I am thinking of emigrating this year, am I likely to get a job?

carolmaccas66, BSN, RN · Jan 17, 2011

Howdy! Where are you coming from and what are you graduating with?

I just answered another post re visas, etc. All nurses and health practitioners are registered under the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency now (AHPRA). You pay one fee to work in all our Australian states and capital terriorories and islands. The fee is $115 per calendar year for RNs, but if you got here halfway thru that calendar year, you would probably only pay half of that.

Contact the Australian Consulate near you re visa types and I would start with the above website. You can email the AHPRA, they are very good at answering emails and give lots of info. Anyway it's a start.

Good luck to you!

Leela81 · Jan 19, 2011

I have just arrived to Australia about 2 months ago from the USA on a working holiday visa and I'm still waiting for my nursing and midwifery registration which I started back in May. So the registration process takes a LONG time! Of course I got caught in the transfer from a State based registration board to a national nursing/midwifery board which has probably contributed to the long processing time. But in general health practitioners are in demand here in Australia. You are a new nurse however and a lot of the new nurses here in Australia do a year long internship like type of program....so you might want to work as a RN for a year first before moving to Australia to make yourself more desirable! You wouldn't have any problems working for a nursing agency either. So do your research before making any decision. Good Luck!