mental health nurse looking for a job I WA

[Toxen]

Hello.

 

Is anyone else in the same boat as me? For the past 2 months, I haven't seen been applying for mental health nursing positions on the WA websites and not getting any responses. Not sure if the applications are still being shortlisted or what is happening. I really want to move from NSW to WA. Can anyone help please? Im happy to consider regional positions too.

[ali]

If they are pool positions then they may only look at the applications every so often. The main thing for jobs in WA is to ensure that you address the selection criteria - failure to do so means that they have to try to get the evidence they need from your CV and if they can't get sufficient evidence of your ability to demonstrate your skills (CV's often just bullet point skills) then you won't get short listed.

 

The key to the selection criteria is the word demonstrate - my tip is to address the criteria separate to your CV. Write each heading of the criteria and write at least a couple of paragraphs on each. For example - if the criteria is communication - write about how you communicate in the work environment, who with? how does your communication style differ with different groups e.g. colleagues, carers, patients etc., Give a clinical example of it - what did you do, what was the outcome - positive/negative, did you learn anything from it?

 

Hope this helps.

[Toxen]

Thanks Ali. Thats what I thought I had been doing. I will persevere

[ali]

Thanks Ali. Thats what I thought I had been doing. I will persevere

 

Sometimes the process is really slow, you may not know if you've not been shortlisted for some months as they will notify people right at the end of the process.

[Toxen]

so it seems Ali. thanks