NUH gives a big Nottinghamshire welcome to next wave of international nurses | Latest news

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH) has welcomed their latest cohort of overseas nurses, with 28 international nurses arriving to join the Trust. 

Internationally-educated nurses make a vital contribution to the Trust, providing valuable expertise to teams and helping to strengthen staffing levels where needed. After arriving from India, they were welcomed by NUH recruitment, educators and pastoral teams and then taken to settle into their accommodation.

The Trust holds a pastoral week for new cohorts, during which nurses are offered various support sessions to help them to learn new systems they might not be familiar with and to help them settle into life in the UK, these include sessions on IT, finance and wellbeing support.

Majorie Valladolid, Practice Educator, said: “We really value the expertise of our International Registered Nurses, they are experienced nurses with lots of knowledge in specialist areas, who can add so much diversity and knowledge to our wards and departments. We are very pleased that they have joined us and we look forward to welcoming them into our teams. My advice to our new colleagues would be - enjoy yourself, focus on your goals and aim high.”

The new cohort will now take part in two weeks of classroom training before completing their Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE).

Once they have completed their OSCE exams, they will be newly qualified nurses and ready to look after patients at NUH.

Jyoti Jyoti, 24, Registered Nurse who is originally from Kerala, said: “I didn’t know much about Nottingham before I came here, but it is an interesting place. Everyone is very kind and friendly. I was having a selfie in front of a telephone box and a stranger came up and had a photo with me! I am very happy and excited - so much so that I’m not even missing my family, I can’t wait to get started at the hospital!”

Ajo Jose, 38, Registered Nurse who is originally from Kerala, added: “I am enjoying it so far. Last weekend I went into the city centre to do some shopping and go to church. That was a new experience for me as I’ve never been to an English church. I already feel like Nottingham is my home, I’m looking forward to meeting the teams I will be working with.”

Sruthi Joseph, 37, Registered Nurse who is originally from Kerala, said: “I learnt everything about Nottingham from Google and YouTube. I heard all about Nottingham Forest and I was really excited so I went to the ground and took some photos. I sent them back to my husband – he loves football too. We went to some of the local parks too, I really like it here and I’m really looking forward to starting my new nursing role.”

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