Calling all Nurses
 

Just out of interest. How many of you are nursing in Australia or intend to work as a nurse out there and which speciality are you working in?

Which city are you heading to?

Cheers,

Nosey Siobhan!

Hi there,

Both my hubby and I are nurses. He's in Renal and I'm in Neonates. We're heading out in a couple of weeks to validate and are looking to check out Brisbane as a hopeful contender for future living.

What about yourself?

Ginny

Nurse type person heading for Perth. Hoping to get back into renal medicine or stick with general surgery. Don't mind really.

Hiya,

I'm hoping to go out on a Working Holiday Visa in November.

Currently working full time in SCBU and doing my degree part-time - must be mad!

Heading to Sydney first then Melbourne. Eventually hope to end up in Perth - fingers crossed.

Siobhan

Hi
Im currently working as a cardiac rehab nurse but am willing to go back to acute CCU or anything really when we get there - nothing lined up yet though. We are initially going to south NSW Shoalhaven/Nowra/Wollongong near my sister.
Cheers xxx Cath:cool:

Re: Calling all Nurses
 

Hi, I am a renal nurse too, seems there is a few of us about!!

Heading to Perth, and have a few jobs lined up already!! Just gonna take my pick when I arrive!!

im a practice nurse...
dunno what speciality i'll work in when we get there...may i'll specialise in being a lady of leisure!!!!

probably end up being in same field ..dunno

Hi, I'm an itu nurse. Don't know where we'll be going. My wife wants to go to Perth I prefer Melbourne.

Re: Calling all Nurses
 

Good for you , my wife was talking to girl whos just started at her place the job is same as she was doing in the UK where its called NHS Direct , the new girl is wondering why she was taking home after tax not far off in Dollars what she did take home in Pounds for the same job , the rate in dollars is $23 per hour here more than the pay on the wards .
Rate for the job in the UK is top Grade G.

1 GBP= 1 ASD so a $260,000 home is a 260,000 GBP house?

:D :cool: :beer:

Pay for NHS direct depends on which part of the country you live. If you are lucky its G grade pay but it is generally F grade.

Thats a step up from Health Direct in Perth , plus 6 months sick pay (2 weeks here) , more holiday and a better pension .


:D :cool: :beer:

Re: Calling all Nurses
 

Hi Siobhan

I am currently working on a Surgical high Dependency unit heading for Perth hopefully 2004.
No jobs lined up at present but in the process of contacting a few agencies and hospitals in the area.

Diane

Heading for Perth by December, although going to stay in South Africa for three months to just chill out for a while en route. Strange, but I'm also in renal - alot of us about indeed. Interested to read Teresa's posting about jobs as I've yet to start making enquiries - hope to work on a dialysis unit abw...
Jon

District nurse heading for Sydney beginning of September. Hope to have a month off to settle kids into school and look for job doing same or in practice nursing. Have already been offered jobs by agencies but would still like to settle first then look around for what I want to do.

No chance of district nurse job , only sliver chain and its not good.

:D :cool: :beer: