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A journey nurse has revealed how she made $33,000 in simply 12 weeks by travelling round Australia
Keeley Starling, a journey nurse from Derby, WA, took to TikTok to share how a lot she’d made out of every nursing contract over six months.
She advised Day by day Mail Australia one of the best locations within the nation to earn money as a journey nurse – but in addition shared among the drawbacks of her way of life.
The dialysis nurse labored one contract in Tennant Creek in Northern Territory that noticed her rack up $33,728 in simply 12 weeks.
A six-week contract in Cairns noticed her get $13,551 and a ten-week stint in Ingham, a rural Queensland city, noticed her earn $21,161.
In whole, Ms Starling made $66,441 in simply six months and mentioned she was on monitor to make over six figures this 12 months.
Ms Starling, a dialysis nurse, labored one contract in Tennant Creek, a city within the Northern Territory, that noticed her rack up $33,728 in simply 12 weeks
‘My working day consists of giving sufferers with finish stage renal failure their dialysis. Setting their remedy plan, managing any modifications all through their remedy. I work 40 hours per week with the potential to choose up time beyond regulation,’ she mentioned.
‘The very best charges are in WA, then the NT then QLD. With my company, now we have fastened charges. They’ve lately gone up as a consequence of the price of dwelling going up.
‘Nonetheless, some businesses do particular offers with their charges when they’re tremendous determined.’
Ms Starling revealed that she labored in dialysis remedy earlier than transitioning to her journey nurse function.
‘I bought into my work by being skilled in dialysis after which I utilized to work for an company. This company affords contracts to work throughout Australia.
‘Thus far, I’ve labored in Derby, Tennant Creek, Cairns, Townsville and Ingham.
‘The draw back to this type of work is being away from household and buddies and never having any actual stability. Residence illness may be very arduous however I additionally meet so many unbelievable individuals and it’s an effective way to save cash if you’re younger.’
Responding to feedback on her TikTok video, she mentioned she took herself on a ‘kick-a**’ vacation after the 12 weeks in Tennant Creek.
She additionally famous that she did not get sick pay or every other advantages – ‘simply actually excessive pay’.
Ms Starling mentioned she wished to be clear about wage and added: ‘It’s so essential to know this stuff earlier than going into debt for a level.
‘Get expertise in your subject and apply by means of an company.
‘The very first thing that it’s essential to do in Australia is get both a diploma or a Bachelor of Nursing.
‘Then it’s essential to get a minimal of two years’ expertise in a particular space of nursing.
She mentioned she took herself on a ‘kick-a**’ vacation after the 12 weeks in Tennant Creek
In whole, Ms Starling made $66,441 in simply six months and mentioned she was on monitor to make over six figures this 12 months.
‘Now, there’s two other ways you possibly can go about doing company work. You possibly can both do a shift right here and there or you are able to do contracts, which is what I do.
‘So to do a shift right here and there by means of an company, you simply apply like regular after which typically talking, you’d get a textual content both the day earlier than or the morning of and they’d ask you to do a shift within the city or metropolis that you just reside.
‘For those who do it the way in which that I am doing it, which is the place you do contracts, you’ll work from both 4 weeks to 12 weeks, or they could ask you to increase for a bit longer. Typically talking, it will not be in the identical metropolis or city you reside it will be some other place in Australia and they’ll pay to your journey and your lodging.
‘It’s positively an effective way to journey and earn money and also you get to see the superb components of Australia and meet essentially the most superb individuals. ‘
Her TikTok web page, which has over 30,000 followers, sees her give tips about journey nursing and an perception into her work.
In a single video she defined how she works 40 hours per week however is then in a position to get pleasure from the remainder of her time with holidays and breaks.
In a video from Might, she shared an instance of the schedule she works. In a single week, she labored Monday to Friday and earned $59.37 an hour.
In one other week she earned $64 an hour and a 3rd week noticed her get $67 an hour.
On a Saturday, she earned an unbelievable $89 an hour whereas a Sunday noticed her earn $99 an hour.
Lastly, she revealed how she needed to work a public vacation, along with her public vacation pay fee being $139 an hour.
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