Public or private hospital?

[masiagere]

I am looking into migrating to Western Australia and need information on working in a public hospital or private one differences or similarities etc

[nyapa, RN]

Wouldn't mind finding that out myself. Which hospitals are best to work in in the Perth region?

[welshie123]

Come on you lovely nurses, help us out here:yeah:

[jae_jae]

yeah, would appreciate info bout hospitals in WA.

any info about Hollywood Private Hospital in particular?

what hospitals sponsor overseas nurse after gaining registration from the NMBWA?

looking forward for a reply soon...:typing

[talaxandra]

Clearly we don't have a strong WA population!

In general I believe the private/public issue is much the same in all the states and territories - private hospitals have nicer environs, less acute patients, fewer doctors (especially out of hours); public hospitals have sicker patients, more staff, more support. The pay isn't really that different, and terms and conditions are fairly similar, too.

Any WA nurses want to chime in?

[Unavailable]

not sure about WA but in Vic public also have 1:4 ratio and generally private pay a 'little' more

[Scrubby]

In SA if you work in private you get paid less than if you work in the public sector. I would make about 2K less a year if I worked in private and being in the OR i'd work a lot harder as well....

[SisterKate]

Hi

I've worked as a senior nurse in Private and Public hospitals. Both have their good points and all sponsor overseas nurses.

Joondalup Health Campus in the northern Perth suburbs is a private hospital that has both public and private patients so you get the best of both worlds, and it is small enough ( I think about 350 beds currently) to have a lovely friendly feel where everyone knows everyone else. Hollywood is pretty good too, and belongs to the same company as Joondalup.

it really depends where you live and how much driving you want to do.

The public hospitals offer more in the way of tax breaks through salary sacrificing and help with relocation expenses from overseas or interstate.

There are lots of jobs in all specialities, particularly mental health.

[SisterKate]

The pay rates are pretty much the same between public and private. Acuity of patients depends on the hospital. Joondalup for instance is a private hospital , nice environment, but as it take the public patients from a large area, the acuity is high. It has a large and very busy ED