Great Career ahead for Foreign Nurses in Australia

Posted On : 14 Feb 2012

According to a recent survey, it was found that Australia is having a great demand for nursing profession. A person with good caring attitude and accredited qualification can apply for the nursing vacancies in Australia. Gender does not matter here, what matters is the care.  Both male and female nurses are needed in many medical fields of Australia.

 Australian Tourism and Immigration Site claims that trained professionals in this category have become a part of their culture. The reason behind this is evident life style of Australians. Nurses are the major part of the child care & the nanny programs of the highly urbanized society in Australia.   

One should not miss this opportunity. Candidate with good scores in the nursing studies should apply for these positions.  For next 5 years nurses will be hired because at present those in service are getting near to their retirement age.  Nearly 50,000 nurses will get retired in coming 5 years leaving their places vacant.

If you look at the recent demand there is great shortage of nurses in the following areas:

• Childcare workers
• Mental healthcare nurses
• Caregivers for the aged

A great shortage of qualified staff in the same has also been noticed as the present nurses have to work for long hours in day cares. Hence there is need to reduce this inconsistency and this can be done by allowing highly qualified nurses of any gender.

Though the demand for nurses is great in Australia but only candidates with relevant qualification and experience recognized by the Australian nursing association will be allowed in the country. Recently Australian Nursing Council (ANCI) has introduced assessment program through which each candidate will be judged for the standard of nursing in Australia.  It is points based system and candidates with good experience in mental healthcare, midwife tasks, and disability care can easily score nearly 60 points to get top desired jobs in Australia.

In addition, as pre announcement of Australian government, there will be growth in salary under good performances. Near about AU$ 49,000 could be easily earned by senior nurses plus accommodation benefits. Also that is not all as this can also increase if the latter is promoted to coordinators and team leaders.