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English language requirements
updated April 2009
Applicants demonstrating English language competence through an IELTS test should note revised requirements. All applicants, whose education as nurses or midwives was undertaken outside Australia, are required to provide the results of an English language test in order for their applications for registration or enrolment to be assessed. Australian educated applicants may be required to undertake an English language test if they are unable to satisfy other provisions.
see English Language Requirements for Applicants Educated in Australia
English Language Requirements for Applicants Educated in Other Countries
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updated September 2007
Section 4.7 of the Information Booklet describes requirements for certification of good professional standing where an applicant has practised in other states or countries within the five year immediately prior to application. Such certifications are required where an applicant has practised in any category of health professional, not just as nurse or midwife. Applicants who have practised in another health profession (e.g. medical practitioner, physiotherapist etc.) in the five year period prior to application, must arrange for certification of good professional standing in that profession to be sent directly to the Board's office from the registering authorities in the applicable states or countries.
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April 2007
A person with registered nurse qualifications may apply to become an enrolled nurse.
All current requirements for enrolment must be satisfied, even if the person is currently registered, with only the two following exceptions:
• where a person is or was registered as a nurse in New South Wales under the Nurses and Midwives Act (as distinct from one of the mutual recognition acts), a qualification document is not required to be resubmitted; and
• where a person has been practising as a registered nurse in New South Wales in the last five years, a certificate of good standing is not required from this Board but would be required from any other jurisdictions in which practice as a registered nurse has been undertaken in the last five years.
Applicants with qualifications obtained in other countries may be required to undertake an assessment of competence, unless competence as a registered nurse has already been demonstrated, to the Board’s satisfaction.
Registered nurses applying for enrolment will be granted medication endorsement at the time when enrolment is granted.
As with other applicants who have not practised nursing for some time, enrolment may be granted with conditions requiring a report from a nurse manager within three months of commencing practice. If it has been a long time since the person last practised, the applicant will be required to attend a Schedule 1B Inquiry and satisfy the Board that she or he is competent to practise nursing.
If an eligible person wishes to be both a registered nurse and an enrolled nurse on an ongoing basis, two practising fees must be paid.
Caution: A person who is both a registered nurse and an enrolled nurse may be held professionally accountable at the higher standard of a registered nurse even if employed as an enrolled nurse. See Employment in Near-Professional Roles.
Documents and other requirements are described in the Information Booklet.
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March 2007
The following information does not affect an application for registration or enrolment, but it is relevant to whether or not nurses and midwives are able to gain employment in New South Wales.
Strict requirements have been implemented by the NSW Department of Health regarding the health status (including vaccination status) of its staff. It is anticipated that private health and aged care facilities will adopt the same policy in order to maintain best practice in their respective facilities.
Nurses and midwives are required to provide evidence of their immune status or to undertake assessment and vaccination prior to commencing employment in New South Wales. Even if registered or enrolled by the Nurses and Midwives Board, nurses and midwives will not be able to obtain employment if they do not comply with these health requirements.
See NSW Department of Health Policy Directive PD2007_006 Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination Against Specific Infectious Diseases.
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