Nursing careers in Southern NSW

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Sarah Hennessy - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

When you become a nurse, you really commit a lot of your life to creating a positive impact in other people's lives. You give a lot of yourself, but you get an awful lot back.

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Cara Young - Nurse Unit Manager, Moruya

I love what I do. I love serving my community.

Benjamin Burnett - Registered Nurse, Goulburn

It's such a good support network, we really do support each other and the friendships that I have made from that, I know they're going to be long lasting ones.

Sarah Hennessy - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

I love it here. I feel completely supported and um checked in on regularly with how I'm coping and how I'm and how I'm engaging and how I'm feeling in this process. I love that my ideas are being listened to and this is something that I think you'll definitely find here.

Laura Davidson - Clinical Midwife Educator, Cooma

Rural is just such a special place to be, a much less hustle and bustle than the city.

Sarah Hennessy - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

Not only do I feel that I have great career possibilities here, but I can actually see career progression unfolding in front of me.

Julie Hankinson - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

If you've got an interest in learning and trying new things, there's so many more opportunities in regional hospitals than what you would get in tertiary centres.

Sarah Hennessy - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

You can specialise, you can generalise, you can do almost anything here - it's great.

Benjamin Burnett - Registered Nurse, Goulburn

The facilities that we now have in our, in our hospitals, in the area are state-of-the-art. It has made our job so much easier when we've got the proper equipment, the proper facilities to actually care for people.

Sarah Hennessy - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

They'll help you with accommodation when you first arrive and you'll immediately feel connected to the community

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Belinda Toohey - Registered Nurse

You have beautiful places to explore here, you've got farmland, you've got beaches a quick trip to the snow - there's something for everybody.

Julie Hankinson - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

There is surfing, there's dragon boating, there's surf life saving, there's snorkeling, there's hiking, there's four wheel driving. There are so many things, our weekends are full of the next thing to look for and our work-life balance is absolutely awesome. I love working here.

Benjamin Burnett - Registered Nurse, Goulburn

And there's plenty of nature here waiting for you too when you come out to the country.

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Sarah Hennessy - Clinical Nurse Educator, Moruya

The lifestyle is great, my family is thriving and your downtime is unbelievable there's so much to do here just come really just, just come.