neonatal units in Adelaide?! Uk male nurse looking to move to Oz!?

Grace Oz · Jan 16, 2006

hello everyone!
i know some of this has been covered in other posts, but please bear with me!
i am a uk mle nurse qualified ( diploma) since 1997 and with 5+ years neonatal experience. i would love to come live in adelaide ( i am open to other suggestions but adelaide seems to have it all!?). i would like ideally to work in a special care baby unit and high dependancy, rather than a full level 3 nicu. my current unit has 3 intensive, 4 hd and 10 special care cots.
any advice much appreciated! also, please can anyone give a realistic expectation of earnings and cost of living/housing etc, in relation to coming from uk? ( i have a house to sell here too!)
well, thanks in advance, and i will look forward to any constructive answers!
leo

congratulations on your choice of adelaide as somewhere wonderful to live!! it really is a beautiful city, and that's just been voted so by a panel deciding the best places in the world to live!!

but then... i am biased!

the adelaide womens and childrens hospital in north adelaide, is our premier hospital for neonatal nursing.

unable to assist re wages, sorry. australia has recently been burdened with new industrial relations laws, and things are rapidly changing in the workforce so far as wages, penalty rates, leave entitlements etc, are concerned. you would most likely have to negotiate your contract, wages etc with the employer. the folks here might be of more help: www.nursesboard.sa.gov.au or these folks: www.sa.anf.org.au this is our nurses union.

housing is one of the cheapest in australia. try: www.realestatesa.com.au as with anywhere, depending on where you buy, determines how much you'll pay. along the coastal suburbs, you'll pay top dollar. inner city, also top dollar.

best of luck and hope this helps.

gwenith, BSN, RN · Jan 18, 2006

Come on now Brisbane is best! We have one of the biggest units anywhere!!

Here though is the link to the ACNN Australian College of Neonatal nurses

http://www.anna.org.au/nnaq.php

All I can say is given the scarcity of neonatal nurses you will not be short of a job once you get here!!

Grace Oz · Jan 18, 2006

Come on now Brisbane is best! We have one of the biggest units anywhere!!

Hey! C'mon now Gwenith! He asked 'bout ADELAIDE mate! Don't start slinging those cane toads around here, or else.......... :rotfl:

talaxandra · Jan 28, 2006

Melbourne! Melbourne! And not a cane toad in sight!

(Leo, you may not have picked this up yet, but there's a little friendly interstate rivalry. Grace is excited because nobody thinks of SA as a first choice - except my friends, who are moving there in droves !)

Grace Oz · Jan 28, 2006

(Leo, you may not have picked this up yet, but there's a little friendly interstate rivalry. Grace is excited because nobody thinks of SA as a first choice - except my friends, who are moving there in droves !)

Ha bloody ha! Don't listen to a Victorian! They steal things! Y'know, like car races 'n' things ...........:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :devil: :devil: :lol2: :chair: :roll

talaxandra · Jan 29, 2006

You're just jealous of our ever-varying weather, loud and annoying Grand Prix, and the Commonwealth Games that will fill the city with tourists who don't know where they're going... wait a minute! :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

Grace Oz · Jan 29, 2006

you're just jealous of our ever-varying weather, loud and annoying grand prix, and the commonwealth games that will fill the city with tourists who don't know where they're going... wait a minute! :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

oh yeah! and, don't forget the "pristine" yarra river!!!!.... not! :rotfl: