Working Holiday Visa for Overseas Nurses and Midwives

By ICE Group | January 25, 2019 |

Are you a Nurse or Midwife thinking of travelling to Australia on a working holiday visa (WHV)? Here are some important and hopefully helpful considerations on how to make your working holiday visa work for you. If your plan is to enjoy the beach/travelling lifestyle, where you sign up for agency shifts when you want,…

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Leaving Home is Great, but Coming Back is Always Better

By ICE Group | December 12, 2018 |

For the next two weeks all the airports across Ireland will have Irish expats flying home to spend the holiday season with their families. “Welcome Home” signs of all different shapes and sizes will be held in hands trembling with anticipation and excitement. It’s a sight to behold, unbridled joy from Irish Mammies as the…

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I Got My College Place But Chose The Wrong Course!

By ICE Group | December 3, 2018 |

This is a more common occurrence than you may think. It’s a huge decision for any leaving certificate student to make and despite career advice and parental support, sometimes we just choose the wrong course. It’s a daunting task for any school leaver heading off to college and there are a number of factors that…

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Midwifery in Australia – A Clinical Perspective

By ICE Group | November 13, 2018 |

Wendy Foye, Maternity Services Manager, Hurstville Private Hospital Australia Veronica Zupan, Director of Nursing and Midwifery, North West Private Hospital, Tasmania. Midwifery in Australia is much like Midwifery overseas, where we strive to have the best of midwifery practice despite the difference settings. In most public hospitals throughout Australia, you will find a range of…

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Expansion of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Emergency Department

By ICE Group | October 31, 2018 |

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is one of Australia’s premier tertiary referral hospitals located on Missenden Road in Camperdown in Sydney. It is recognised as a worldwide leader in healthcare excellence and innovation. RPA is part of a network of hospitals within the Sydney Local Health District and is the principal teaching hospital of the University of Sydney. RPA provides…

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Changes to AHPRA Registration Coming In 2019

By ICE Group | October 10, 2018 |

Changes to AHPRA registration AHPRA is the authority that looks after the registration for Internationally Qualified Nurses and Midwives (IQNM) in Australia.  Since 2010 there were a number of changes in AHPRA registration process that saw the establishment of a national assessment model in 2014.  The 2014 assessment model was an interim approach that assessed individual…

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Start 2018 Strong – 3 Best Reasons to Hire Temps

By ICE Group | October 1, 2018 |

Temp Jobs are growing Last year saw many industries trending above the national average – IT, Manufacturing and Health Care in particular. The New Year has ushered in a renewed focus on the temporary workforce continuing on a growth trajectory as a result of business growth, and the increasingly competitive talent market. In 2017, the…

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1,000,000 laughs in 20 years – I.C.E. Group SMART Day 2018

By ICE Group | August 2, 2018 |

1,000,000 laughs in 20 years.  And we work in a serious business! We held our first SMART Day in 1997.  It was a big change at the time for a small growing company.  Our SMART Day was where our management team Stopped (they had to delegate all authority for what they did day to day to members of a…

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What makes your local Anaesthetic / Recovery Unit special?

By ICE Group | July 26, 2018 |

We spoke to Anna Nusco, an Anaesthetic Nurse Unit Manager in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney, to get an understanding of her role and her workplace. Describe the type of service you provide in your Anaesthetic/ Recovery room. The Anaesthetic Assistant service at RPAH encompasses two theatre complexes which consist of 25 operating theatres…

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