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Nursing Recruitment

Return to Practice

  • Are you an adult or paediatrics trained nurse whose registration has lapsed?
  • Do you miss the challenges and rewards of the nursing profession?
  • Would you like to regain your PIN and rejoin the NMC register?

Your experience and skills are invaluable to us, and we’re here to help you return to nursing with confidence by offering the return to practice course.

Benefits of returning

Few other roles will give you the same kind of fulfilment as nursing – think how many lives you’ve already changed? But it’s not just emotionally rewarding, there are plenty of practical benefits too, including some you may not have experienced before:

  • One of the most generous pension schemes in the UK
  • Flexible working and opportunities to work part-time, helping to create a balance that suits you
  • At least 27 days holiday a year plus public holidays, and a standard working week of 37.5 hours
  • Additional support for professional development, helping you to feel confidence in your skills and achieve your career goals
  • A greater emphasis on working in multi-disciplinary teams, allowing you to work with experts from many different departments
  • And many more staff benefits are available to you, once you are part of Team RUH

Return to practice course

To return to practice, you can apply to join the 'return to practice' course which will refresh your skills, ensuring you’re ready to rejoin our nursing team.

The course involves a combination of classroom and placement-based learning, so you can get stuck in right from the start. You’ll also be assigned a personal mentor to support you through your studies. Depending on how long you have been out of practice, the course can take between three and 12 months to complete. By the end, you'll have the skills and knowledge to be able to return with confidence and make a positive difference to our patients.

You will need to complete 450 hours of placement and fulfil the academic requirement as required by NMC. We will provide extensive support during the course.

There is a 'return to practice' module which you will need to complete online or both online and face to face depending on the university that will be running the course (this may be the University of West of England or University of Plymouth). This information will be confirmed when applications are open to apply for the course.

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Contacts

Are you interested or have more questions?

Contact: Abiola Awofadeju, Senior Practice Education Facilitator

or

01225 824540

For more information