Nurses in Vancouver,which hospital?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Mar 21, 2009

if I may ask, do you know where to apply to Canada if you are in UK? did you use agencies? or did you go through direct to the hospital? any info helps...thanks....

You will have better luck finding a employer once you have gone through the college and got permission to sit the CRNE. Then I would say it is a case of contacting hospitals in the areas you want to live. Most if not all will have had some dealings with IEN and be aware on the process

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Mar 21, 2009

I don't understand how $85,000 per year correlates with about $27 per hour offered to nurses in Vancouver? $27x40hoursx4.5weeksx12months=$58320/year. They, probably pay extra for working on holidays, weekends, and nights. But is it going to be almost 27,000 more?

April 1, 2009 (which is in 11 days) the pay scale will increase to $29.02 - $38.10 per hour. Shift differentials are as follows: Evenings = $0.70 per hour; Nights $3.50 per hour; Weekends $2.00 per hour PLUS $1.00 per hour in addition for all hours worked between 2300 hours Friday to 0600 hours Monday. There are 11 statutory holidays and all of them are paid at double time except Good Friday, Labour Day and Christmas, which are double time and a half. Then there are educational allowances of between $25 a month for certificate courses to $125 a month for a Master's degree in nursing. There are 48 communities that attract isolation pay of $74 a month as well. Hours of work equals 36 per week for 52 weeks. Base pay would be $54325 - $71323. Most people work 50:50 days and nights, so that would add $3276 per year. Most full time people work alternate weekends so that would add $374 plus $94 for weekend nights. Most people work half the stats, so they would add approximately another $1200 to $1370., plus the odds of working at least one super-stat are quite good so that would add another $105 to $137. Add in a BScN at $100 a month = $1200. All overtime (and there is usually lots of it to be had) is paid at time and a half to double time. Without any OT included, the annual income range would be between $60,600 and $78,000. Work experience is generally credited year for year if the person has record of employment to prove their experience, so assuming that someone coming from the UK with any experience at all would be placed on the bottom rung of the pay scale is incorrect.

I don't think that person who makes $85,000/year will qualify for $120,000 only. That makes no sense. Are there a lot of people who make $300,000/year (to qualify for $500,000 mortgage)?

I used a mortgage calculator provided by my banking institution to arrive at that figure, assuming a $20,000 down payment.

if I may ask, do you know where to apply to Canada if you are in UK? did you use agencies? or did you go through direct to the hospital? any info helps...thanks....

Read through some of the threads in the International forum to get that kind of information.