New South Wales is a State unlike any other, boasting an expansive coastline, vibrant cities, and laidback towns. You could just as easily spend a weekend enjoying one of our wineries, as hiking through our pristine national parks or relaxing at any of our world renown beaches.
You could have the opportunity to live and work in Australia and experience our enviable lifestyle firsthand while working in our world-class healthcare system.
NSW Health is one of Australia's largest employers with over 122 000 staff across 220 public hospitals. You would be provided with mentoring and support from leading specialists in their field with access to state-of-the-art facilities. In our rural and regional areas, you would be an integral part of the community and get to experience the end-to-end care of your patients.
Be bold, make the move to Australia and live the life you've always imagined!
To work in New South Wales, all doctors must be registered with the Medical Board of Australia (MBA). There are different types of registration categories available depending on a registrants level of training, level of experience and where medical qualifications were obtained. Most doctors have general registration but there are specific categories for specialist, medical students, interns and international medical graduates (IMGs).
IMGs are eligible for general registration if they have obtained the Australian Medical Council (AMC) certificate via either the AMC examination process (Standard Pathway) or the Competent Authority Pathway, as well as a period of supervised training in accordance with the MBA's registration standard.
The Standard Pathway is for non-specialist IMGs seeking general registration in Australia who do not qualify for the Competent Authority Pathway. It has two Standard Pathways: AMC examinations and workplace-based assessment. Hunter New England Local Health District in NSW is one of the AMC accredited workplace-based assessment program providers.
An applicant is eligible to apply to the AMC as an overseas trained specialist under the Specialist Pathway if they can meet the eligibility criteria. At the conclusion of the specialist assessment process, successful applicants will be eligible to present to the MBA for registration to practice as a specialist in the assessed specialty only.
IMGs not eligible for general or specialist registration are eligible to apply for limited registration with the MBA. To be eligible for limited registration IMGs must possess a primary degree in medicine and surgery from one of the medical schools listed in the current online version of the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) of the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research or other AMC approved publication. An application for limited registration can only be made after the IMG has received an offer of employment.
For further information about registration processes and pathways refer to the Medical Board of Australia and the Australian Medical Council.
All IMGs must demonstrate that they have the necessary English language skills for registration purposes.
The Medical Board of Australia English language skills registration standard can be accessed at the Medical Board of Australia.
For up-to-date advice on immigration and all things related to visas, please visit the Department of Home Affairs. NSW Health are unable to provide advice around either immigation or visa requirements.
The NSW Government also provides skilled visa options for highly skilled professionals.
The NSW Government provides up-to-date information for international arrivals on all COVID-19 regulations.
NSW Health manages the annual recruitment campaign for junior medical officers and you can keep up-to-date with campaign dates each year and details on how to apply for positions across all specialties in the upcoming clinical year.
The clinical year in Australia starts on the first Monday in February each year.
The Area of Need Program assists employers in NSW who have had difficulty recruiting medical practitioners with specialist registration by recruiting suitably qualified IMGs to vacant positions approved as an Area of Need.
If a position is declared an Area of Need, the Medical Board of Australia can register a suitable IMG into that position provided they meet all other registration requirements required by the Medical Board of Australia.
