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Offshore Medic

Regulators
  • Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
Nations
  • Northern Ireland
Sectors
  • Health and care

Regulatory or professional bodies

Primary regulator

Address

83 Ladas Drive
Belfast
BT6 9FR

Email address
mail@hseni.gov.uk
Phone number
+44 (0)8000 320 121

Regulation

Regulation summary

Offshore medics possess core skills allied to medicine or nursing to enable them to treat workers who are ill or injured offshore as required by The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993. HSENI is the body responsible for setting the training standards of Offshore Medics through a syllabus and the approval of training providers.

Regulation type

Licence

Reserved activities

Only individuals holding a current Offshore Medic certificate can act in that role.

Protected titles

Offshore Medic

More about regulated activities and titles
https://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/offshore.htm

Qualifications and experience

New professionals

Routes to qualification

Offshore medics in NI are individuals who are either:
1) Experienced nurses who are currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
2) Experienced paramedics who are currently registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
3) Military medics who have underpinning core skills allied to nursing and medicine.
Such individuals must then successfully complete a recognised offshore medic training course.

Professionals from other UK nations

Routes to recognition within the UK

Within the United Kingdom only those individuals who have satisfactorily
completed a course of offshore medic training delivered by an HSENI approved offshore medic training organisation and have been appointed by an employer under The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 to act as an offshore medic can act in that role.

Professionals from outside the UK

Recognition for professionals outside the UK
All - there are routes to recognition for professionals from all countries
Summary of routes

The individual should demonstrate to HSE that they have current equivalent skills and competencies as someone trained in GB or NI. To act as an offshore medic on the basis of nursing experience then the individual must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. For nurses from outside the UK wishing to become offshore medics how to obtain
registration with the Nursing and Midwifery council can be found at :

More about recognition for professionals outside the UK
https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/

Registration

Registration requirements

For those who wish to act as offshore medics and are reliant on their training for example as a nurse they must first be registered within the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and secondly demonstrate they hold all the current competencies expected of a UK qualified Offshore Medic. For others not linked to the NMC they will need to demonstrate they hold current competencies in all aspects of training that a UK qualified Offshore Medic is expected to hold and that this training is delivered by a competent provider.


Legislation

Title of relevant act or charter

The Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

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