chan8180 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Hello All, I'm still training so although I'm not in a position to apply for visa, I have another year left I was wondering if anyone can give some advice on the job situation for paediatric only trained nurses? I know there is a new children hospital being built in Brisbane, is this a new one running alongside the others so plenty of job opportunities coming up? or are the other two closing and merging into the new one so I expect more internal transfers than new openings? I'm planning my reccie next year so have to get this right as I dont want to drag 3 children to an area for a reccie where I may not be able to gain employment in? I'm not planning on coming till I have the 12 months experience and will be on a permanent visa hopefully by then. I am also considering my elective, my heart is in Neonates but what are the job opportunities like for this for paed nurses? , am I better off getting some general ward experience which means probably changing my elective which is at my local NICU? Lastly I've just gone through some old treads and there was a reply to someone about not getting Qld registration if only paed trained?? this is news to me and throwing me in a panic. Do queensland only recognise Adult/child trained nurses? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britpop Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I'm told that two staff banks are merging and people are having to reapply for their jobs under the new unit, as a result people are in some cases switching roles. I don't know if there are job losses but it's not very stable in terms of job security for specifiic roles as far as I am aware from a brief conversation with a paeds nurse I know there. They also mentioned that there's a great deal of English and Irish nurses in the unit (so seems positive for registration?) Of course it was just a chat so hearsay, I don't know for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chan8180 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Bump if anyone has anymore advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chan8180 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'm told that two staff banks are merging and people are having to reapply for their jobs under the new unit, as a result people are in some cases switching roles. I don't know if there are job losses but it's not very stable in terms of job security for specifiic roles as far as I am aware from a brief conversation with a paeds nurse I know there. They also mentioned that there's a great deal of English and Irish nurses in the unit (so seems positive for registration?) Of course it was just a chat so hearsay, I don't know for sure Thank you Britpop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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