Dec 04, 2009, 11:37 am
Most certainly contact NSW Justice Health.
You are exactly what they are spending $1.5 million of NSW Tax Payer's money on recruiting.
Why are they interested in recruiting Irish nurses.... because most of the management team are Irish, simple.
Why are they " having trouble recruiting " ?? Because they put the standard up so high, very few of the
' hundreds ' of local applicants were accepted. You must have a post grad qualification to even get an interview.
From overseas, your application will clear in 2 -3 days. Local applicants takes up to two months to get a Police Clearance for criminal records.
Best advice is, find your preferred job. Apply directly to them. Never work for an ' agency ' first. Your preferred employer will hold it against you. Agency nurses get tagged with the ' why are you an agency nurse ' thing. It's often considered, that nurses go to agencies because they have a ' bad ' record somewhere.
If you work for an agency at the Forensic Hospital, as many agencies are signed up with them, they will ' pick you to pieces ' during the interview. Worst thing to do.
Working agency in NSW is almost ' professional suicide '. You can't get references from agency work. In NSW, the nursing world revolves around references. A reference will either make or break you. Forget carrying your resume into an interview.... two names and phone numbers is what nursing is all about these days.... in NSW anyway. Our State has gone to the dogs !! We have the worst Public Health record in the country
So, come on down to NSW..... if this is what you really want. We already have 45,000 RNs ( with Public Hospital capacity at around 6 - 8,000 ..... we can always do with more ???
