Registered Midwives who are on the NMBI Registered Nurse Tutor (RNT) division can apply to be transferred to the Registered Midwife Tutor division (RMT), providing certain criteria are met.

Since 2018 there has been a RMT division, established in recognition that pursuant to the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, nursing and midwifery are distinct and separate professions. With the formal recognition of midwifery as a profession distinct from nursing and under the Nurses and Midwives Rules 2018 the additional RMT division was created.

Previously, the RNT division included individuals who taught nursing and individuals who taught midwifery. Registered midwives who are currently RNTs and who completed their tutor’s education programme and teaching practice in midwifery settings have the opportunity to transfer from the RNT division to the RMT division of the Register.

If you are a midwife and wish to be considered, you are required to have one of the following:

• Evidence from a previous employer that your role held was one of a Midwifery Tutor/Lecturer or similar roles where it was a requirement to have a RNT qualification

or

• Confirmation from a current employer that you are employed as a Midwifery Lecturer or similar where, as above, registration is required.

If you wish to apply for transfer from the RNT division, you must complete an application form and send it to midwifery@nmbi.ie by Wednesday, 29 September 2021.