Overseas / Immigration Info

Working in Australia as a Nurse

If you are keen to work in Australia, there’s loads of jobs around and nurses continue to be in high demand. There are temporary, part-time, full time, casual and agency positions around in every area of nursing, and most visa applications for nurses get priority processing.

Nurses who want to work in Australia need to be assessed by either the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council (ANMC) or the nurse regulatory body in the State or Territory in which they want to work (eg. see QLD page).

This will change a little as of 1st July 2010 when the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency implements a single national registration and accreditation system.

For further information on Registration, you can email an enquiry about your personal situation to the international section of ANMC.

To work in a hospital or other health care area, nurses also have to pass a health examination which includes a chest x-ray and quite probably opening your mouth to say “aaaaah”. Good luck with that arduous task, hope you pass

Further assessment info can be found on the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council (ANMC) website or the nurse regulatory body in the State or Territory in which you want to work.

Visa Information

For further visa information, see Visa Options for Nurses.

Additional Overseas / Immigration info can also be found at the Australian Government website.

If you haven’t already checked it out, the best and most comprehensive resource I can recommend to you is a guide written especially for Nurses who want to know everything there is to know about Nursing in Australia titled A Guide to Working and Living as a Nurse Down Under. Read the review here or purchase and download instantly.