Standard CV/Resume for Overseas Trained Nurse

Most of Overseas trained nurses are aware that when they submit their application it should include their updated resume or curriculum vitae. Sending or attaching the CV in your application form should be in accordance with the format of AHPRA or NMBA.

Below is the standard format for Curriculum Vitae that will be included in your (international nurse or graduate nurse from Australia) application form.

Copied from the site of AHPRA, for a more detailed description kindly visit the website of AHPRA or inquire online on their virtual assistant.

"The following information is provided as a guide to what you should include in the
curriculum vitae that you provide to AHPRA as part of your application"

• Personal Information
• Qualifications Obtained
• Bridging Programs / Qualifying Examinations

                       (Include dates, facility, city, state and results)

• Clinical / Procedural Skills

                       (Please note whether competent and /or observed)

• Work / Practice History
• Current and Previous Positions

                          Details to include:
                                  • Dates
                                  • Title of the position(s) -
                                  • Facility (including name, address and contact details i.e. City, State, Country)
                                  • Responsibilities (including whether position was full-time/part-time and if part-
                                    time include hours of work/week)

• Internship and Observership
• Provide in the chronology of the practice history details of internship rotations

           and any periods of observership

• Gaps in Work / Practice History

           Please provide an explanation of any period since obtaining your professional
          qualifications where you have not practised and reasons (eg undertaking study,
           travel, family commitment)

• Registration History
• Provide a list of jurisdictions i.e. authorities:

          • where you are currently registered to practice and your registration number
          • where you have been previously registered to practice and your registration number
             (if known)
          • where you have applied for registration and that application remains under
            consideration

• References and Publications

Note: If provided this should be limited to 1-2 pages



Other important information


• You must declare on your CV that the ‘The Curriculum Vitae is true and
correct as at (insert date)’. This declaration must be signed and dated.
• The Boards will only accept the original signed Curriculum Vitae.
• You must also attach certified copies of any results or performance reports
from bridging courses undertaken, skills assessment, observership (as
applicable) that have been stated in the CV.

Criteria for Registration of internationally trained nurse for Australia

According to the new standards of NMBA, the following are the requirements needed by an overseas trained nurse seeking registration in Australia.

The NMBA came out with five criteria in assessing an international trained nurses and midwifery.

• Criterion one

                     Where the applicant establishes their identity by either submitting their passport, license ID card. This is through "The applicant must provide documentary and photographicevidence that they are the person seeking to be registered". Where it should be "• Documents must meet AHPRA Proof of Identitycriteria, including the listed criteria for persons applying from overseas or who have recently arrived in Australia. All documents must be an original or certified as per the criteria of AHPRA Certifying Documents ".

• Criterion two

                      The applicant meets English language proficiency criteria for the nursing and midwifery professions. Where "The applicant must have obtained the results within two years prior to applying for registration; The results must have been obtained in one sitting; The applicant can undertake the test either onshore or offshore;  The applicant must make arrangements for test
results to be provided directly to AHPRA by the testing authority

• Criterion three

                       The applicant is assessed as meeting current Australian nursing and midwifery education standards. According to this criteria for assessment: " For a registered nurse and midwife, the evidence provided by the applicant demonstrates that their education preparation meets NMBA-approved accreditation standards as follows:• For registration as a registered nurse, the minimum qualification must be a university-based8
Bachelor degree (or where relevant, a postgraduate qualification) and the minimum length of the course is equivalent to six semesters’ full-time study.


*For registration as a midwife, the minimum qualification must be a university-based Bachelor degree (or where relevant, a postgraduate qualification) and the minimum length of the course is equivalent to six semesters’ fulltime study. or

• The minimum length of the preregistration midwifery course must be at least 12 months full time, where the midwifery student is a registered nurse.

 • For an enrolled nurse the evidence provided by the applicant demonstrates that their education
preparation meets the current approved standards for enrolled nurses in Australia, which is a certificate
IV-based course until 1 July 2014, at which point the entry to practice standard will be changed to the
Diploma level."


Documentary evidence to include original or certified copies as per the criteria of AHPRA Certifying Documents.


• The applicant provides a transcript of theoretical content of the course, including total hours for each
subject and clinical experience.

• The applicant provides the certificate gained and evidence of completion of the course.

• Criterion four

Under this criteria "The applicant must hold, or be eligible to hold, a current nursing and/or midwifery registration or licence to practise either in their country of residence, and/or their country of origin, and/or their country of initial education, and must have practised within the past five years as definedin criteria of the NMBA recency of practice registration standard."


• Applicant must provide original or certified documentary evidence of currency of eligibility of
registration or licensure in the country from which they last worked
• Applicant must provide certified documentary evidence from their current and previous employers
that they have practised nursing and/or midwifery within the past five years preceding their  pplication,
as defined in criteria of the NMBA recency of practice registration standard
• If not currently employed, the applicant must provide certified documentary evidence from their most
recent employer
• Applicant must have practised nursing and/or midwifery as defined by the definition of ‘practice’
contained in the NMBA recency




If the applicant is applying from a country that either:
• does not have a regulatory system
• cannot provide evidence


Therefore the " applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the State and Territory boards"

• Criterion five

The applicant demonstrates they are ‘fit

All the informations above are taken from the website of AHPRA. There are no any information added.

What is AHPRA

On July 1,2010 AHPRA was introduced to all those nurse who were seeking registration in Australia. Under AHPRA, there is Nursing and Midwifery Board that deals specifically with nursing registrations either overseas or with in the country.

Copied from the site is the function of NMBA (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia).

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Functions of the Board

The functions of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia include:

• registering nursing and midwifery practitioners and students
• developing standards, codes and guidelines for the nursing and midwifery profession
• handling notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings
• assessing overseas trained practitioners who wish to practise in Australia  
• approving accreditation standards and accredited courses of study.

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has established State and Territory Boards to support the work of the National Board in the national scheme. The National Board will set policy and professional standards, and the State and Territory Boards will continue to make individual notification and registration decisions affecting individual nurses and midwives."

New Logo and Banner

As AusPhilRN opens its door again, it is time to change the logo and the banner of this blog. You will see above the new picture logo and below was the previous one.

Have a wonderful day!


-Admin

AHPRA

The blog is now again open to share everything that has something to do with registration in AHPRA or otherwise known as Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency for nurses and any updates.

After a long months of not being active in this blog world. This blog is now open to help you.

As the first step, all you have to do is click on the logo below  and it will directly bring you to the website of nursing and midwifery board of Australia.

Have a wonderful day!

May this blog last.

To God be the Glory!!!

Just click the ⇪ LOGO to go directly to AHPRA website

What to Be discussed

This blog will be discussing all about the requirements of nurses trained overseas to different states in Australia. The discussion will start on May 1,2011.

This blog will be useful and will guide nurses overseas on how to gain registration in Australia.

See you soon

I will be reopening this blog on 1st of May and it will discuss all nursing related topics, specifically with registrations to other country.