ToniStrk

Thanks for gettin back @Kheydz much appreciated!

15 hours ago, Kheydz said:

Hi @ToniStrk, I managed to submit everything in April and they first got back to me in July asking to resend my photo as the file was corrupted. They actually just got back to me this Friday gone saying ‘Your assessment has returned from the Committee and you have been assessed as eligible to sit the AIMS Professional Examination.’. So all in all it took them about 8 months from when I first submitted the application. 

Wow 8 months for them to assess your application thats crazy. 

15 hours ago, Kheydz said:

I guess this means I’ve passed as an MLT until I sit the exam to be an MLS. The next exam is in March but I’m considering whether I should even do it as I’ve seen some jobs posted and not have aims accreditation as a requirement. 

Yeah we found the same with some job openings even in hospitals which came back saying that an AIMS accreditation is not cumpolsury but losely state you should still be eligable for one.

Regardless, we're hoping for an exemption to the examination , or once she is a resident we're hoping she can do the single discipline examination if they deem she still needs to. 

Found the info here pretty useful, if its still relavent. 
https://www.aims.org.au/documents/item/875#:~:text=Graduate of an ‡acceptable,immediately prior to applying for 

On 07/02/2023 at 21:40, Kheydz said:

I will be HCPC registered probably by the end of this month (just waiting to be verified). I just completed my portfolio and didn’t have to do any top up modules since my degree is IBMS accredited. So hopefully when I send my application I will be HCPC register and my degree is accredited. I work in a histology lab in the NHS and have done for over 2 years. I can get the letter from my employer done and will request my transcript from my university. What are module descriptors? Also are you saying that even after you did all that you were still asked to do top up modules? 
 

Hi @Kheydz how did you go with the whole process? Did you have to sit the AIMS exam in the end?

My wife will be undergoing this process soon, she working as a Medical Scientist in the NHS and she has her HCPC registration and she has recently completed her portfolio, so in a similar situation to you.

Just wanted to follow up and find out if anyone came across an easier pathway to work as a BMS in Australia, coming from the UK. Thank you :)