St. Vincent's hospital dublin

vinceyuu · Apr 17, 2016

Congratulations. May I ask you one thing what needs are required to be a nurse in Ireland as a foreigner please ? Is there any English test required or anything else ?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Apr 17, 2016

Congratulations. May I ask you one thing what needs are required to be a nurse in Ireland as a foreigner please ? Is there any English test required or anything else ?

All you need to do is check out the Board of Nursing for the country and there it will tell you the requirements

florence08 · Apr 19, 2016

Congratulations! May I ask what are the benefits they offered to you apart from the salary? Do you have any idea how much is the average salary of nurses in Dublin? I'm a nurse in Abu Dhabi and is planning to apply in Dublin. Thanks a lot!

irishicugal · Apr 20, 2016

Congratulations. May I ask you one thing what needs are required to be a nurse in Ireland as a foreigner please ? Is there any English test required or anything else ?

Nmbi.org is the Irish board of nursing. Nursing and midwifery board of ireland. There is a section on international requirements. IELTS is required.

irishicugal · Apr 20, 2016

Hi. I am a nurse from saudi arabia and i just passed and interview from st. James and st. Vincent's hospital in dublin. Just want to ask if anyone knows about the two hospitals, workloads, which one is better with regards to benefits ,salary, administration? Replies would be greatly appreciated. Thank u..

Salary is identical for the two hospitals. Irish nurses are paid according to a national scale depending on your years of experience. It is non negotiable. There are few benefits, if you want health insurance etc, you pay it yourself, but can do it through your employer at a discount. The private hospitals offer better benefits, but less pay.

In terms of the hospitals, both are large Dublin hospitals with National centres for certain conditions. St James is closer to the city centre and is in quite an underprivileged area, you see many socio economic problems, but their ED is considered the best place to be for leaning as they see EVERYTHING! The patients can be somewhat dodgy at times but many are the salt of the earth. James is the largest hospital in Dublin in terms of bed size.

St Vincent's is a little "posher." Located in the most exclusive part of Dublin, it's ED isn't as busy and it's generally considered a nicer place to work - it's certainly a nicer place to live anyway, but much more expensive!! You won't experience as much stuff there as it doesn't get as many referrals from the country areas and there are less beds.

In terms of workload, be prepared. The norm is to have up to 12 patients by yourself, and share an aide with another nurse. You will get 6 weeks orientation to get you used to the Irish way of doing things, but this can be extended if there are any problems.

What is your area of speciality? This may influence your decision!!

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chernt88 · Apr 20, 2016

Yes. As far as i know we need ielts academic in order to bebregistered with nmbi.

chernt88 · Apr 20, 2016

Congratulations! May I ask what are the benefits they offered to you apart from the salary? Do you have any idea how much is the average salary of nurses in Dublin? I'm a nurse in Abu Dhabi and is planning to apply in Dublin. Thanks a lot!

hi florence.. with regards to the salary, they have this verification of service form wherein they base your salary depending on your years of experience..

chernt88 · Apr 20, 2016

Salary is identical for the two hospitals. Irish nurses are paid according to a national scale depending on your years of experience. It is non negotiable. There are few benefits, if you want health insurance etc, you pay it yourself, but can do it through your employer at a discount. The private hospitals offer better benefits, but less pay.
In terms of the hospitals, both are large Dublin hospitals with National centres for certain conditions. St James is closer to the city centre and is in quite an underprivileged area, you see many socio economic problems, but their ED is considered the best place to be for leaning as they see EVERYTHING! The patients can be somewhat dodgy at times but many are the salt of the earth. James is the largest hospital in Dublin in terms of bed size.
St Vincent's is a little "posher." Located in the most exclusive part of Dublin, it's ED isn't as busy and it's generally considered a nicer place to work - it's certainly a nicer place to live anyway, but much more expensive!! You won't experience as much stuff there as it doesn't get as many referrals from the country areas and there are less beds.
In terms of workload, be prepared. The norm is to have up to 12 patients by yourself, and share an aide with another nurse. You will get 6 weeks orientation to get you used to the Irish way of doing things, but this can be extended if there are any problems.
What is your area of speciality? This may influence your decision!!
Best of luck [emoji256][emoji256][emoji256]

thank you irishcugal. i am a cardiac nurse. In St. Vincent's I was told that they do not have cardiac surgeries, but in St. james they have.. personally, I now opt for non-surgical patient care and would grab the opportunity of any non-clinical nursing area is offered to me.. the thought of career change is also not far away. Although, cardiac nursing is still my first love..:-)

florence08 · Apr 20, 2016

Salary is identical for the two hospitals. Irish nurses are paid according to a national scale depending on your years of experience. It is non negotiable. There are few benefits, if you want health insurance etc, you pay it yourself, but can do it through your employer at a discount. The private hospitals offer better benefits, but less pay.
In terms of the hospitals, both are large Dublin hospitals with National centres for certain conditions. St James is closer to the city centre and is in quite an underprivileged area, you see many socio economic problems, but their ED is considered the best place to be for leaning as they see EVERYTHING! The patients can be somewhat dodgy at times but many are the salt of the earth. James is the largest hospital in Dublin in terms of bed size.
St Vincent's is a little "posher." Located in the most exclusive part of Dublin, it's ED isn't as busy and it's generally considered a nicer place to work - it's certainly a nicer place to live anyway, but much more expensive!! You won't experience as much stuff there as it doesn't get as many referrals from the country areas and there are less beds.
In terms of workload, be prepared. The norm is to have up to 12 patients by yourself, and share an aide with another nurse. You will get 6 weeks orientation to get you used to the Irish way of doing things, but this can be extended if there are any problems.
What is your area of speciality? This may influence your decision!!
Best of luck [emoji256][emoji256][emoji256]

hi irishcugal, may i ask what are the benefits they are offering in private and public hospitals?. Regarding the 1 nurse to 12 patients ratio, is this applicable to all hospitals in dublin? thank a lot!

K+MgSO4, BSN · Apr 22, 2016

hi irishcugal, may i ask what are the benefits they are offering in private and public hospitals?. Regarding the 1 nurse to 12 patients ratio, is this applicable to all hospitals in dublin? thank a lot!

It is dependent on how much the area manager has fought for staffing. However with the issues in the HSE I woukd not be surprised. ?......

Hooloovoo · Apr 28, 2016

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