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For The Health of It

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For the Health of It' is a Healthcare Australia podcast, made for healthcare professionals brought to you by a nurse on the inside. Our host Jess is a RN with HCA + the Brand Ambassador and gives her top tips from her many years as a travel nurse and the metro world! Jess aims to share her personal journey with HCA, give inspiration, education, laughter, and insight into the world of agency. Don't forget to follow, rate and share our podcast and spread the joy of healthcare. Chat to us here: https://www.facebook.com/HealthcareAustraliaInterested? Join us now! https://bit.ly/3NEYY8C

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Medical Humour: Learning UK to Aussie Medical Terms 13.02.2024 44:17

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and today we have a special treat for you. We're diving into the world of medical terminology, but with a twist. We're comparing the lingo of healthcare in Australia compared to the UK. Joining me today...

Healing, Traveling, and Making Music The evolution of Laura's Nurse 30.01.2024 31:21

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the absolute pleasure of interviewing one of our #teampurple nurses, Laura. Laura started her metro (day to day shifts) journey in Sydney NSW with HCA, before diving into the Travel Nurse world, whi...

Behind The Scenes with Beau: First Nations Artwork 10.01.2024 23:28

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the pleasure of interviewing our First Nations artist within Healthcare Australia, Beau Pennefather Motlop. Read our Q&A with Beau ⁠⁠https://healthcareaustralia.com.au/hca-art-qa/⁠⁠ Read more ab...

Shark-Proof Mindset: How Brett Turned a Bite into a Blessing 19.12.2023 1:05:16

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the pleasure of interviewing Brett Connellan, a survivor of a Shark attack back in 2016. Brett chats to Jess about that horrific day, where he faced his worst nightmare as a surfer, and had to fig...

Rural Rounds with Meg: Travelling to Tasmania 05.12.2023 31:30

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the Brand Ambassador & a Registered nurse for Healthcare Australia, and she interviewed one of our #teampurple midwives who did her very first contract in Tassie! Meg, our incredible midwife, has such passion and drive for rural mid...

Cruising For Change: Mercy Ship Nurses Making A Difference 24.11.2023 36:18

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador and Registered Nurse herself, and she had the pleasure of interviewing two incredible nurses who dedicate their time to giving back with Mercy Ship. Have you ever felt overwhelmed at how many google search resul...

Bucketlist Your Way With HCA 07.11.2023 36:56

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the Brand Ambassador and a Registered Nurse with HCA, and she dives deep into one of her most favourite topics “deigning your life and more specifically ‘Bucketlisting your way with HCA. Creating goals for yourself is vital to personal...

Healthcare Without Borders: An Irish Nurse in Australia 17.10.2023 31:27

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the pleasure of interviewing Erica, who is not only one of our incredible Registered Nurses within Healthcare Australia, but is also an Irish gal who relocated to Oz for an incredible nursing advent...

From home to Port Hedland WA: Preparing for a Midwifery Nursing contract with Lara 27.09.2023 36:47

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the pleasure of interviewing one of our Healthcare Australia Midwives, Lara. Lara completed her very first rural and remote contract and went to the red dirt – Port Hedland in Western Australia. ...

Travel Nursing Unveiled: From Expectations to Outback Realities 12.09.2023 39:20

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she got to interview Caroline from the Rural and Remote Division with Healthcare Australia. Caroline worked in admin during her time with HCA before moving onto becoming a National Rural and Remote Consulta...

In Sickness and in Health: Granting Loves last wish with ‘My Wedding Wish 22.08.2023 35:45

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and today’s episode is going to hit you in all the feels (the emotional feels that is)! Jess interview Lynette Maguire, the CEO and founder of a national charity called “My Wedding Wish”. Lynette wears many...

The Power of Nursing: How Kylie Ward Leads the ACN and Inspires Others 08.08.2023 28:39

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, had the pleasure of interviewing Kylie Ward, the CEO of the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). Kylie is an absolute inspiration! Jess has had the honour of not only listening to Kylie speak at events, suc...

Workplace Wobbles: Funny Tales from the Frontline 26.07.2023 35:26

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and today’s episode is going to get you into a total giggle fit so prepare yourself! We had a fun Facebook thread where we asked our nurses & midwives to give us their best WORKPLACE WOBBLE story. We got se...

Breaking Barriers with Sam: Navigating New Territory & Leveraging Anxiety as a Healthcare Pro 30.06.2023 32:05

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the honour of interviewing Sam Moscovitz, a trained psychologist. We deep dived into the mind and the mindset of locum/agency workers, particularly in the healthcare setting. The feeling of being...

Eat, Heal, Repeat: Fueling Healthcare Titans with Dietician Simone 20.06.2023 31:03

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the honour of interviewing Simone, who is one of our dedicated Dieticians. Simone dived into the world of dietetics and her role within HCA - working specifically in Aged Care where malnutrition a...

Scrub alert – learn about the new scrubs & designs to you with Dani 06.06.2023 20:11

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast . A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, had the pleasure of interviewing Dani, the General Manager of Designs To You and creator/producer of our incredible new scrubs. Dani chats to us about the history of Designs To You, what makes it unique and...

Working on contract in Griffith NSW as a Rural Remote Nurse with Healthcare Australia 23.05.2023 21:43

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast . A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she has done 6 contracts herself over the years (totalling 1 year 3 months), in Griffith NSW as a rural remote nurse in theatre as well as Emergency. This is one of her favourite locations due to the commu...

Meet Ben Bravery, The Patient Doctor 09.05.2023 31:59

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcas t. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she had the privilege to interview Dr Ben Bravery and not only dive into the story of his book ‘The Patient Doctor' but into his personal story of his stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis. From a life...

Muskan's experience from Accountant to carer to AIN 25.04.2023 16:59

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast . A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and she is on of our own #teampurple AINs working in an acute/aged care setting. Muskan is originally from India, speaks 3 languages and LOVES the travel! She moved to Australia (Melbourne) and worked as an ac...

Navigating Contract Work in Port Lincoln SA: Jess's Tips & Tricks 12.04.2023 25:50

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast. A Healthcare Australia podcast, made for Healthcare professionals by a nurse on the inside. Your host today is Jess Tully, the HCA Brand Ambassador, and Jess is chatting to you all to talk about her recent Port Lincoln SA rural remote contract. Have you always wanted to venture to South Australia, but didn’t know where to choose? Port Lincoln is a spot Jess...

Prioritising your mental health working in remote communities with Laura from CRANA Plus 07.03.2023 21:58

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast, a Healthcare Australia Podcast, made for healthcare professionals, brought to you by nurses on the inside. We are Xana & Jess, HCAs Brand Ambassadors - here to bring you real chats with nurses and healthcare professionals about all things healthcare. We will be having real, raw and honest conversations about what it is really like behind the scenes. &nb...

Hospital hacks from around the country with Jess and Xana 21.02.2023 17:04

Robyn's Nursing Adventures: From the UK to Abu Dhabi to Australia 07.02.2023 23:27

What it takes to be a Remote Area Nurse (RAN) with HCA Recruitment Team Leader Kristie 10.01.2023 21:12

For The Health Of It Podcast, a Healthcare Australia Podcast, made for healthcare professionals, brought to you by nurses on the inside. Jess & Xana were lucky enough to interview Kristie, from Healthcare Australia, the team leader for the rural remote division based in the Darwin office. Kristie has so much knowledge when it comes to the pathway of becoming a RAN and has such a passion for in...

2022 End of Year Wrap Up with Xana & Jess 20.12.2022 27:20

Welcome to For The Health Of It Podcast, a Healthcare Australia podcast, made for healthcare professionals, by nurses in the inside… us! Xana & Jess. This week we are giving you a yearly wrap up for HCA plus some hilarious, lighthearted stories and workplace wobbles to round out the year.  We hope you all have a safe and happy Christmas and New Year and can't wait to see what 2023 holds!...