Ireland Now Accepting OET as Alternative to IELTS For Nurses

Posted on: Thu 02-11-2017

With effect from January, 2018 Nurses outside the EU region now have other option aside IELTS to meet the Ireland Board of Nursing English Proficiency requirement as the regulatory board begins accepting Occupational English Test in place of IELTS.

In it's monthly bulletin, NMBI wrote

OET now accepted by NMBI

From 1 January 2018 we will accept Occupational English Test (OET), alongside the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Further information will be available on our website in due course.

At present , the Irish Nursing Board only accepts IELTS Academic and IELTS Academic for UKVI as evidence of English language competency for overseas nurses trained outside EU or EEA countries with the following minimum scores:

Listening – 6.5

Reading – 6.5

Writing – 7.0

Speaking – 7.0

Overall – 7.0

Recall that the UK NMC yesterday begins accepting OET as Alternative to IELTS. OET is professionally focused than IELTS and many people belief this makes it easier to pass.

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