moving to australia
Apr 8th 2008, 11:36 am
#16
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Re: moving to australia
i am a student nurse in a hospital and am still at uni aswell i finish my training in 2 years and am looking to relocate to queensland but i am reading bad things on this forum about people coming back so i am now having doubts as to wether to go i need the truth from you guys about queensland what is it like what shops do you have what are the schools and colleges like for my kids what is nursing like in oz help me out here guys any info would be appreciated
Apr 8th 2008, 12:57 pm
#17
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Re: moving to australia
As well as the very good Nurses forum there is also this thread running at the moment. You may also want to check out the immigration forum http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32 Loads of great advice there.
Welcome.
Welcome.
Apr 8th 2008, 7:11 pm
#18
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Apr 8th 2008, 7:17 pm
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Re: moving to australia
what do you guys do for clothes out there i dont do designer labels so thats fine i just like shorts and a cheapy top from asda george and few bangles and a necklace and im good to go haahhaha
Apr 8th 2008, 10:28 pm
#20
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Re: moving to australia
who would i get in touch with as regards to pay and system????????
That should give you most of the details you need! Bear in mind that pay in private hospitals is slightly lower.
Roster flexibility varies from ward to ward but most wards run on 8 hour shifts:
07:00-15:15
15:00-23:00
22:45-07:15
some do 12 hour shifts:
06:45-19:00
18:45-07:00
..and some do a mix of the above ( I dont know whether these are global standards or not?)
Some NUMs (Nursing Unit Mangers) will be quite flexible with rostering and allow you to set up a convenient routine like "Cant work wednesday or thursday evenings" - Others will screw themselves and see lots of resignations simply because they force all staff to be available for all shifts and show no flexibility (My wife has a lunatic boss like this). Its really the luck of the draw!!!
Apr 10th 2008, 8:52 pm
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Re: moving to australia
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/nursing/salary.asp
That should give you most of the details you need! Bear in mind that pay in private hospitals is slightly lower.
Roster flexibility varies from ward to ward but most wards run on 8 hour shifts:
07:00-15:15
15:00-23:00
22:45-07:15
some do 12 hour shifts:
06:45-19:00
18:45-07:00
..and some do a mix of the above ( I dont know whether these are global standards or not?)
Some NUMs (Nursing Unit Mangers) will be quite flexible with rostering and allow you to set up a convenient routine like "Cant work wednesday or thursday evenings" - Others will screw themselves and see lots of resignations simply because they force all staff to be available for all shifts and show no flexibility (My wife has a lunatic boss like this). Its really the luck of the draw!!!
That should give you most of the details you need! Bear in mind that pay in private hospitals is slightly lower.
Roster flexibility varies from ward to ward but most wards run on 8 hour shifts:
07:00-15:15
15:00-23:00
22:45-07:15
some do 12 hour shifts:
06:45-19:00
18:45-07:00
..and some do a mix of the above ( I dont know whether these are global standards or not?)
Some NUMs (Nursing Unit Mangers) will be quite flexible with rostering and allow you to set up a convenient routine like "Cant work wednesday or thursday evenings" - Others will screw themselves and see lots of resignations simply because they force all staff to be available for all shifts and show no flexibility (My wife has a lunatic boss like this). Its really the luck of the draw!!!
