The annual renewal of nurses and midwives registration lets the public and your colleagues know that you’re still safe to practise. The Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia opened their online renewal process for 2023 on 5 April 2023.
To avoid a late fee renew online before 31 May 2023. All nurses and midwives needing to have renewed their registration prior to 30 June 2023 to allow them to continue to practise.
Western Health does not employ anyone into any nursing or midwifery position without an active registration for any period.
Payment:
To ensure quick and effective renewal, nurses and midwives and encouraged to renew online.
Renewal fees can be paid by credit/debit card. If you do not have a credit/debit card you can purchase a pre-paid debit card from various retail outlets for a nominal fee.
Non-practicing registration:
Every year Western Health has a large number of nurses and midwives go on some extended leave. Often this is for something like maternity leave or long service leave, where they fully intend to return to work following their leave.
Occasionally some of our nurses or midwives have fallen into the trap of applying for non-practicing registration during their leave, which has impaired their ease of returning to work.
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) regulates the practice of nursing and midwifery in Australia, and one of its key roles is to protect the public. The NMBA does this by developing registration standards, professional codes, guidelines and standards for practice which together establish the requirements for the professional and safe practice of nurses and midwives in Australia.
The types of registration available to nurses and midwives who apply to the NMBA to be registered include general registration, provisional registration, student registration and non-practising registration.
All of our active nurses and midwives are on the general register. Non-practising registration is a type of registration that is suitable for an individual who chooses to stop all nursing and/or midwifery practice but wishes – for personal rather than professional reasons – to retain a
protected nursing and/or midwifery title. Often this is a nurse or midwife who:
- has retired from nursing or midwifery practice
- is experiencing a period of prolonged illness, or
- is intending to take a long period of absence from practice.
Nurses and midwives wishing to take a period of leave (i.e. maternity leave) who are intending to return to work are advised to remain on the general register. Please note however that you must be able to maintain your CPD and recency of practice requirements.
Any nurse or midwife that transitions to non-practising registration needs to go though a process to be able to practise again. That includes lodging an application form (AGNP-40) for general registration and meet all the requirements of the following NMBA registration standards:
- criminal history
- professional indemnity insurance arrangements, and
- recency of practice.
If you the nurses or midwife does not meet the recency of practice registration standard requirement, a re-entry to practice requirement will apply.
Tips and information:
Read the renewal FAQs on the Ahpra website for helpful tips and more information on what you need to do to renew.
If you have difficulty renewing your registration online or you have a query about your registration, please contact Aphra by making a web enquiry or by calling 1300 419 495.