Return to practice, and retire and return
Return to practice
Ready to reignite a fulfilling career in nursing, midwifery or the allied health professions? Your experience and skills are invaluable to us, and we’re here to help you return with confidence.
Nursing and Midwifery
The NHS has a programme to help you renew your registration with your professional body and re-enter practice with competence and confidence. There are several ways to return to practice:
- If you’ve got recent experience, you may be able to re-register without doing a course or test via Nursing Readmission or Midwifery Readmission
- If you’ve been away for a while you may need to update your skills through a Nursing test of Competence, midwifery test of competence or a nursing return to practice course and midwifery return to practice course
At West Herts, we offer a variety of placements for Return to Practice nurses and midwives. With a dedicated Practice Assessor, alongside the Undergraduate training team, we’ll ensure you have all the support that you need.
Please note, requests for a placement at West Herts must come via your course leader once enrolled on a Return to practice programme, as detailed above.
For any nursing enquiries, please contact: Elgreg Key
Jeruta
Practice Education Facilitator (Adult/Paediatric Nursing)
Tel: 01923 217130 | 07551940597
Email: elgreg.jeruta@nhs.net
For any midwifery enquiries, please contact:
Jacob Stone,
Interim Recruitment & Retention Lead (Maternity)
Tel: 01923 217372
Email jacob.stone1@nhs.net
Allied health professions
If you want to return to the HCPC register, we can provide the help, support and information you need to Return to Practice.
For enquiries, please contact: Claire Cutting,
Workforce Lead (Allied Health Professions)
Email: claire.cutting@nhs.net
Retire and return
By agreement, an employee can retire and receive pension benefits and return to work (subject to availability) on either a bank, part-time or full-time basis.
Where an employee would like to apply for retire and return i.e. so that they can claim their pension and then return to work, they must complete the appropriate application form and submit this to their line manager.