Chances of getting a nursing job after bridging. What are the factors?

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Is there a high chance to get a nursing job in Australia after the bridging? Anyone knows what region or place in Australia still has a high demand for nurses? Thanks.. I am scared to waste my hard earned money..

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Hi thanks for the active input of experiences/opinions here, I myself am about to face these realities if ever I apply for a BP. what are my chances of landing a job after BP, considering i have 2 yrs in the ER and 2+yrs ICU, and a certified EMT-Basic? would it be better if I choose UK over AU? Thanks

Expect things to be hard in the UK

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what do you mean by hard? living/working conditions? should I gamble on a BP in AU and take my chances? coz in the UK there are employers willing to sponsor working visas to nurses here (PH).

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

UK is expensive and the NMC process is long and you can't work as a nurse until you have done the adaptation program which has now been mandatory implemented. Also I have seen some hospitals advertise that they are going within the EU for nurses but haven't seen many advertising for outside the EU as they have to prove to the government that they can not employer from within the UK and EU first. Also do you have experience because the NMC will not accept applications that do not have 1 year full time (or equivalent)

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oh ok, btw a recruitment company here are looking for nurses for their clients, what happens is that theses clients (british employers) select qualified candidates and they offer them working visas. as for the ONP, they said that we'll be earning while doing it. how long will it take for me to process the NMC by myself? the recruitment company could do it on my behalf because they have someone in the UK who can process it for me. I have 2 years ER exp, 2+years (and counting) Medical ICU and Im a certified EMT-Basic since Aug 2010. Thanks

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what do you mean by hard? living/working conditions? should I gamble on a BP in AU and take my chances? coz in the UK there are employers willing to sponsor working visas to nurses here (PH).

Yes, working visas. But not in any way you can apply for permanent visa in UK. I have friends who returned to the Philippines after their working visa expires because UK did not renew them.. I have met a lot of friends who transferred from UK to AU because the place isn't that stable now as compared to last 2008.

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oh ok, btw a recruitment company here are looking for nurses for their clients, what happens is that theses clients (british employers) select qualified candidates and they offer them working visas. as for the ONP, they said that we'll be earning while doing it. how long will it take for me to process the NMC by myself? the recruitment company could do it on my behalf because they have someone in the UK who can process it for me. I have 2 years ER exp, 2+years (and counting) Medical ICU and Im a certified EMT-Basic since Aug 2010. Thanks

Please triple-check the recruitment companies, especially if they are asking for money up-front and or their contracts are very restrictive and could cost you more money if you have to break it for whatever reasons, whether you do it or if they do it, yes, if they do it, because they don't do what they claim they can, next time you know you've wasted a lot of time and they want you to break it so that can file against you.

Get recent references, ones you can actually talk to and make sure you can know they are telling you the truth and not some "employee" of the recruiting firm.

I've had a couple of earlier kababayans that found out the UK employers will not be renewing them and coming home to the Phils which is even more bleak than the UK as you know.

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Ok thanks for the advice. With my experience ( 2+yrs medical ICU and 2 yrs ER), do you i can get a job in AU if i take the BP this year? I'd much prefer AU over the UK but I'm worried about the job security there. Especially that I have to loan almost 90% of my expenses from a lending company here. Thanks for your speedy replies

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Madness, IMHO loaning so much money from lending company, there are reports of nurses from Phillipines desperate, knocking down the door of the Phillipino embassy after not getting sponsorship and not having a return ticket home. Complaining about the loan companies back home.

Australian law does not cover contracts taken out for loans in the Phillipines and the lawyers are agust that such big loans and such big percentage rates were given out with no guarantee of a job at the end.

But ''God willing" you will be totally exempt from this. Though I am not in your shoes and there is always the chance you may get a job, but then how do you afford to live? Apparently the percentage is 50%!!! which equals about 1 and 1/2 times what you take out on loan.

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The fact that almost everyone is willing to loan that much shows how bad the compensation for nurses is here. We'd be better off working our butts off in developed countries because there is a much higher chance of getting our investment back than here in the PH. 5years pf working here and still my pay is nowhere near with the newly grads in AU. So yes, you could say that we're that desperate

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The fact that almost everyone is willing to loan that much shows how bad the compensation for nurses is here. We'd be better off working our butts off in developed countries because there is a much higher chance of getting our investment back than here in the PH. 5years pf working here and still my pay is nowhere near with the newly grads in AU. So yes, you could say that we're that desperate

Kabayan, that is such rubbish on your reasoning, sorry to say. Those "almost everyone" that's willing to lend the money are not after your best interest at all. They are only interested in signing you up at these outrageous interest rates, they are only interested in getting you to sign and take the money so that they can get their commissions.

I can tell and you can see how many Phils bridgers (such as word?) have taken these BP's and how many have reported back with their hiring "success"? Only a few have been that lucky with their years of actual working RN experience from PH have bothered to say they got "a job". Most are probably after months of inquiries and are not heard of again.

As I reported earlier months ago, I know of a batchmate's cousin who took the BP course in AU, with 5 years of ICU experience, still jobless today (approaching 24 months now)and she did very well in her course loads, had good references from some of the instructors. Guess what has happened since she could not repay the loan?

They (the same loan company) use other people to get their monies back, they will call her, her family, her friends, several times a day, 7 days a week, non stop. They write demanding letters every two weeks. They don't care if you can't find a nursing job, any job, that's not their problem, it's your problem.

The constant harassment if you don't make the repayments on time is truly unbearable.

But if you know that with 100% assurance that you will have zero problems with securing a good paying nurse job the moment you complete the program, get all your paperwork done, then do it versus finding other sources from family members or friends. It's like this, you've taken the loan company funds, they need you to return those funds with high interest, if you don't pay back with the agreed terms, you're now "stealing their money", so you can see why they don't care about making these dreadful calls, going to your house, to your parent's place, to your friends. They're not doing this for charity. They don't care if there's a family tragedy (unless it's your own), not their problem, they don't want to listen to any excuses.

Anyways, it drives her into tears every living daily moment. She's not alone as three of her batchmates that she met in the BP program are also still looking for their first nursing job in AU, all with a few years of RN experience.

It would be nice if those who asked for so many questions here, those that are already finished with their programs, those that took loan company monies are actually in a good paying nursing job in AU today. Maybe they're too embarrassed to come back and write of their terrible experiences, hopefully, it's because they are just too busy working full time at their desired nursing jobs. Maybe they'll see this and prove me wrong and decide to post up.

No one talks about the "other side" of these loan companies and the devious ways they use to collect their debts that was given out, it's certainly not free money. If you have to put up assets or other collateral, they will sell them and or get some of their monies back that way.

Ask your other friends or friends of their friends who have had either positive or negative effects of borrowing (and that's really the term here) from these "loan sharks", charging such high rates. Just as it's called an investment, do the math at 50% and how long it will really take to repay every penny. Don't forget most of these "loans" start the interest rate charges from the date you get the funds. Do the math.

She and her batchmates have been told of the very likely situation of something called "wage garnishment" should they find a nursing job, actually they have been "threaten" with harsh words.

From my understanding, the loan company can get a judge in AU to slap a "wage garnishment" that effectively automatically TAKES a certain percentage of each paycheck from you that your employer must deduct and pay the loan company., so you'll never see that amount going to you.

I don't know the range of the amounts but they were told from 25% to 50% of every paycheck, then so after taxes is there really anything left over for normal living expenses.

Yes, it's still a much higher pay than what we get in the Phils, but the cost of living in AU is not at the same cheaper levels as in the Phils, such as housing, transportation, food.

It's also kind of like this: suppose someone in your family, rich relative or not so rich or a good friend is willing to put up these assets for collateral to these loan companies, what's the difference if instead you have these good beneficiaries you have sell off the same assets to pay for the total bridging cost. It will certainly not be asking for 50% interest rates, BUT at the same time, what happens if you can't repay them back as you're now a few years from finding a high paying nursing job AFTER being done with the BP?

Can you still see them, talk to them at the holidays, at more festive events, can you smile with them and look them in their eyes, knowing you haven't paid back but maybe a few pesos?

My advice, just know what you're getting into as you're really playing with the devil with this "easy money".

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what do you mean by hard? living/working conditions? should I gamble on a BP in AU and take my chances? coz in the UK there are employers willing to sponsor working visas to nurses here (PH).

Hi were on the same boat.. I declined my application to UK and gambled on BP pathway to OZ. I am supposed to be scheduled for employers interview...

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I agree...;)

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