Official Physiotherapy Student Society Thread

Hiyoo! havent bin on here in ages and wen i was i was in a strop having bin rejected from southampton lol. neways ive now got 4 offers from, brighton AAB, oxford brookes BBB, keele BBB and plymouth BBB. i withdrew from st georges cos i realised it just werent for me. neways my dilemma is between oxford brookes and brighton as a firm choice. i loved OB wen i visited and really fell in love with the place, the university and the physio department especiallly the small classes. but brighton seems a better university to do physio- and wiv the current job situ i need all the help i can get. i liked the university too. The only problem with brighton is that i live in eastbourne and the campus is in- yup u gessed it... eastbourne. i am predicted AAB so can satisfy the requirements of both and i am doing deferred year. Any advice on the pros and cons of both wd b appreciated.
Sorry for the very long message
meg xxx

Sam and LJ thought this would interest you particularlly - was shown a physio job site today www.physiobob.com - its most private work but there have been some junior posts advertised - and it also advertises for jobs abroad.......You put up a CV and apply for jobs I think - so, well worth saving to your history

Ta Jackie, I've been on there before I think....yep really good site for jobs etc!

how was your meeting with the guy about NZ jobs?

haven't had it yet, it's on Monday. Don't worry, I'll report back asap!

Ah, thought you'd had it already!

Hows the dissertation going? I'm getting a tad stressed with placement. Having a fab time but am abit behind with my portfolio (all my fault cos I've been procrastinating! hahaah!)

it's ok, data collection finished at long last! Just have to analyse it now

where are you on placement again? We'll hopefully find out about our summer placements in a couple of weeks, I just don't want to be posted way up north like some of them last year!

Hello....
I've had all my offers through now for Physio and I'm going to take the one from St Georges. The other three will have to do without me I'm afraid.lol

I was wondering, what the situation is for bringing my car, although I only live near Guildford, I work at the weekends and was hoping to continue that and want to bring my car with me, I'll need to earn money I guess and this is the only way.!

Jackie, you seem to be the 'all seeing eye' on this thread and your at Georges so what is your opinion? please.

also what is this firm choice and insurance choice all about?
I kinda think I know what it means but does everyone have to have an insurance choice?
I had my heart set on St Georges since Nov 06, even before I had my interview and now that I have a place I don't want to go anywhere else..!

So, any advice on the above?

hye guys - found a good physiotherapy forum http://www.physiobob.com/forum/index.php - of course i am not advocating that you leave TSR but thought it would be good to lookat! Lots of qualifieids and non qualifieds posting and there are sections about applying abroad too

Hey, I'm reporting back with news from the NZ talk

So basically the guy that came to see us was recruiting for his own clinics in NZ, won't go into details about that but will give you the low-down on what we found out about working in NZ generally.

Eligability:

4 year BSc physio degrees (students in Scotland and Ireland)- you're in! No post grad experience neccessary in order to work there

MSc (pre-reg) physio students- on a case by case basis. Bascially depends on your first degree and any experience. The NZ physio board won't give a yes or no till you apply or tell you which degrees are more likely to get accepted (though the guy suggested sport science, sports therapy etc would be more favoured ).

3 year Bsc physio degrees- sadly it's a no unless you have post-grad experience No rules on how much experience is neccessary (some suggest 1 year but it sounds like less would be accepted). So I guess get some experience and have a go at applying and see what happens.

Salary: $40-50kNZ for new grads which works out at £15-17k a year. Sounds rubbish but the cost of living there is way lower than here, around $150-250NZ a week for a house/flat depending on the area which is something like £60-100 a week, and food, petrol etc is much cheaper. Bascially they said you would be pretty comfortable with that salary in NZ.

Jobs-loads, a lot of private clinics (many are government funded) and hospital work too. They have a shortage at the moment of physio's.

Getting over there: you need a work visa (really easy to get in a few days as they are desperate for physio's) plus you need approval from the NZ physio board. To get that, NO EXAMS!!, you just need to do a portfolio showing that your degree (and any experience you have) meets their requirements. You can get the details from www.physioboard.org.nz It is a lot of work to get right (95% of applications get sent back due to problems with not proving stuff well enough) and you need a magistrate or lawyer to sign copies of everything to prove certificates etc are real....However once they have everything then it just takes abour 4 weeks to get approved

The other plus is that once you are approved in NZ due to the mutual recognition law you can work in Australia without having to do thier exams There is no minimum time frame that you must work in NZ (you could get approved and move to OZ without ever doing 1 day's work in NZ) but remember it would look a bit bad if you did that to all your potential Australian employers! Plus NZ sounds like a great place to work anyway!

I think that's it!

hye guys - found a good physiotherapy forum http://www.physiobob.com/forum/index.php - of course i am not advocating that you leave TSR but thought it would be good to lookat! Lots of qualifieids and non qualifieds posting and there are sections about applying abroad too

Hey its been a while since ive looked on here!!

Working in NZ sounds just up my street,been thinking about it for a while, but reckon i'll want the UK 2 years rotation experience first otherwise i may never get a job in the Uk when i get back!!

Hope you're well? Only 9 months till i'm a physio....wicked!

LJ x

Hey!

I'm good thanks, I graduate in early November, in the middle of my dissertation at the moment Have you done yours yet??

There are rotational jobs over in NZ, the system is the same structure as here so there are definintely rotational hospital jobs over there. There also seems to be more room to specialise in the areas you want to work in straight away- e.g. you can work in MSK private clinics as a new grad which is something they are trying to start here too. Although I just got an email from the board stating that yes they will accept us (people on MSc courses) but the people they have accepted in the past have all had a min of 12 months post grad experience.....so I'm actually none the wiser if we can get approved without exp. or not!!

It's so frustrating, nobody will take us without experience (except Canada) and there are no jobs to get experience

Hey, I'm reporting back with news from the NZ talk

So basically the guy that came to see us was recruiting for his own clinics in NZ, won't go into details about that but will give you the low-down on what we found out about working in NZ generally.

Eligability:

4 year BSc physio degrees (students in Scotland and Ireland)- you're in! No post grad experience neccessary in order to work there

MSc (pre-reg) physio students- on a case by case basis. Bascially depends on your first degree and any experience. The NZ physio board won't give a yes or no till you apply or tell you which degrees are more likely to get accepted (though the guy suggested sport science, sports therapy etc would be more favoured ).

3 year Bsc physio degrees- sadly it's a no unless you have post-grad experience No rules on how much experience is neccessary (some suggest 1 year but it sounds like less would be accepted). So I guess get some experience and have a go at applying and see what happens.

Salary: $40-50kNZ for new grads which works out at £15-17k a year. Sounds rubbish but the cost of living there is way lower than here, around $150-250NZ a week for a house/flat depending on the area which is something like £60-100 a week, and food, petrol etc is much cheaper. Bascially they said you would be pretty comfortable with that salary in NZ.

Jobs-loads, a lot of private clinics (many are government funded) and hospital work too. They have a shortage at the moment of physio's.

Getting over there: you need a work visa (really easy to get in a few days as they are desperate for physio's) plus you need approval from the NZ physio board. To get that, NO EXAMS!!, you just need to do a portfolio showing that your degree (and any experience you have) meets their requirements. You can get the details from www.physioboard.org.nz It is a lot of work to get right (95% of applications get sent back due to problems with not proving stuff well enough) and you need a magistrate or lawyer to sign copies of everything to prove certificates etc are real....However once they have everything then it just takes abour 4 weeks to get approved

The other plus is that once you are approved in NZ due to the mutual recognition law you can work in Australia without having to do thier exams There is no minimum time frame that you must work in NZ (you could get approved and move to OZ without ever doing 1 day's work in NZ) but remember it would look a bit bad if you did that to all your potential Australian employers! Plus NZ sounds like a great place to work anyway!

I think that's it!

hey hey hows things Jackie??