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Hello Just found out i need a medical as part of my WHV - ARRGGHHH However, i am a non responder to the HEP B vaccination - this has been proven with blood tests in the UK, obviously as i am a mental health nurse. This wont effect me being a nurse in Oz will it?? Bit worried about this now

Because it is one expense after another,after another, after another. All this money and i am not physically seeing anything for it! It is really starting to get me down now. I am a non responded to Hep B virus injection - do you know if this effects me in any way in oz? I know all of this, ive just had all my bloods and vaccinations here in the UK. There are also only around 7 clinics in the UK!!! Pathetic! I have to travel at least and hour and a half to reach one. Not happy - as you can tell.

Did you need a medical with your WHV visa application??? How much was it ?

Just applying for my WHV as we speak - however, when answered the question do you intended to work as a nurse blah blah i have to undergo a medical??? I am working for an agency in Oz is this correct?? Im so annoyed!!!

Thanks for all your replies guys - guess its just a wait and see game! Its so anxious. Especially because im most likely to start in a secure setting as this is where all my training and experience is! Id love to work in CAMhS

Ali - okay. I hope she see's this post ! Thank you x

i just want to ask a few questions to people who know or who have made the change? Is the medication named the same as the UK? What are the major differences? From what i gather their mental health act works the same way as ares, is this true? What are the hours like? Do mental health nurses have to wear uniform? What is it like if you work for an agency? Are their staffing level issues/ are the patients suited to their placements - i work in low secure now and it should be a medium secure!!! The enhancements are amazing - it seems you just get extra supplements for showing up to work?? What is the average pay cheque as a nurse do you think When i arrive i will have 1 years experience - will i start on the 1st years pay scale or from bottom and work up? Any info you have is great!!

You support a great Football team, not at late but great none the less!!! Sorry off topic and i can't help you!! :? Just thought i'd share that im a scouser and i support LFC!!!

Yeah a lot of people have said its not too far distanced from home, so its not going to be a total culture shock I feel better about it all now - i posted my nursing registration documents about an hour ago and i didn't even flinch. I did think "well...theres no going back now" but i soon thought i don't want to go back!! Just waiting for August is going to kill me!!!

Ha you make it sound easy!! I am excited but nervous at the same time. But i am a chatter box and make friends wherever i go - so i dont see Oz being any different. Still torn over the whole visa issue then, my mind changes every hour!!!

Brilliant - thanks for clearing that up. Makes going over on a WHV easier:)

I thought i was asking a stupid question!!! Thought that would be the answer. God 9 weeks is not long!! EEK. I am going to arrive in September i think on a WHV and travel, see what beinga nurse is like over there and see how i get on that way before looking for a sponsor. How do you find being a nurse in Oz?

Hello! I am going to get my documents certified for APHRA later today, just a quick question. I am sending my application to the Sydney office; I have also requested the NMC to send my Registration details to the Sydney office. If i register in NSW as a nurse is this the only state i can work in within Australia. Or once i am registered do i have the freedom to work anywhere the office is just where i pick my documents up from? Bit confused!

Hey, I have just read you post from start to finish! I am hoping to arrive in Oz in Septemeber. So it was nice to read your experience! How are you finding it? Have you made many friends? This is my biggest worry travelling on my own - i don't cope well on my own in a brand new place! I can imagine i'll be on first flight home! Eek! I am excited! Can't wait for my adventure to begin.

Thanks for your honesty and advice. I appreciate it. I think I will go on a WHV, save like crazy between now and then. I can always change my visa whie I'm over there. Save the costs of medicals ECT too. I know it's not going to be all rosy but I think it has to be experienced once in a lifetime- even if it isfor a year. It wilmget it out of my system and i can move on from the idea or i will love it and call it home. I don't want to commit to something, be unhappy and find myself in a tangled web. I like the freedom and I could probably find bank or agency work. I can choose the days and hours which is perfect for, my age and the lifestyle I want to be living.