General Practitioner Career and Immigration options for Australia

Profile Title: General Practitioner Career and Immigration options for Australia

Alternative Title:General Practitioner

ANZSCO Code: 253111 | Unit Code: 2531

Skill Level: Level 1 | Work Experience: 5 Years

Assessing Bodies: (Medical Board of Australia)

Skill Occupation List (SOL): MLTSSL

Specialization: Medical Officer (Navy)

Profile Description: Diagnoses, treats and prevents human physical and mental disorders and injuries. Registration or licensing is required.

Job Duties:

• conducting examinations and questioning patients to determine the nature of disorders and illnesses, and recording patients medical information
• ordering laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures, and interpreting findings to assist in diagnosis
• providing overall care for patients, and prescribing and administering treatments, medications and other remedial measures
• monitoring patients progress and response to treatment
• advising on diet, exercise and other habits which aid prevention and treatment of disease and disorders
• referring patients to, and exchanging medical information with, specialist Medical Practitioners
• reporting births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities
• arranging the admission of patients to hospitals

Skill Level Description: In Australia and New Zealand: Occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a Bachelor Degree or higher qualification and at least one year of hospital-based training (ANZSCO Skill Level 1). Registration or licensing is required.

Available Visa Options (As on February 2024):

• 186 - Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186)
• report caveats apply
• 189 - Skilled Independent (subclass 189) - Points-Tested
• 190 - Skilled Nominated (subclass 190)
• 407 - Training visa (subclass 407)
• 485 - Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) - Graduate Work
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - Family sponsored
• 489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
• 482 - Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) – Medium Term Stream
• report caveats apply
• 187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• report caveats apply
• 494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
• report caveats apply
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) State or Territory nominated
• 491 - Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) Family Sponsored

Registration or Licensing: required

Industries: Generalist Medical Practitioners are nearly all employed in Health Care and Social Assistance

Education Profile: The most common level of educational attainment for Generalist Medical Practitioners is Bachelor degree (54.7 per cent).

Job Opening: Over the five years to November 2019, the number of job openings for Generalist Medical Practitioners is expected to be average (between 10,001 and 25,000). Job openings count both employment growth and turnover (defined as workers leaving their occupation for other employment or leaving the workforce).

Age Group: The main age group is 25-34 years (30.3 per cent) and the median age is 41 years (compared to 40 years for all occupations).

Gender: The female share of Generalist Medical Practitioners is 43.5 per cent and 81.1 per cent of Generalist Medical Practitioners work full time. Average weekly hours for full time workers are 42.5 (compared to 40.2 for all occupations).

Earning: In August 2014 (latest available data) weekly earnings full-time before tax (and not including employer superannuation) were $2,500 (compared to earnings for all occupations of $1,200).

Employment: Employment for this occupation rose very strongly (in percentage terms) in the past five years and rose very strongly in the long-term (ten years). Looking forward, employment for Generalist Medical Practitioners to November 2020 is expected to grow very strongly.