Melbourne which hospital? Immigration final steps which route?

Hi,

Before I start with my questions here some background:

Educated (Nursing Degree) and worked in China as a nurse, am Chinese. Moved to Ireland and now working here since 2006 as a nurse, RGN. Also got my Bachelor degree in Nursing Management here in Ireland. Plan to move to Melbourne 1st quarter 2009. Already got registered with the Nursing Board Victoria (NBV) as General Registered Nurse. Already got assessment from ANMC as suitable.

Filled in the online General Skilled 175 form but did not submit yet.

Occupation 60
Age 30
English language 0
Specific work experience 10
Australian work experience 0
Australian educational 0
Occupation in demand 15
Regional and low population growth Australia 0
Spouse/Interdependent partner skill 0
State or Territory nominated 0
Designated area 0
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Total Points: 115

I will need total points/pass-mark 120. Where can I gain points... Well, I didn't claim points for English as I did not do the IELTS in the last two years. I don't want to do this test. Not confident I will get 7 on all 4 segments of the IELTS test as I have a tendency to faul up tests due to nerves. The last time I did an IELTS (more than two years ago) was for registration in Ireland. It gave me so much tension and frustration I really dislike to go through this again.

Question 1: Do I need the IELTS, even though I have worked in Ireland, even though I am already a registered nurse in Vic, even though this has already been considered by the ANMC?

I can get 5 points more if under Occupation in Demand I can claim I have a job offer.

Another way is to get 5 more points by claiming Mandarin as a community language. I'm not sure if they will give these to me though.

Question 2: That would bring my points up to par. Would it be OK though looking at the fact that I wouldn't have the IELTS (see question 1)?

Another option is that I change my application to 176, skilled sponsored. For this I would need nomination from Victoria state authorities. This would reduce the points requirements to 100. The downside of it is that I would be limited to staying in Victoria for at least two years. Nothing that bad, but I prefer freedom of movement. In addition this online application takes another 8 weeks. A delay I would like to avoid.

Question 3: Would you recommend this option? Why?

WHICH HOSPITAL ? (questions, 4,5,6, etc....)

Well, I would prefer a job offer before departure anyway. So, where to apply? Which hospital is best to work for in Melbourne? Are there differences in pay scales between public hospitals, don't think so right? Working hours? Any hospitals friendly/unfriendly towards new (foreign/Asian) nurses? Any recommendations?

From the posts here, and from my research, I see that the Alfred is a good choice. Any advice?

And now to prepare my CV. Let me know if my CV needs to be adjusted. Anything I should add, expand, delete, expain, adjust...? If you don't mind that is...

If you can only answer one of these questions it would help me out greatly.

Thanks,

Juanjuan