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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS COMMON to MATURE & STANDARD CODE APPLICANTS
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
Nursing/Midwifery is a demanding profession, both physically and emotionally. A successful applicant must be of good mental and physical health and have the ability to achieve the required competencies of a nurse/midwife.
Applicants will be required to complete a Medical Assessment Self-Declaration Form and undergo a Medical Assessment/Screening and a Vaccination programme etc. as determined by a Higher Education Institution/Healthcare Agency.
Satisfactory completion of these or other health requirements will be necessary to commence/continue with the programme.
GARDA VETTING
Garda Vetting/Garda Vetting Enquiry Forms, and/or Police Certificates will be required as determined by a Higher Education Institution/Healthcare Agency.
The HEIs use the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) vetting service and/or International Police Agencies to assess the suitability of an applicant, and may also require an applicant to provide an enhanced disclosure by completion of an affidavit. Therefore, offers are conditional and could subsequently be withdrawn if an applicant does not meet the Garda vetting requirements. Further details from the HEI/Healthcare agency.
REFERENCES
Other requirements as determined locally may include references, etc.
ENGLISH COMPETENCE
An applicant, whose First Language/Primary Mode of Expression is not English, will be required to produce evidence of English competence. Such an applicant must clarify her position well in advance of the closing date. Such an applicant must consult the Higher Education Institution literature and contact the admission office of the Higher Education Institution/s to which she intends to apply for nursing/midwifery.
NON-EU PERSONS
An applicant who is now, or who has been in the past, resident outside the EU must have consulted the Higher Education Institution literature and have contacted the admission office of the Higher Education Institution/s to which she intends to apply for nursing/midwifery in order to have fully appraised herself of the following:
- Definition of non EU
- Entry Requirements and Conditions
- Application Procedure and Eligibility to Apply
- Selection Procedure
- Economic Fee
- Any other matters.
In the event that places remain vacant after offers have been made to eligible EU applicants, a person with non-EU status may be considered.
Please note that the NCC has no role regarding visas/permits nor in defining non EU status.
APPLICANTS EXPRESSING A PREFERENCE FOR THE ADELAIDE SCHOOL OF NURSING
In respect of entry to the Adelaide School of Nursing the following note from the Adelaide Hospital Society is for applicants expressing a preference for the Adelaide School of Nursing.
The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Incorporating the National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, provides a focus for Protestant participation in the health services within a multi denominational and pluralist setting. The Charter of the Hospital guarantees freedom of conscience and the free profession and practice of religion.
The Adelaide Hospital Society, which is a voluntary charitable organisation, nominates up to 40 suitable applicants each year to the Adelaide School of Nursing. In selecting applicants, the Society has regard to its particular obligation to applicants from the Protestant community and also to members of inter-church families. It also has regard to the multi-denominational and pluralist character of the Hospital. The selection of applicants to the Adelaide School of Nursing will be done with this in mind.
Names and addresses of those applicants who express a preference for the Adelaide School of Nursing on the CAO Application Form will be forwarded to the Adelaide Hospital Society for consideration. Such applicants will be issued with a further Application Form by the Adelaide Hospital Society for completion and return to the Society. All such applicants will have an opportunity to outline reasons for applying for nursing education through the Adelaide School of Nursing on this further Application Form.
This Form will be used to decide which applicants will have an interview conducted by an Interview Board appointed by the Adelaide Hospital Society.
PLEASE NOTE:
Success at the Adelaide School of Nursing interview does not guarantee an offer of a place.
Applicants must still be eligible to be offered a place by the CAO.
An unsuccessful interview at the Adelaide School of Nursing does not prejudice an applicant’s chance of an offer of a place elsewhere.
This process by the Adelaide School of Nursing is additional to the other requirements as outlined in the following sections.
APPLICANTS WHO ARE ATTENDING OR WHO HAVE ATTENDED A THIRD-LEVEL PROGRAMME IN IRELAND
An applicant who is undertaking a programme at a Higher Education Institution or who has previously undertaken a programme at a Higher Education Institution must contact the admissions office of the Higher Education Institution to which she has applied for nursing/midwifery to determine fees and any other matters.
NOTE TO ALL APPLICANTS
An applicant is responsible for ensuring that she meets the specified entry requirements and conditions.
The processing of an application at any stage of the competition should not be taken as an indication of eligibility for the programme/s.
An applicant is responsible for meeting all costs in relation to the application process.
Any attempt by an applicant or by any person(s) acting on the applicant’s instigation, directly or indirectly by means of written communication or otherwise, to canvass or otherwise influence in the applicant’s favour, will automatically disqualify the applicant from the competition.
If at any time between applying and the end of the competition an applicant changes contact details, the CAO must be immediately notified, on-line/in writing.
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