Employer HRs may employ/ re-employ Nurses on General Registration/ Enrolment who have left Singapore for a period of time.

Employer HRs are required to sight all original documents provided by these nurses before submitting copies of their original documents to SNB to make a request to employ/ re-employ them. Documents required are:

1) Cover Letter addressed to SNB from employing institution to state:
    a) the intention to employ the applicant, 
    b) the position offered (e.g. Staff Nurse/ Enrolled Nurse) 
    c) Principal Place of Practice (PoP) where the applicant will be deployed to 

2) Identification document(s):
    a) NRIC or Foreign Passport (whichever is applicable)
    b) Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) renunciation letter / Cancellation Letter (if applicable)
    c) Work Pass (if applicable) 

3) If you have returned to Singapore after practising nursing/midwifery in another country, you are required to provide:

    a) Evidence of past employment (employer HR will provide more information on how to submit this)

    OR

    b) Service Gap Letter written by the nurse/midwife addressed to SNB to explain the period from the date left employment in Singapore till present.

     AND

     c) Verification of nursing/midwifery registration from the nursing/midwifery registration authority in the country of practice.

    • This is to verify that you are registered as a nurse/midwife in that country, and that no proceedings have been taken or are pending against you.

    • You are required to make the request with each nursing regulatory authority and the verification must be sent directly to SNB either:

      - By email directly to SNB_Verifications@spb.gov.sg (preferred) via nursing regulatory authority’s official email.  The sender needs to include full name and designation. Documents must be sent via the institution’s official email account. Non-official email accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo mail, etc. will not be accepted.

      OR 

     - via mail to SNB Operating Office, addressed to Registrar, Singapore Nursing Board.

4) If you did not practise nursing in another country and have left for 4 years or more, you may be required to undergo a period of competency assessment.

5) Renewal of Practising Certificate (PC) will be required upon approval before you can start to practise nursing in Singapore.