Re: CV and mad panic behaviour
Reply #6023 –
Over 12000 jobs for nurses in Aus vacant, the problem with those 20000 leaving is you need the breakdown of who they are and what they do ie if they are ICU and ER for example then you wont be getting the replacements from the Grad sector.
I keep hearing all this BS about getting Nurses from the UK to fill the gaps here in Aus, this is where people not involved in the health care sector have no idea as there are around 37000 vacancies in the UK for Nurses so its a worldwide problem.
Its no secret in the industry either that agencies send non specialist agency nurses to fill specialist Nursing positions just to get the business and its because they just dont have those extra qualified nurses on their books.
My ex-sister in law, as a senior nurse, used to make regular trips to India to recruit nurses for the mental health area. She would sign up 100s on each trip. If the pay and conditions are better, they will come - but it does leave the donor country short.
My daughter worked in the UK health system, where she was authorised to do far more than her qualifications permit in Australia. If her experience is anything to go by, lots of UK nurses would jump at the chance to work in our system, flawed as it is. Indeed, a couple of the nurses I spoke to when Mrs DJC was in ICU recently had come from the UK and Sri Lanka.