Working As A Foreign Doctor In Australia
. Almost 40 per cent of Australias 75000 doctors trained overseas. In order to obtain a Medicare provider number so you can treat private patients you must work for a period of about 10 years in an area deemed to have its need for medical services unmet.
Historically overseas doctors were not required to sit any local exams before they were placed in areas of need across rural Australia where more than 3000 foreign doctors. About 68 per cent of them work in major cities. Competent Authority pathway.
A visa to work in Australia or permanent residency.
Less than a third work in rural and remote areas but they make up. Working towards another degree or Fellowship is taxing for anyone but for international medical graduates coming from a different background there are many extra challenges. Only 16 of the 51 doctors I interviewed planned to return to work in Ireland while 35 are set to remain in Australia. State job recruitment websites direct hospital applications and medical recruitment agencies.
