Hi Not sure what the salary is for community however, I work for an agency full time and get $39 per hour (this is suppose to be good!) So I would imagine you would get less than this. I was talking to a nurse at Box Hill hospital she is a high grade and she told me she gets approx $27 per hour.
This might not be helpful to you being in the community but I suppose it gives you some idea!
Salary sacrafice - is arranged via a company - you pay them a nominal amount to arrange/manage this. Your allowed to package $9,500 (I think that's the amount), that amount is split over the 12 months and every pay day (2 weekly) that amount is taken out of your salary before you pay tax - it's then returned to your account a day later and over the year you pay less tax.
Ali
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hi .
did you have to tale the Ielts(english test) before you applied for your 175(silled visa)
hi there, as from july 08 everyone applying for a visa will have to sit the ELETS test - i have been told as the goalposts are changing yet again. if you did your nurse training in the uk or ireland then you so not have to sit the test but some people do to gain more points. it really is up to the discretion of the immigration people.
ouor life is in their hands!!!!
good luck with everything though, i'm hoping to go to melbourne after xmas, just awaiting skills assessment results then i can apply for visa.
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Thanks Ali - we have a similar thing in this country. We give Gordon Brown our salary and he never gives it back! Lol Seriously, Is anyone entiled to do that?
I don't know if everyone can salary package or just certain trades but certainly nurses. Of course being English we thought there was a big catch but there doesn't seem to be. You can also package other things like lap tops and entertainment on top of that.
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Hi everyone, i think i may be the first Community Staff Nurse on this thread which is nice as i am never the first in anything LoL. Anyway my name is Karen (yes another karen) i am 44 with three great kids and i lovely hubby, awaiting a case officer so we can go to Perth on a 176 visa. I hope to change my direction a little and become a practice nurse (my knees are getting tired). Great thread and the longest i have ever read, i think i am the 108th unless someone has beat me to it. XX Karen K
Hello all, I am a critical care nurse (37),husband an ODP (41) we have two children 7 & 3 and hoping to move to a critical care post in Perth at sir charles gairdner hospital. We have just put our house on the market and the first viewer has offered the full asking price and so we are in shock! It's all going to happen very quickly now and I feel sick with excitment. We have been on holiday to Perth before on holiday which was a massive culture shock! So all being well we will be down under in a few weeks.
I also love everything here in the UK and I am not unhappy. However I do get fed up with long, cold dark winters and not being able to spend time outdoors. I am looking forward to some sunshine and in patricular we are looking forward to our sons health improving. Our son has very bad allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma and eczema. This dramatically inproved in Perth despite the fact it was there worst time of the year for hay fever.
Anyway Good Luck to all applying and to those already nursing over there let us all know what it's like.
Sarah x
Hi Sarah,
My name is Michelle. I am married with two small daughters (kiera 4yrs & erin 2yrs). I am a cancer/chemotherapy nurse hoping to move to 'perth' too. I have had a job offer from sir charles gardiner, royal perth, sir john of god & femantle hospital. I am visiting perth in may foe 3 weeks, so hope to actually visit these hospitals, then make up my mind. What do you think? I am also hoping to go on a sponsorship visa, as it is quicker and cheaper. As this ties me to the hospital for 2yrs, I want to make sure I make the right decision.
All going well, we hope to be in Oz early next year.
