Hospitals In Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

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Hi All!

Reading matters about Australia has me wanting to migrate as a nurse. I'm a US trained nurse and have OZ on my mind. Can anyone suggest great hospitals in City's such as Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Comments much appreciated!

Specializes in Medical.

I don't know much about Brisbane and Sydney hospitals, but you can find out about some of them on the government websites:

Services - Queensland Health

SERVICES - Home

In Melbourne there are the following large hospitals

Public

The Alfred - Welcome to Alfred Hospital (specialties - burns, HIV/AIDS, multitrauma, hyperbaric therapy, heart/lung translant, respiratory)

The Austin - http://www.armc.org.au/ (neurosciences, spinal injury, rehab, liver and bone marrow transplant)

The Mercy - (women's health, aged care, palliative care) - http://www.mercy.com.au/

Royal Children's - The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) : Welcome to the Royal Children's Hospital

Royal Melbourne - Melbourne Health Website (infectious diseases, trauma, neuroscience)

The Royal Women's - The Royal Women's Hospital (RWH) : The Royal Women's Hospital (maternity, gynaecology, neonatal care)

Private hospitals (large)

Cabrini - Cabrini Health Australia

St Vincents/Mercy - St Vincents & Mercy Private Hospital : Welcome

Epworth - Epworth Home

For more information about specific major Melbourne public hospitals, you can check out Wikipedia:

The Alfred - The Alfred Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Austin - Austin Hospital, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monash Medical Centre - Monash Medical Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Royal Melbourne - Royal Melbourne Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Royal Children's - Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St Vincent's - St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the Women's - Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For differences between public and private hospitals, see the thread https://allnurses.com/forums/f123/difference-between-private-public-hospital-175652.html

I work in Brisbane at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Which is one of the main public hospitals, the other being the Royal Brisbane. I would recommend it as an excellent place to work, the building is only 7 years old and they place a great deal of emphasis on staff training and welfare.

Having said that, I'm still coming home, Oz just isn't the UK!

Specializes in CVICU/ICU/step-down but I"ve done it all.

I worked at Westmead hospital in Sydney Australia for 3 years. I absoutely loved nursing there. The people are wonderful and friendly and make you feel right at home from the very beginning. WEstmead is a 750 bed public hospital. The public hospitals in Australia tend to be better than the private. They have a large network of hospitals called Western Sydney Area HEalthcare and there are several smaller hospitals but Westmead is in a subarb just out of Sydney and it's a wonderful area.

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