38 too old to become Electrician? Career change (NHS Nurse)
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Good luck with the move! Will be interesting to hear how it compares. The adventurous side of me is always tempted to up sticks and move, but having just secured a permanent consultant job in an excellent unit here, the timing is all wrong! The pay would definitely be better overseas!
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I’m curious to know how @nitram100 is getting on?
Hey mate, sorry never updated this thread. I moved over to Aus back in May to Brisbane and have been working there ever since. Luckily I had a friend over there from Birmingham who set me up with a job and I can't even describe how much easier the job is. Because a lot of the visits are paid for by the patient either privately or time slotted with NDIS patients (like a disability scheme) I get my full hour to see my patient and do my job correctly. In London I was seeing 4 patients in different locations in 1 hour, absolutely ridiculous and unsafe. I've got my permanent residence here and just got my NZ Nurse registration and ability to work there so may head over there for a few months. (aus perm residents can live and work in nz)
I'm back over for xmas at mums in London atm, heading back over in a few weeks when hopefully the weather calms down in Queensland! If you're young enough to do it and have the skills, I would definitely recommend Australia! No country is perfect and aus is having a bit of a housing crisis at the moment mainly in the cities, but even still the prices are lower than UK. I'm in Ipswich just west of Brisbane so house prices are still quite good and it's close to lots of national parks. I'm staying with my cousin at the moment to get savings up then get a place of my own.
All the best Mart