Any nurses out there??
Jul 22nd 2006, 11:38 pm
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Any nurses out there??
Hi this is my first post I am due to qualify as a registered nurse in january 2007 and am really keen to go to OZ as soon as possible. My research seems to suggest that I need at least 12 months experience before they will consider me for a visa is this right? Hoping to go to Queensland. Any info would be gratefully received 
Jul 23rd 2006, 12:08 am
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Re: Any nurses out there??
Originally Posted by wannabauzzienurse
Hi this is my first post I am due to qualify as a registered nurse in january 2007 and am really keen to go to OZ as soon as possible. My research seems to suggest that I need at least 12 months experience before they will consider me for a visa is this right? Hoping to go to Queensland. Any info would be gratefully received
Hi, I'm a nurse and we fly on the 15th August to Adelaide.
It is right that you need 12 months under your belt (for a Permanent residency visa)- -but there are some graduate programs who will take newly qualified overseas nurses if they can't fill the places with Ozzie nurses - -not sure how the visa works with this option.
I know the Royal Adelaide has a program which is really sought after.
Pm me if you have more specific questions - - -or you might find the nursing forum helpful.
Hope this helps.
xRachx
Jul 23rd 2006, 6:47 am
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Re: Any nurses out there??
Hi
Have a look at this thread on the nursing forum
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=385373
There are others applying for the new grad programmes in Aus for after they qualify in the UK, so you might get more info off these. There might be more threads about it on the nursing forum, so doing a search might prove useful.
Cheers
Have a look at this thread on the nursing forum
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=385373
There are others applying for the new grad programmes in Aus for after they qualify in the UK, so you might get more info off these. There might be more threads about it on the nursing forum, so doing a search might prove useful.
Cheers
Jul 23rd 2006, 10:54 am
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Re: Any nurses out there??
Thanks for that, didn't realise there was a nurses forum I'll go off and have a look cheers 
Jul 23rd 2006, 12:22 pm
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Re: Any nurses out there??
No ,only joking, as kitty said, the nursey stuff goes on in the nursing forum
Jul 23rd 2006, 6:36 pm
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Re: Any nurses out there??
Originally Posted by wannabauzzienurse
Hi this is my first post I am due to qualify as a registered nurse in january 2007 and am really keen to go to OZ as soon as possible. My research seems to suggest that I need at least 12 months experience before they will consider me for a visa is this right? Hoping to go to Queensland. Any info would be gratefully received
Jul 23rd 2006, 7:03 pm
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Re: Any nurses out there??
Originally Posted by wannabauzzienurse
Hi this is my first post I am due to qualify as a registered nurse in january 2007 and am really keen to go to OZ as soon as possible. My research seems to suggest that I need at least 12 months experience before they will consider me for a visa is this right? Hoping to go to Queensland. Any info would be gratefully received
Welcome to BE! I'm relatively new myself - it's a brill site with fab people. Hope you find it as good as me! OH gets fed up with me BE surfing all the time!!! x
Jul 23rd 2006, 7:55 pm
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Re: Any nurses out there??
Originally Posted by wannabauzzienurse
Hi this is my first post I am due to qualify as a registered nurse in january 2007 and am really keen to go to OZ as soon as possible. My research seems to suggest that I need at least 12 months experience before they will consider me for a visa is this right? Hoping to go to Queensland. Any info would be gratefully received
it would be a good idea to get those 12 months under your belt ... its hard enough working as a newly qualified nurse, never mind contending with a very different system to the uk one!
but, you can get out to aus without the 12 months experience ... as diane kitty and rach have explained
and the nurses forum is a gold mine of information ...
sue
