Yes. Sermo has opened its panel to UK nurses as well as doctors, and the platform recognises Nursing and Midwifery Council registration as a valid credential, so you can create an account, verify your licence and start receiving invitations immediately.

Not if you stay within the Home Office’s supplementary-work rules. Those rules let you do up to twenty hours a week of “another job or your own business” on top of your sponsored nursing post, as long as the extra work is higher-skilled and related to your main occupation. “Registered nurse / nursing professional” is a qualifying occupation code, survey work is nowhere near twenty hours a week for most panellists, and you must keep doing your substantive job, so the visa conditions are met and your ILR clock keeps running.

Sermo pays an honorarium per project and leaves tax and National Insurance to you, which in UK law is treated as self-employed contracting. Skilled Worker guidance explicitly allows limited freelance activity within the twenty-hour cap, so contracting for the odd survey is permissible provided you still satisfy the other supplementary-work conditions.

Tell your employer’s HR team because most NHS trusts and independent hospitals want written permission for any paid outside work, register for self-assessment with HMRC if your untaxed side income will exceed the £1,000 trading-allowance threshold in the tax year, keep a simple timesheet so you can prove you never cross twenty hours, double-check that your NMC-mandated indemnity covers advisory work, and remember the twenty-hour limit resets every week, it is not a monthly average.

Speak to an immigration solicitor if you plan to push survey work towards the twenty-hour ceiling, branch out into broader freelancing such as private clinics, or your main employment contract contains strict exclusivity clauses; a one-hour review is usually enough to confirm you are compliant and to issue a written opinion for peace of mind.

You owe income tax on everything you earn, but the first £1,000 of gross self-employed income in a tax year is covered by the trading allowance; if Sermo is your only untaxed side income and it stays below that figure you do not need to register for or file a self-assessment return, though you can opt to if you wish. Once you expect your Sermo income to go over £1,000 in any tax year, register for self-assessment and keep basic accounting records; if you think you will cross the threshold contact us and we can guide you through the next steps.

Sermo offers several payout methods but UK nurses generally find that opening a Wise multi-currency account gives the smoothest experience and the lowest fees; link your Wise details in your Sermo wallet, choose GBP, and transfers usually land in your UK bank within one to two working days.

Volume fluctuates with research demand but most UK nurses see between two and ten invites a month; individual surveys typically take five to thirty minutes, so you can fit them around shifts without coming close to the twenty-hour visa limit.

Expect everything from frontline process questions such as catheter care protocols, infusion-pump troubleshooting and venepuncture-device preferences, to product-feedback studies on cannulas, syringes and closed-system transfer devices, through to disease-management research in areas like diabetes, renal medicine, oncology and critical care equipment reviews; in short, anything you encounter day-to-day could turn up in survey form.

Unfortunately not. Sermo’s clients require professional-level clinical insight backed by a current registration, so only qualified nurses, midwives, doctors, pharmacists and similar regulated clinicians can be accepted.

Yes, provided you reflect on the activity. Paid research can be logged as participatory CPD because you are contributing professional opinion on clinical practice and medical technology; keep the invitation email, survey summary and your own reflective notes as evidence in your revalidation portfolio.

All questionnaires are anonymised and are screened to exclude patient-identifiable information; Sermo is GDPR-compliant, hosts its data in the EU and UK, and will never disclose your identity to manufacturers or other third parties without your explicit consent.

Student nurses cannot sign up until they hold full NMC registration, but once you receive your PIN you are welcome to apply and will start receiving surveys relevant to Band 5 practice.

If you move onto a visa with no supplementary-work limits, such as ILR or the Health and Care Worker route, you can continue taking surveys without worrying about the twenty-hour cap, but you should still notify HR and keep proper tax records.

Absolutely! Access Sermo on-the-go using your smartphone or tablet. Convenience at your fingertips.

Withdrawal fees depend on the method you choose. Some options are free, while others may have minimal fees.

Yes, payout preferences can be updated anytime in your account settings. Flexibility is a wonderful thing.