Hello everyone, Well i have just completed my degree course in adult nursing here in the UK. I am pending my registration here, i think it should be Feb/March by time i get it but i have been looking for jobs here for about a year or so now just to see how its been looking and its gone from worse to worse.
When i started nursing i had always considered moving abroad and seeing some of the world and gaining experience abroad. So now i have booked my flight to come to Australia in March as it was a really good deal, I have been granted my working holiday visa also. I am going with a friend as her brother stays in Perth so we are going to live with him for a couple of months until we get settled in.
Obviously i have no nursing experience apart from what i have learned as a student. I have applied for agency work but they have told me agencies dont take on nurses without 1 years experience and had advised me to undertake the graduate program. I was planning on applying for the July intake as i will miss Jan and March intake due to not having registration yet. I have applied for jobs advertised by hospitals but it appears everywhere is looking for experience although i have been told there are hospitals who take on newly qualified nurses. I still havent undertake my English test yet but i plan on doing this before i go or when i get there after i have earned some money working in a bar or where ever required to get money until i find a nursing job.
Sorry for the life story, just wondered if there has been anyone else in this position and if anyone can give me any information on anything in general that they think will help me would be much appreciated.
it really is a matter of transfering your registration over when you get so I don't think that there is any websites that can help with that it is a matter of waiting on the NMC. Apply for you IELTS in the UK if you are going to be there for a few months as there are waiting lists I think but don't quote me on that. Just check out with the WA nursing board exactlly what paperwork you will need to register after you get your NMC registration. You will prob need transcripts and record of clinical placement hours so it is obviously easier to get all that together when you are at home than from the other side of the world. Good luck!
pammylowe
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I still have to complete my IELTS...would i be better to undertake this in the UK or Australia??