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General Practice in Australia - General Practitioner Jobs Australia

General Practice is a growing specialty in Australia and there is an acute shortage of General Practitioners (GPs) in most Rural and Outer Metropolitan areas.

Overseas General Practitioner (GP) looking to work in General Practice in Australia need to complete the following pathway:

  1. Obtain a position in an Area of Need

  2. Apply to the Australian Medical Council to obtain recognition of their primary medical degree

  3. Apply to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioner (RACGP) to obtain recognition of their qualifications as being recognised as equivalent to the FRACGP

  4. Obtain medical registration with the medical board in the state that they have obtained a position in after confirmation of being  recognised as a General Practitioner (GP) by RACGP

  5. Obtain a Provider Number to access Medicare benefits and bill private health funds

  6. Obtain a Sponsored Work Visa allowing you to work in that particular hospital

  7. Organize relocation and accommodation and travel

General Practitioners in Australia are remunerated at approximately AUD$150,000 to $250,000 per year.

All overseas candidates are assessed on an individual basis by the college of General Practice (RACGP) but qualifications which have been deemed equivalent in the past include:

UK MRCGP (and JCPTGP or PMETB)
EIRE MICGP
USA Certificate of the American Board of Family Practice
Canada Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians of Canada
Sth Africa Fellowship of the Faculty of General Practice of the College of Medicine of South Africa
OR
Membership of the Faculty of General Practice of the College of Medicine of South Africa
Australia/ NZ FRACGP (Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of GPs)

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