move to the UK from other countries to work for the NHS, check out our blogs on how you can commence the process.

FAQ: How To Get A Health Care Assistant Job With Tier 2 Sponsorship In The UK

March 15, 2022/3 Comments/in Health Professionals Jobs /by Taru

Over the last few days, Tier 2 Sponsorship searches have flooded Google. Google Trends even went on to say there is a breakout (a fancy word Google uses to mean many people are searching for the word/phrase/topic and their systems can’t keep up). People have been searching for how they can move to the UK and start a new life there. Some who are researching about Tier 2 Sponsored VISAs are asking the following questions, we have taken the liberty to explain some of the frequently asked questions about becoming a health care assistant in the UK

What is Tier 2 Sponsorship? Also called a skilled worker sponsorship, is a facility that allows companies in the UK to hire skilled people from outside the UK who meet their requirements. A sponsoring company in the Uk must have a Tier 2 Sponsorship license to hire people from outside the UK.

How does one get a Tier 2 Sponsored VISA? To get a Tier 2 Sponsored VISA one must be on the list of eligible occupations, in this case, if you are looking for a job as a Health Care Assistant, you should be qualified to do that as a nurse aid from a reputable institution like the Red Cross. If you meet that requirement then, you should find a job with a home office approved employer from the UK. When you get a job in the UK, your employer must issue you with a sponsorship certificate that details the role you have been offered in the UK. Then you must be able to prove that you can understand, read, write and speak English either through taking an approved English test. Once you have these documents then you can apply for a tier 2 sponsored visa.

How much does it cost to get a Tier 2 Sponsored VISA? Since care workers fall under a list of shortage occupations, the VISA application fee will be about $606 if you want to stay for up to 3 years and about $1212 if you want to stay for more than 3 years. You will also need to pay Immigration Health Surcharge of $815 for each year you will be in the UK and an additional $1660 has to be in your account for 28 days to show that you can support yourself in the UK before you start working.

What if I cannot afford to pay for myself? If you cannot pay for your application fees, it might be difficult to get a VISA because it might be difficult to convince an employer to give you money to apply especially if you are still outside the UK. However, most employers are willing to pay relocation expenses like the Immigration Health Surcharge, the first few months of rentals and airfares. You will need to liaise with your employer and see what they are comfortable paying for before you make a commitment.

How long will the Tier 2 VISA last? Up to 5 years.

You can read more about other types of VISAs here

Celebrating Great Women In Health Care

March 6, 2022/1 Comment/in Health Care, Uncategorized /by Taru

This week on Tuesday, the world shall commemorate International Women’s Day, celebrating women and the multi-faceted capes they wear each day. According to official statistics from last year, approximately 77.6% of NHS employees are women. While there is no available research on why women are dominating the NHS employ, we can only speculate from outside and say, women, have to an extent become the backbone of the NHS. Official Statistics say:

140 500 or 47% of doctors in the UK are female,
303 000+ or 88.6% of NHS nurses are women,
7866+ or 42.5% of NHS Ambulance stuff are women,
133 670+ or 77.6% on NHS technical, therapeutic and scientific staff are women,
12 700 of Dentists in the UK are female
55% of phamacists in the UK are women
62% of NHS managers are female
80% of care assistants in the UK are female.

As the world celebrates women in their different and various capacities as mothers, sisters, aunts, inlaws, daughters, grandmothers, nieces, friends, colleagues, we also take the time to salute the women in health care who minister to us when we are not well.

To the women in Health care, our message for the Internationational Women’s Day 2022 is simple: Wear your capes with pride, you clearly are our societies’ backbone

If you wish to start working on your Health and Care Work Visa to the UK, check these frequently asked questions on the subject.

5 Tips On Curating A Healthy Information Diet

February 28, 2022/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Taru

The advent of social media has increased our consumption of information over the years. According to Cybercrew on average people in the UK spend 7 months of their lifetime on Facebook. An average person in the UK spends 110 minutes per day on social media and 169 minutes on TV per day. This has been exacerbated by the advent of many social media platforms that share information constantly. Internet penetration has also played a role in ensuring that information is easily accessible to many of us. This has been good because we have become a generation of the enlightened. However, the new era has also come with its cons. According to The Telegraph, on a daily basis, one is bombarded with information equivalent to 174 newspapers. This by any standard is too much information per person and it sometimes makes it difficult to sift through the information and find what is relevant and what is spam. This has paused a problem for people who will then spend hours scrolling on the internet, looking for information that’s relevant to them. This has led to people spending hours and hours on the internet, for example, in America, people consume 34 GB of information per. day. Too much of anything is harmful to any system and in some cases, people have been forced to go on information diets.

By definition, an information diet is restricting the information you consume per given period in order to not fall prey to the dangers of consuming too much information. Just like eating clean to improve your physical wellbeing, one needs to ensure that the information they are consuming is not affecting their mental health. Bearing in mind, one needs an information diet because too much information could cause confusion, anxiety and affect one’s productiveness among other things.

In case, like the majority of us, you are wondering if you need to have an information diet, you need an information diet if you are experiencing any one of the following:

You often spend over 3 hours per day scrolling on the internet or browsing social media
You get anxious when you read or watch some things or certain content on the internet
You are addicted to a certain social media platform you cant spend 30 minutes without logging into it.
You spend most of your productive time on the internet not doing anything productive or income generating or educational.
Your use of the internet is affecting your productivity
You cant finish your daily tasks because of the internet.
The internet is limiting your physical social time with other people

5 Tips on How To Curate A Healthy Information Diet

In case, you have acknowledged you need a digital detox and thereafter a healthy information diet. These 5 tips will help organise the information you consume and set you up on a path to a healthy information diet.

Find an application that times the time you spend on each app on your phone or PC, check the apps you spend the most time on, make a decision to cut that time in half at first until you reach a point where you only check that app 10% of the time you used to use the same app.
Do a complete digital detox on regular intervals. Unplug yourself partially or completely from all electronic devices during that digital detox time
Find other hobbies that do not include the use of tech gadgets like TVs and other electronic devices.
Identify social media plaforms that are counter productive to you and practise staying away from them for a month till you can log into them once a week.
Decide the media players that will inform you on the things you are passionate about, or things important to you subscribe to them and ignore the rest on many occassions unless its imperative that you check them and you will not be baited to keep scrolling once you open them.

Widwife attedning to an expactant mother

3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Being A Midwife In The UK

February 21, 2022/12 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Taru

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the UK government to recruit more medical professionals, a lot of interest in proficient medical professions in the UK has been generated. Many are wondering I’m sure how one can become a midwife in the UK, and some might be wondering what a midwife is. By definition, a midwife is a professional who provides care, support and in some instances advice to expecting mothers during their pregnancy and during labour and during the postnatal period and is responsible for the health of the baby and the mother during the baby’s infancy.

How does one become a midwife in the UK, you may be wondering, according to the UK government you need to have a midwife qualification obtained through studying part-time or full time at a credible university. One can go to University and study midwifery or practising nurses can take part-time courses and become qualified midwives. One needs to be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) to practice as a midwife in the UK.

3 Things You Should Know About Being A Midwife In The UK

All midwives in the UK have to renew their membership with the NMC every three years and in those three years, they should have 350 practice hours, 35 hours of continuing professional development (CPD), reflective discussion, practice-related feedback and professional indemnity arrangement.

2. Midwives can specialise and become clinical specialists in any of the following fields:

Home birthing
Antenatal screening
Public health and parenting education
labour ward supervision
breastfeeding advisory
Intensive care neonatal
Foetal and Ultrasound medicine

3. Practicing midwives can also become consultant midwives, they can divide their time between training and championing development in their practice and working with patients. Alternatively, midwives can go full time into training and or research with healthcare facilities and or universities.

Midwives from outside the UK who want to go and work in the UK must apply for the Health and Care Worker VISA if they meet the requirements stipulated by the UK government.

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FAQ – How To Obtain UK Health And Care Worker VISA

February 13, 2022/6 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Taru

Over the last few months, you have probably heard about the UK Health And Care Worker VISA, you probably know someone that left an African country to go and work in the UK. How did they do it, most Zimbabweans have been asking, this article will answer the most frequently asked questions about how one can obtain a UK Health And Care Worker VISA.

What Is A Health And Care Worker VISA? It is a VISA that enables medical professionals to go and work in the UK for the National Health Services (NHS), or an NHS supplier or in adult social care if they are eligible.

Who Can Apply For The Health And Care Worker VISA? Qualified doctors, nurses, health professionals, adult social care professionals
who work in eligible health or social care jobs. These include, but not limited to:

Podiatrists,
Dental Practitioners,
Medical Practitioners,
Psychologists,
Pharmacists,
Biochemists,
Health Services and Public Health Managers and Directors,
Residential Care Managers and Proprietors,
Day and Domiciliary Care Managers and Proprietors
Nurses
Midwives
Laboratory Technicians
Paramedics
Opticians
Social Workers.
Occupational Therapists
Speech and Language Therapists
Pharmaceutical technicians
Nursing Assistants/Nurse Aides
Dental Nurses
Senior Care Workers
Medical and Dental Technicians

Do I Just Apply For A VISA If I am An Eligible Health And Care Work Professional? No, you first have to check if your occupation falls under eligible occupations according to the UK Government requirements. Then you will need to look for a job either at the NHS or an organisation providing medical services to the NHS or an organisation providing adult social care. When you receive a job offer then you can apply for the Health And Care Worker VISA.

How Do I Apply For Eligible Jobs In The UK When I’m In Zimbabwe or Any Other Commonwealth Country? Find An Agency That Specialises In medical professional placements in the UK and retain their services for them to look for a job on your behalf.

After I Have Found A Job And Have Obtained An Offer Letter What Do I Do Next? You then apply online for the Health And Care Work VISA

What Documents Does One Need To Apply For The Health And Care Work VISA?

A certificate of sponsorship reference number from your employer
English Proficiency proof
A valid passport
Your job title and annual salary given by the prospective employer
Your job’s occupation code
Name and sponsor license number of your employer and their sponsor licence number
Other documents like criminal record certificates, bank statements, marriage certificates and children’s birth certificates may be required depending on the circumstances of your application.

Do I Have To Write A Knowledge Of English Test? YES If you do not have a degree qualification that was taught in English, and NO If you can prove that your degree qualification was taught in English.

What English Proficiency or English Knowledge Test Do I Have To Take? You will need to take a Secure English Language Test (SELT) to test your writing, listening, speaking and reading abilities. The test is usually provided by an approved provider. These include:

LanguageCert
Pearson
PSI Services (UK) Ltd
IELTS SELT Consortium

How About My Partner And Children Can They Get VISAs too if I’m moving to the UK? Yes, if they are eligible they will be able to obtain VISAs to stay in the UK for the duration of your stay in the UK.

How Long Will I Be Able To Stay In The UK? Your Health And Care Worker VISA will be valid for 5 years, after that you can either extend it or apply for another VISA.

Source: UK Government