RN interested in working in Australia

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Hello guys

I am a new member of this forum. I have been following lots of news from you guys. It is actually pretty good forum of all. I am a nurse from Thailand and I have got my RN licenses in USA. I feel like I am far away from my home. I want to relocate my work to Australia which is pretty close to Thailand and study my Grad school as well. Anybody know how much the nurse get paid in Australia?

owlnurse

Specializes in ICU.

Queensland has a "transition to ICU" nursing course which is available to EVERYONE who works in an ICU. This program = 1/2 a post - graduate certificate in ICU or 1/4 a post-graduate diploma in critical care nursing. It is free. We will train you and recertify you in ACLS.

Other states have similar programs.

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hi gwenith! i am a nurse from the philippines and i'm wondering how to go through applying or immigrating to aussie or newzealnd. could you pls help me on this? tnx

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Specializes in ICU.
hi gwenith! i am a nurse from the philippines and i'm wondering how to go through applying or immigrating to aussie or newzealnd. could you pls help me on this? tnx

Sorry but by LAW I cannot give immigration advice and can only tell you to contact DIMIA for immigration to Australia. There is a lot advice here about how to register etc. but we cannot help with the actual immigration advice.

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Hi... Im also interested to work as RN in australia. do we have to have an agency to process our papers or can we just do it on our own?

Is it not too risky to go there with visitor visa and look for an employer while we take the competency programme?

any inputs would be greatly appreciated...

tnx

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Specializes in ICU.

You can do it on your own but one of the easier options is to apply to a hospital and have them do a lot of the work for you. That will bring you over on a temporary visa from there you can go forward on your own.

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Thanks for the input... Ok, will try to look for hospitals... hope somebody here can suggest any hospital...

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yes plz., anybody here who could provide info on hospitals to which we could apply for nursing jobs. tnx much

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yes plz., anybody here who could provide info on hospitals to which we could apply for nursing jobs. tnx much

Hi! try to check on this site http://www.seek.com.au/ for jobs in australia. Hope this would help. rgds.

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Specializes in ICU.
Sorry but by LAW I cannot give immigration advice and can only tell you to contact DIMIA for immigration to Australia. There is a lot advice here about how to register etc. but we cannot help with the actual immigration advice.

I think a general advice re: immigration or providing a helpful link would have sufficed.

bubblynrs, this site has a wonderful search feature. Just type in a keyword and it'll work wonders. ;)

Or you can start by clicking this: https://allnurses.com/forums/f123/

Good luck! Peace to all!!! :D

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Specializes in Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic).

I hope this hasn't been discussed already, but I will be graduating with my neonatal NP/Masters degree here in the States in a few years, and I am toying with the idea of overseas NNP jobs. Is there a market for neonatal NPs in Oz or NZ? Is the role as progressive as it is in the States, or is it relegated to a resident physician-type role?

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Steve

I don't practice in New Zealand anymore but I did a little bit of research and although it doesn't answer your questions fully, these sites do give a bit of background and scope for the NP.

The NP role in NZ is relatively new and as yet underdeveloped. I think you would find a vast difference between the US and NZ.

I didn't bother to address the role of NP in Australia, maybe one of the Australian nurses could fill you in a bit more. Certainly where I work in rural NSW we don't have any NPs although currently ER is advertising for one with little success.

Good luck in your career.

http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/Advanced%20nursing%20practice%20CH%20Forum%202007.pdf

http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/nursepractitioner.html

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Hi, Djuna,

I graduated from a 4-year nursing program in China and have about 7-year nursing experience there. I also passed NCLEX last year and got my US RN license. my american employer filed my immigration petition in this July. I have been felt frustrated and tortured by the retrogression for the nurses in USA. I now reside in Hong Kong and work parttime as a escort nurse since I don't have the local RN license. due to the endless waiting for my green card ,i am having another thought of going to Australia instead of USA to work or finish my bachelor degree. I am very interested in working in NSW and hope you can share me some information about RN license registration. some of my chinese nurse friends went through some chinese agency to get themselve to Australia to work as an RN. Nevertheless, the agency fee is sky high and they all had to join some local programs before they really started working as an RN. your comments are highly appreciated.

Thank you, Alina

Steve

I don't practice in New Zealand anymore but I did a little bit of research and although it doesn't answer your questions fully, these sites do give a bit of background and scope for the NP.

The NP role in NZ is relatively new and as yet underdeveloped. I think you would find a vast difference between the US and NZ.

I didn't bother to address the role of NP in Australia, maybe one of the Australian nurses could fill you in a bit more. Certainly where I work in rural NSW we don't have any NPs although currently ER is advertising for one with little success.

Good luck in your career.

http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/Advanced%20nursing%20practice%20CH%20Forum%202007.pdf

http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/nursepractitioner.html

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