hello, i will be moving to perth august time and would like to get more info on whether it is best to work in private or public sector? also, what is the royal perth hosp like to work for - i have tel interview for surgical ward next week.
thank you for your help!!
rachel

Which Royal Perth is it ? There are two buildings - the main building in central Perth and a satellite one called 'Shenton Park' which is mainly rehabilitation and elective orthopaedic. There is also plans to build a huge new hospital and close down Royal Perth over time but that's at least 5-10 years away.

If you work in the public hospitals, you can do a thing called Salary Sacrifice - if you pay rent or a mortgage you can avoid tax on $9000+ per year of your earnings.

My wife is orthopaedic [now doing project work] and prefers working in a public hospital. Also it may be that the public hospital will offer a PR visa whilst the private won't - if you can get it a PR is to be preferred always.

hello, thanks for reply. i believe it is the main campus - general surgical ward. i think will go to a public hosp. i have heard a little about this salary sacrifice. seems very strange!!

Some private hospitals also do SS.

Many threads on this topic before, here is one:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...public+private

I was under the impression that the mortgage/rent SS was only available to public hospitals not private ones [even charitable] but I stand corrected.

It is worth it - basically you avoid tax on $9000+ of your income per year for the rent/mortgage component. You basically get paid twice in 3 days - Day 1 is your pay calculated as pay less the sacrifice component [about $350 dollars] then tax deducted and then 2 days later you get the $350 back again. All numbers are approx as I don't have them to hand.

Out of curiosity who did the interview go ? Are they offering PR ?
[Just being nosey...]

hello, have been offered the post - temp visa but can apply for pr after 6 months. still considering whether to accept position though. thanks for interest!

private hospital also offer salary sacrifice. It's well worth it