Policy on Annual Certification of Registration of Nurses and Midwives with An Bord Altranais

The attached policy ‘HSE Policy on Annual Certification of Registration of Nurses and Midwives with An Bord Altranais’ replaces ‘HSE HR Circular 004/2010 Policy on the Management of Professional Registers and Amendments to such Registers’ in respect of the verification of annual registration of nurses and midwives with An Bord Altranais.

The purpose of this revised policy and procedure is to protect patients, service users and HSE employees and to provide evidence in support of good governance.

This new document states that it is the policy of the Health Service Executive (HSE):

(i) to employ and to maintain in employment nurses and midwives who on appointment furnish the HSE with proof of their appropriate registration in the relevant division of the register maintained by An Bord Altranais

(ii) to require nurses and midwives to certify annually, by way of the Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC), Appendix 1

• that they are appropriately registered in the relevant division/s of the register maintained by An Bord Altranais
  
• that they will advise the HSE without delay if there is any change in their registration status by way of restrictions or conditions placed on their practice or through erasure from the register or any other change to their status
  
• the name under which they are registered with An Bord Altranais and their Personal Identification Number(PIN)

To read or download the policy, please click here.

To read or download a copy of Appendix 1 - Patient Safety Assurance Certificate for Nurses and Midwives, please click here.

A Guidance Document on the implementation of the policy is available by clicking here.