2311-11 General Medical Practitioner

Tasks & Duties

Diagnoses, treats and prevents human physical and mental disorders and injuries.

• conducts examinations and questions patients to determine the nature of disorders or illnesses and records patients' medical information
• orders and performs laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic images and procedures and analyses findings
• provides overall care for patients and prescribes and administers treatments, medications and other remedial measures
• inoculates patients to prevent communicable diseases
• advises patients on diet, exercise, hygiene and other health matters
• provides pre and post-natal care
• reports births, deaths and notifiable diseases to government authorities
• refers patients to medical specialists and exchanges relevant medical details
• arranges the admission of patients to hospital
• may deliver babies or perform minor surgical procedures

Entry Skill Level

The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification and one years hospital-based training. Registration or licensing is required.

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 General Medical Practitioner, you would score 60 points for skill in the skilled migration points test.

The skills assessing authority for this occupation is State and Territory Medical Board.

Migration Occupations in Demand List

This occupation is on the Migration Occupations in Demand List. If you applied for Skilled Migration to Australia, you would score an additional 15 points for nominating this occupation, or an extra 20 points in the skilled migration points test if you have a job offer with a business which has had at least 10 full-time employees for the last 2 years.

If you applied for Employer Nomination, you would receive a waiver of Labour Market Testing.

Employer Nomination Scheme

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

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 General Medical Practitioner is not on the gazetted list of occupations approved for temporary business sponsorship.