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 comprised 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 a number of 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 complete, Ms Starling made $66,441 in simply six months and stated she was on observe to make over six figures this yr.
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 therapy plan, managing any adjustments all through their therapy. I work 40 hours per week with the potential to choose up extra time,’ she stated.
‘One of the best charges are in WA, then the NT then QLD. With my company, we now have fastened charges. They’ve not too long ago gone up because of the price of residing going up.
‘Nonetheless, some companies do particular offers with their charges when they’re tremendous determined.’
Ms Starling revealed that she labored in dialysis therapy earlier than transitioning to her journey nurse function.
‘I obtained into my work by being skilled in dialysis after which I utilized to work for an company. This company presents contracts to work throughout Australia.
‘To date, I’ve labored in Derby, Tennant Creek, Cairns, Townsville and Ingham.
‘The draw back to this sort of work is being away from household and mates and never having any actual stability. Residence illness could be very laborious however I additionally meet so many unimaginable folks and it’s an effective way to economize if you’re younger.’
Responding to feedback on her TikTok video, she stated 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 another advantages – ‘simply actually excessive pay’.
Ms Starling stated she needed to be clear about wage and added: ‘It’s so essential to know these items earlier than going into debt for a level.
‘Get expertise in your discipline and apply by means of an company.
‘The very first thing that it’s worthwhile to do in Australia is get both a diploma or a Bachelor of Nursing.
‘Then it’s worthwhile to get a minimal of two years’ expertise in a selected space of nursing.
She stated she took herself on a ‘kick-a**’ vacation after the 12 weeks in Tennant Creek
In complete, Ms Starling made $66,441 in simply six months and stated she was on observe to make over six figures this yr.
‘Now, there’s two alternative ways you may go about doing company work. You may 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 usually talking, you’ll 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 dwell.
‘When you 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 might ask you to increase for a bit longer. Typically talking, it will not be in the identical metropolis or city you reside it’s going to be some other place in Australia and they’re going to pay to your journey and your lodging.
‘It’s undoubtedly an effective way to journey and earn money and also you get to see the superb elements of Australia and meet probably the most superb folks. ‘
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 Could, 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 unimaginable $89 an hour whereas a Sunday noticed her earn $99 an hour.
Lastly, she revealed how she needed to work a public vacation, together with her public vacation pay price being $139 an hour.
