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Recruiting international health care professionals

Since the Brexit new regulations, international recruitment system is more compliant and structured to sponsor medical specialists.

Upaya Recruitment is working towards filling the positions that NHS has open for international health care specialists. With it’s network of medics, consultants, nurses and overall health care specialists our goal is to fill the open position in professional manner.

For health care candidates the vacant positions are posted in the Job section and feel free to contact us to discuss more about your interest.

For NHS partners, our direct contact is easy to use for stating your intention to collaborate.

Upaya Recruitment assists candidates in every step of the recruitment process. Transferring to the UK requires legal and professional assessments.

Below is the step-by-step itinerary for successful job transfer.

STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS:
REGISTRATION AND IMMIGRATION

The step list below shows a summary of the registration and immigration
process for an overseas doctor and will be sponsored under
Health and Care Visa to work in the UK.

 1. OVERSEAS DOCTOR DEMONSTRATES
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Applicant will take the IELTS or the OET to
demonstrate they have the appropriate level of English.
Test can be taken before arriving in the UK.

2. OVERSEAS DOCTORS TAKES
GMC PLAB (PART 1)

The PLAB assures the GMC that the applicant
has the right knowledge and skills to practise medicine in the UK.
The exam is run in the UK and in a number of overseas locations.
Test can be taken before arriving in the UK.

3. OVERSEAS DOCTORS
TAKES GMC PLAB (PART 2)

PLAB 2 must be taken at the GMC
clinical assessment centre in
Manchester.
Test dates are run throughout the
year and can only be booked once the
candidate has their PLAB 1 results.
Overseas doctors can come to the UK
on a standard visitor visa in order to
take the second part of the PLAB test.
The visa will permit them to stay
in the UK for a temporary period,
usually six months.

 

4. OVERSEAS DOCTOR
RESPONDS TO JOB ADVERTISEMENT

Attracting overseas doctors who
have passed PLAB 1 and 2 will
reduce your time to hire.
The GMC average time to process
an application from such a doctor
through to approval is six to eight.

5. OVERSEAS DOCTOR
APPLIES FOR GMC REGISTRATION

If the applicant passed PLAB (both
parts), they can apply for registration
with a licence to practise.
Once the GMC approves their
application and they gain registration they can work as a doctor in the UK. The overseas doctor must have their registration in place before starting employment.

6. EMPLOYER BECOMES
SPONSOR FOR OVERSEAS DOCTOR

Following the recruitment and
selection process, assign the
certificate of sponsorship to the
overseas doctor.
The sponsorship reference
number should be used for the
Health and Care Visa application.

7. SUBMIT VISA APPLICATION

Overseas doctor will submit their Health and Care Visa application and provide biometric information. The earliest a visa application can be made is up to three months before the start date of employment stated on the certificate of sponsorship. Decision on visa usually within three weeks.

8. VISA APPLICATION APPROVED

UKVI approves the Health and Care Visa application The new immigration system is becoming digital by default. EU/EEA and Swiss overseas doctors will receive an eVisa while overseas doctors from the rest of the world will still need to collect their biometric residence permits (BRPs) on arrival in the UK.

Source: NHS