Comments on: Nursing Wages in Queensland, Australia

By: Shauneen

Shauneen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:42:02 +0000

Holy cow!! Excuse my language! I say that because I am currently a nursing student in Northern Ireland (UK)! Nurses here start on a salary of £17,000 if they are lucky and it goes up to roughly £30,000! £17,000 is around the same as $29,400 australian dollars give or take! The highest amount paid here is £30,000 thats $52,000! So what we get after a lifetime of service if we are lucky is the equivalent to what you guys get starting off! Hell no thats wrong, we got it all wrong here! I am so migrating! You guys still looking for nurses from UK and Ireland?? Give me another two years or soo and australia here I come! As much as I love nursing, thats just not right! Damn politicians here are claiming expenses on second homes while we are breaking our backs literally for beans!

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:59:18 +0000

Hi, can you tell me please about new wages for practice Nurses in QLD, because it is always being low compared to nurses working in other sectors. thnaks.

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:16:21 +0000

@Jeanette – I’m with you all the way on the night shift thing, can’t stand em! The US gig sounds great – I hear it can be quite tough to transfer registration to the US?

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:31:31 +0000

Wow. . your rates in Queensland are great. I worked RNS in Sydney for a year. The pay was solid, especially with penalty pay.

What I detested was the rotating shifts to night duty. . .absolutely barbaric!! Plus the cost of housing rental in Sydney was horrific!

But other than that, I adored it. I worked at Gold Coast hospital in Queensland too. I still have my NSW and QLD license.

I am holding onto them. Right now, I am a nurse educator in the US. US trauma nurse too.

Great that you go to host Change of Shift! Good on ya!!!!

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:00:48 +0000

@Steven – Hi, thanks for your enquiry. Hey look I believe incentives still are in place for nurses wanting to go rural or remote. The QLD Health rural and remote page lists bonuses such as:
* Free or subsidised accommodation available with over 120 hospitals and health care facilities
* Up to $2,500 in professional development allowance
* Minimum of 2 weeks paid professional development leave, with paid travel and course/conference costs
* Appointment and relocation costs paid
* Fly in – fly out (with spouse and dependants) with recreation leave twice p.a.
* Bonus payments for each year of service. After 1 year: $3,000. After 2 years: $9,000. Each year after 3 years: $6,000.

Check out this link for more info on how to apply etc…

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:42:58 +0000

Hey Ross

I am currently a nursing student. Just on this topic, I realized that you mentioned alot more can be earned if doing shift work for penalty rates. I was wondering, does the market at the moment offer any incentives for working in the rural areas?

Steven

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:33:43 +0000

@Nurse Uncut – Hi, thanks for that – I’ll check it out…