Moving to Brisbane in September!
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Moving to Brisbane in September!
Hi, Im a nurse moving to Brisbane September 2010.
Id love to meet with any others heading out then, or are already out there. Im 27 yrs old, and moving alone!
Scary, but exciting!!
Id love to meet with any others heading out then, or are already out there. Im 27 yrs old, and moving alone!
Scary, but exciting!!
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Good Luck to you....my oh is a nurse out here, you can PM me anytime if ya need any help..
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Where are you aiming for quite a few nurses around these parts. Have you got a sponsered visa or coming out on a kismet ticket?
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Hi, I have a working holiday visa right now for September, but I think if I like it, and want to stay and know I will be able to get a permanent job then I will apply for a skilled visa.
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Hope all goes well not sure how easy it is to get casual holiday work as a nurse at present as think there is ironically some sort of English test now on top of police checks.
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Do you mean the IELTS test? have done that as I needed it for nursing registration.
So would you suggest applying for skilled visa?
Thanks
So would you suggest applying for skilled visa?
Thanks
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Permanent Visa is way to go while available while nurses indemand on model as temp visa or sponsered means you have to do it all over again at some point. Permenant takes longer but worth it.
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Hi. We moved out here Sept 09 and love it. What area will you be living? My sister-in-law is just finishing her EN training here. I'm sure that you will meet people through work too.
I haven't used this site much yet so I'm new to all this.
Be good to hear from you though.
Kath
I haven't used this site much yet so I'm new to all this.
Be good to hear from you though.
Kath
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Hey
Im a nurse i moved out here 4 months ago with my boyfriend , September isnt long away have you got everything sorted and packed, i bet your excited.
Do you know where you are going to be working yet ?
Let me know when you get here and we can exchange notes !!!!
Im a nurse i moved out here 4 months ago with my boyfriend , September isnt long away have you got everything sorted and packed, i bet your excited.
Do you know where you are going to be working yet ?
Let me know when you get here and we can exchange notes !!!!
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Hey, thanks for the post, I am just waiting for my police check, and my references to be sent to the agency, so Im almost nearly there!!!
Yes Im excited, and September is coming around SO quickly!
Where abouts are you working? Has everthing gone smoothly for you??
Yes Im excited, and September is coming around SO quickly!
Where abouts are you working? Has everthing gone smoothly for you??
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
hi there.. id definately go for your permanent residency rather than a sponsership. unfortunately i did it the long was round and only now got residency. im a nurse and working in the royal and if u can get away with it you really dont want to be or have to b tied to one hospital. much easier and cheaper to just do residency. i moved here last jan and its taken a while to settle in. im a single young(ish) gal here too so if u need any more advise let me no. auds x
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
Just give it time!
Good luck to you and hope you like it! I certainly do!
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Re: Moving to Brisbane in September!
hi there.. id definately go for your permanent residency rather than a sponsership. unfortunately i did it the long was round and only now got residency. im a nurse and working in the royal and if u can get away with it you really dont want to be or have to b tied to one hospital. much easier and cheaper to just do residency. i moved here last jan and its taken a while to settle in. im a single young(ish) gal here too so if u need any more advise let me no. auds x
I am a nurse at the Royal also, i work in ICU, i moved here 4 1/2 months ago and started at the royal 4 months ago. started at the wrong time because of the new pay system so am very un impressed by not getting paid correctly and i still do not have a uniform, again bad timing as i believe they have recently changed uniform companies.
All good though, i have permanant residency as i too did not want to be stuck to one hospital.
The unit i work on has over 200 staff members so it is sometimes see the same person twice, so therefore hard to make friends. So am still settling in and finding my feet.
I live 40 minutes away in south/east brisbane with my brother until i find and save a deposit for a house.
I am not home sick in the slighest the hardest thing is not having your friends around you as i have always had a good bunch of friends. I suppose it will take time to settle in and build on friendships.
So do you like it at the royal? where do you work? have you settled yet ?
Sarah
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dont regret the move at all, just wish i could bring all my friends with me.