I think this is bit tricky and sticky topic. This topic will be difficult to address too. The situation is different for junior doctors and specialist. It is also different in metropolitan and rural location. I will discuss the situation for junior doctors here in this article.
In my view, jobs are getting less and more difficult to find for junior doctor who has no experience in Australia, but on the other side there are still plenty of jobs available for junior doctors who has local experience and are fully registered with AHPRA.
Recently, few things have happened which is affecting the job markets for doctors. In past few years, Australia made migration easy and open the gate for more people (now they have put more restriction though), which made more people aware about Australia as a opportunity. Couple of years ago, AMC decided to start offshore AMC examination for part one, which made examination available to lots of new people and increased flow to Australia. And the last thing, which is happening now is Australia has increased more medical places for local students, which is now increasing more graduate coming out from universities and feeling out places as a junior doctors.
Job condition is also different between different states and different parts of states. States like NSW, ACT and Vic, it is pretty difficult to find job in metropolitan areas, but still plenty of jobs available in rural and remote location, but some of are not suitable for junior doctors who has lack of experience and required supervisor. SA and QLD are still hot for junior doctors as it is still possible to find internship and plenty of RMO positions in ED, even in metropolitan hospitals. WA, TAS and NT are neutral for the situation in my view. I occasionally do locum work, main to find out more about different hospital and system, but also to find out demand and supply ratio in different hospital. Trust me there are still places to be fill by junior doctors, but it is getting more harder. You need to find right person at right time and right place to get the job. I will discuss this in my next article.
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In my view, jobs are getting less and more difficult to find for junior doctor who has no experience in Australia, but on the other side there are still plenty of jobs available for junior doctors who has local experience and are fully registered with AHPRA.
Recently, few things have happened which is affecting the job markets for doctors. In past few years, Australia made migration easy and open the gate for more people (now they have put more restriction though), which made more people aware about Australia as a opportunity. Couple of years ago, AMC decided to start offshore AMC examination for part one, which made examination available to lots of new people and increased flow to Australia. And the last thing, which is happening now is Australia has increased more medical places for local students, which is now increasing more graduate coming out from universities and feeling out places as a junior doctors.
Job condition is also different between different states and different parts of states. States like NSW, ACT and Vic, it is pretty difficult to find job in metropolitan areas, but still plenty of jobs available in rural and remote location, but some of are not suitable for junior doctors who has lack of experience and required supervisor. SA and QLD are still hot for junior doctors as it is still possible to find internship and plenty of RMO positions in ED, even in metropolitan hospitals. WA, TAS and NT are neutral for the situation in my view. I occasionally do locum work, main to find out more about different hospital and system, but also to find out demand and supply ratio in different hospital. Trust me there are still places to be fill by junior doctors, but it is getting more harder. You need to find right person at right time and right place to get the job. I will discuss this in my next article.
Please read disclaimer before using any of information available on this blog.
Thanx Dr. Sachin, a lot for such valuable information....U cleared most of the doubts in my mind...!!!
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