Nursing work in Scotland for RNs.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.

Hi. I am a native Scottish lass who was taken to Oz by her parents when little, and now that I have my degree and nearly a years experience under my belt, I wondered what working in Scotland is like? My main areas of learning have been med/surg & psych plus am doing post graduate mental health/renal studies (externally).

I have all the info I need re passports and sponsorships etc, but do you get much work through agencies or should I apply to hospitals directly?

I am sick of the heat here in Australia (though it's freezing at the moment here in Western Australia!), and so want to go back to the country where I was born. I no longer feel as if I belong here in Oz - I never really have. The summers are so sweltering you can't go anywhere and enjoy anything. I just look forward to sitting in air-conditioning when it is so hot. And it is getting hotter and more humid every year, Perth NEVER used to be humid. I want to see & experience snow (though don't really like extremes of weather), but a friend of mine who was in Scotland not long ago said it has not been as cold there & there was a heat wave in Britain? She said everywhere is centrally heated, is that true? I want to explore and research my family's history, visit graves and places I have never seen, see relatives before they die. I would love to experience a real hogmanay, not just hear about it in relative's letters. I want to travel from one end of Scotland to the other end of Britain, and die there.

I hate Australia now, and I want to do different types of nursing in a different place.

So any info on accommodation, prices, work, whatever you want to put here would be great.

Thanks in advance for your time!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.

Even one or two replies would be appreciated!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

If you was born in the UK then you don't need anything like sponsorship because you are already a UK citizen. Finding a job may be the issue and I would say decide where you want to live and work, see what jobs there are and then look for living accommodation.

I would check out this thread because they are in Scotland and having problems finding a job where they live newly qualified still no job - Nursing for Nurses

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Specializes in Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych.

Your reply was very much appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

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