2115-11 Medical Scientist

Specialisations/Job Titles

• Medical Scientific Officer
• Cytologist
• Medical Physicist
• Pharmacologist (Clinical Research)

Tasks & Duties

Conducts medical laboratory tests to develop applications for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and testing of drugs for therapeutic use.

• analyses samples of body tissue and fluids to develop techniques to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases
• prepares tissue sections for microscopic examination
• examines and analyses samples to study the effects of microbial infections
• advises medical practitioners on the interpretation of tests and methods for use in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
• prepares scientific papers and reports
• may test potential new chemicals for use as therapeutic treatments
• may supervise the work of technical officers

Entry Skill Level

The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification. In some instances relevant experience is required in addition to the formal qualification.

This can be relevant when applying for temporary business sponsorship, and in some cases in applying for skills assessment.

Skilled Occupations List

This occupation is on the Skilled Occupations List. You could consider applying for Skilled Migration to Australia.

If you nominated the occupation of Medical Scientist, you would score 60 points for skill in the skilled migration points test.

The skills assessing authority for this occupation is AIMS.

Migration Occupations in Demand List

This occupation is not on the Migration Occupations in Demand List.

Employer Nomination Scheme

An Australian business can sponsor you for a permanent visa Employer Nomination). The occupation of Medical Scientist is on the gazetted list of occupations approved for ENS visas. Your occupation would be skills assessed by AIMS

Temporary Business Sponsorship

An Australian or overseas business can sponsor you for a temporary visa lasting for up to 4 years (subclass 457 visa - see Temporary Business Sponsorship). The occupation of Medical Scientist is not on the gazetted list of occupations approved for temporary business sponsorship.