I will be starting a two-year respiratory therapy program this fall. I really want to move to Ireland (preferably Dublin or another larger city) and practice as a respiratory therapist.
A few questions:
Do they employ respiratory therapists in Ireland?
What's the average RT salary? How does this compare to the cost of living (how much is rent, etc)?
How would I go about moving from the US to Ireland to work as a resp. therapist?
Thanks everyone. I know this board isn't for RTs but I thought some of you nurses in Ireland may be able to answer my questions.
Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.
i don't knowe aobut Eire, but historically there is a lot of commonality between Eire and the Uk in terms ogf health professiona lpractice and education. but the RT role doesn't exist in the Uk as others have said it's part of the balkanisation of roles for billing purposes in the US that simply doesn't exist in other systems
the equivelant of a physiotherapist in the us is a physical therapist,,,,,,its just that in the uk, they are trained in the respiratory field as well. so its completely different to what the us has. if you want to work in ireland then you should look to having a uk education as a starting point.
Specializes in ICU. Med/Surg: Ortho, Neuro, & Cardiac.
the equivelant of a physiotherapist in the us is a physical therapist,,,,,,its just that in the uk, they are trained in the respiratory field as well. so its completely different to what the us has. if you want to work in ireland then you should look to having a uk education as a starting point.
i wouldn't mind having a uk education; it appears that most of your curriculum is a lot more in-depth than ours. however, i wouldn't want to move to ireland without an education because i already have it lined up to start the resp. therapy program in two months here. it seems silly to throw that away when i've been doing pre-requisite courses for the past year.
i know that i'm not going to find exactly what i'm looking for, but i'm hoping there is something along the same lines as what rt's do.
Does anyone think it would be likely that I'd get a visa for a position like this?
As SIlverdragon and Zippy have said you are going to have great difficulty in getting a visa to work in the UK or Ireland because you are not a EU citizen, also I have recently advertised a band 3 healthcare support worker post and had to close because of the volume of applications, within 2 days I have over 40 applications all from the UK and about half of them were excellent applications.
I know we sound really negative but the reality is that unless you are a UK or EU citizen then you are not going to find work in the UK health care system.
Specializes in ICU. Med/Surg: Ortho, Neuro, & Cardiac.
I know that you don't mean to sound negative. I take no offense.
I just can't understand why, with the current shortages in allied health and nursing professions, they wouldn't hire someone from overseas. Of course I'm sure others have probably wondered the same thing.
Specializes in Spinal Cord injuries, Emergency+EMS.
I know that you don't mean to sound negative. I take no offense.
I just can't understand why, with the current shortages in allied health and nursing professions, they wouldn't hire someone from overseas. Of course I'm sure others have probably wondered the same thing.
there is no shortage in the UK
there isn't always funding made available by commissions and lay management or the skill mix of the available labour pool is wrong but there is no shortage .... there are plenty of Nurses who want to work as nurses but cannot find an appropriate vacancy...
JaredCNA, CNA
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Also, I contacted the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care. Hopefully this will turn up something.