Nursing and Midwifery Council Revalidation
The Nursing and Midwifery Council have finalised the Revalidation process for nurses and midwives to remain on the register. As an integral part of our organisation, we would like to clarify and remind you of your obligation as a registered healthcare professional to ensure that your registration remains active.
What is the NMC Register?
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is a regulating body for all nurses and midwives in the UK. To work in public or private healthcare, all nurses and midwives need to be registered with the NMC.
As a member of the A24Group your active registration is of the utmost importance to us, and we would therefore like to raise awareness of this process and offer our support.
What are the basic requirements for NMC registrations?
Nursing and midwifery staff need to meet a list of basic requirements in order to successfully register with the NMC. These are:
Certification of your qualification – a scanned copy will suffice
Details of your formal training and title of your qualification
The name, address and email address for your education institution – these can be UK or outlying institutions.
Details of your previous name, should your current name differ from that of the name you had when you were awarded your qualification
Details of any prior professional registration – this may be from your home country, if you are not a natural born UK citizen
Once you have followed the process to register with the NMC, which may involve additional checks, such as a competency test, as well as a requirement to submit English language requirements results, should you be applying from outside of the UK. You will be provided with your registration details, and form part of the official register of nurses and midwives within the UK.
You will need to renew your registration every three years, and this process is referred to as revalidation.
What is Revalidation?
Revalidation is the process that allows you to maintain your registration with the NMC.
The purpose of this is to showcase that you are continually practicing and remaining an active member of the healthcare community. This process allows you to reflect that you are developing your skills, adhering to the Code laid out by the NMC, which are the professional standards of practice for nurses, midwives and nursing associated.
Every three years all nurses and midwives will be asked to apply for revalidation using the NMC online system as a means of keeping their registration active. Completing the revalidation process is your responsibility as the registered nurse or midwife, however the A24Group will assist where applicable.
NMC Revalidation Requirements
Every three years, you will be required to revalidate your registration with the NMC. Below are the requirements which need to be submitted, and how the A24Group can assist, when applying online. To arrange your contract of registration, interview feedback or any supporting documents, please contact our Compliance team via WhatsApp 0772 3559 602 for swift service and support, around the clock.
450 Practice hours for a nurse or midwife, alternatively 900 hours if practicing as both
Contract of registration which stipulates the total number of hours you completed via the A24Group.
The letter of registration will stipulate your designation to confirm your scope of practice.
Evidence hours of mandatory training conducted (where applicable) and/or store and supply all training certificates.
Store and provide evidence of both participatory and online training completed via the A24Group.
5 Pieces of practice related feedback
Annual performance appraisals feedback.
Feedback from patients, service users and clients for whom you have undertaken assignments with the A24Group.
Interview feedback from your interview with the A24Group.
5 Written reflective accounts
Self-reflective feedback provided during the annual performance appraisals on your job role in its entirety.
Reflection on feedback received post mandatory training sessions.
Health and Character Declaration
Completion of the Occupational Health Medical questionnaire and annual review form.
Character reference to be obtained from a work colleague.
Professional Indemnity Arrangement
As this is only reserved for internal employees, you are obligated to gain evidence of your professional indemnity independently.
35 Hours of CPD (continuing practical development) with 20 hours being participatory learning (face to face/classroom based).
Store and provide evidence of both participatory and online training completed via the A24Group.
Additional CPD Resources
Remember that this process is to showcase your ethics, character and dedication to the evolution of your nursing career, so while the list is a bit daunting, they all serve a very important purpose within the Revalidation process, and with the A24Group support, gathering these documents, and applying is simplified.
Revalidate your NMC registration online
Visit the NMC website to understand the revalidation requirements and how you can meet them. Once you have gathered your basic requirements, you can complete your application online.
How can we help you?
Please contact our support team via WhatsApp Chat on 0772 3559 602 any time day or night, should you have any queries.
A sample of nurses and midwives will be selected at random to verify the declaration they have made, and they will have to provide evidence according to the above required items.
We are assisting agency staff with appraisals, which can be used as part of your portfolio to submit for Revalidation.
Use the feedback forms provided, which you can take to clients you are working at for the agency, in order to get practice-related feedback. You can then send this back to us and we will load this onto your agency profile for safekeeping.
Ensure all evidence of client feedback is verifiable with either a stamp, letterhead or complimentary slip.
