QNMU Student Membership


Be part of making a difference for your profession. Aside from all the personal benefits of union membership like comprehensive PI insurance, expert advice and exclusive discounts, your membership helps all of your colleagues across the State to achieve improved conditions and wages.

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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Our one-stop CPD portal offers QNMU members a range of resources to help meet your CPD requirements. This includes free access to a bespoke learning management system built for nurses and midwives, with up-to-date specialist content developed by qualified healthcare and legal experts.

Expert advice with hotline support

Our Member Connect team are just a phone call away if members need help or advice. All Member Connect staff are nurses or midwives with decades of combined experience. 

Legal support for work related matters

Members get access to experienced lawyers and experts for work-related matters at no extra charge such as:

  • wage claims
  • unfair dismissal
  • workers compensation
  • complaints to the OHO or AHPRA
  • problems with applications for registration, renewal and re-entry
  • professional misconduct charges
  • AHPRA investigations
  • coronial investigations and inquests.

Professional Indemnity Insurance

The QNMU’s Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) is one of the most comprehensive policies on the market. Financial members receive:

  • cover for up to $10 million, or $70 million in the aggregate
  • retroactive cover (applies for an unlimited period if another policy was not in place)
  • run-off cover (for incidents that occurred while a financial member of the QNMU, but where the claim is made after you stop practicing or you are no longer a member of the QNMU)
  • no excess fees.

 

Exclusive benefits and discounts

Being part of the collective buying power of over 70,000 members means that you get access to exclusive discounts through Union Shopper, New Daily Media, and Union Health. With discounts on groceries, white goods, electronics and more, QNMU membership gives you the most bang for your buck.

Study and career resources

Free training and education delivered in-person
Our extensive training program is offered to members right across Queensland. It’s all free and counts towards CPD, not to mention the added boost to your resume.

Publications
Stay up to date with what’s going on in nursing and midwifery, including campaigns, health care trends and success stories. Our flagship magazine, InScope, is delivered to members quarterly.

Student Fees

CATEGORY
(membership includes PII, CPD and professional / legal workplace support) 


Yearly
($) 

  

Monthly
Direct debit
($) 

  

Fortnightly
Direct debit
($) 

Full-time student (no paid nursing work and no nursing qualifications)

72.00

  

6.00

  

N/A

Student: working up to 16 hours per week as an AIN or PC

203.00

  

16.90

  

7.80

Student: working from 17 to 24 hours per week as an AIN or PC

396.00

  

33.00

  

15.25

RN/ Midwife: full time study + part-time nursing work up to 24 hours/ week

555.00

  

46.25

  

21.35

EN: full time study + part-time nursing work up to 24 hours/ week

452.00

  

37.65

  

17.40

Fees are based on your classification and an average of the actual hours you work, and are tax deductible. Please ensure you are paying the correct membership fee. Paying an incorrect fee can affect your industrial and professional coverage.