[sharpy]

hoping someone can tell me how much nurses are paid in australia. do they get the likes of a london allowance if they work in somewhere expensive like sydney?

[Housewife]

I don't know about any special allowance for Sydney but here is a good site for nurses pay in Queensland:

http://www.health.qld.gov.au/nursing/salary.asp

In the Queensland public sector, the annual base wage for a registered nurse or midwife (Nurse Grade 5) at graduate starting level is $52,450.

Registered Nurse (grade 5) $52,450 - $67,396
Clinical Nurse (grade 6) $68,555 - $73,439

There is a remote/ rural ares package which includes:

To encourage retention of Registered Nurses in remote areas, the following bonus scheme has been designed to allow for periodic payments based on length of service in remote areas:-
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at conclusion of one year of service - $3,000
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at conclusion of two years of service - $9,000
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at conclusion of three or more years - $6,000

http://www.health.qld.gov.au/hrpolicies/irm/section_2/Irm2_7_17.pdf

[Sam66]

Hi Sharpy,
Was this what you were looking for?

2008 hourly rates are:

Classification, Basic hourly rate

Assistant in Nursing
1st year: $14.91
2ndyear: $15.20
3rd year: $15.49
4th year: $15.80
Enrolled Nurse
1st year: $16.01
2nd year: $16.38
3rd year: $16.94
4th year: 17.40
Thereafter:$17.73
Registered Nurse
1st year: $18.10
2nd year: $18.49
3rd year: $19.19
4th year: $19.75
5th year:$20.35
6th year: $21.09
7th year: $21.83
8th year: $22.62
UGI: $23.27
Supervisory Nurse: $23.63

Casual Rates
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http://www.gpaccess.com.au/download/files/Pay_Scale_Federal_Nurses_Oct_2008.pdf

[sharpy]

thanks for your replies. anyone have wage salary details for hospitals in sydney?