Australia, with its flourishing economy can no doubt accommodate skilled professionals like certified nurses like you.

If you are from outside Australia, you will definitely be in need of a visa depending on the length of stay and type of residency that you are aiming at. You can either apply for a permanent residency status if you aim to permanently live and work in Australia, or you may apply for a on-year working holiday if if what you are looking for is a temporary visa for only a specific period.

How nurses in Australia are paid

With respect to nurses remuneration, nurses are actually paid by the hour after one finishes the Nursing education. As stated in the NSW Nurses Award, the highest number of 38 hours (for full time) is recognizable by the NSW Public Health hospitals. Such period is for a specific given period, like for casual or part-time, or for full-time only because overlapping of periods is not allowed.

Additional pay for shifting schedule

Shifting schedule of nurses is given due recognition, and is appropriately computed by getting the shift schedule percentages in their salary, and such payment for shifting schedule is added to their basic rate. For example, if you work in for the afternoon shift, which is from 10 o’clock in the morning until the clock ticks before 1 o’clock in the afternoon, and additional 10% of your salary will truly be a rewarding one. However, of you work in the afternoon shift, that is from 1 o’clock in the afternoon until the clock ticks before 4 in the afternoon, 12.5% of your basic rate will be added to your salary. Have you heard enough? Well, just think how much more you can earn when you work on the night shift. A night shift, which is from 4 in the evening until before 4 o’clock in the morning would mean additional 15%, or probably a night shift from 4 in the morning until before 6 o’clock in the morning, you will get an additional 10%.

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