Career pathway
Other Medical Practitioners
ANZSCO 2539
Employed
23,400
Part-time share
23%
Female share
55%
Median weekly earnings
$5,013
Median age
43 yrs
Employment outlook
Growing
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
About this career
Other Medical Practitioners includes occupations such as Dermatologists, Emergency Medicine Specialists, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Ophthalmologists, Pathologists, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologists, and Radiation Oncologists. Medical Registrars training in these specialties are included here.
What they typically do
- Provides diagnostic, treatment and preventative medical services related to disorders of the human skin
- Provides diagnostic medical services, and manages patients with acute and urgent illness and injury
- Provides diagnostic, treatment and preventative medical and surgical services related to the care of women, foetuses and children during pregnancy and childbirth, and to disorders of the female genital, urinary, rectal and reproductive organs
- Provides diagnostic, treatment and preventative medical services related to diseases, injuries and deficiencies of the human eye and associated structures
- Identifies the cause and processes of disease and illness by examining changes in body tissue and in blood and other body fluids, and conducts tests on samples of tissues, blood and body secretions
- Provides diagnostic medical services, and medical care and management of patients utilising radiant energy techniques such as general radiography, angiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine and bone densitometry. registration or licensing is required
States and territories
Share of workers by location
NSW
32.6%
VIC
29.2%
QLD
18.2%
WA
10%
SA
6.5%
ACT
1.4%
TAS
1.1%
NT
0.9%
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as an Other Medical Practitioners.
- View qualification
Graduate Certificate in Cosmetic Medicine
52900WA · AQF 8 · 1 providers
- View qualification
Graduate Diploma of Cardiovascular Perfusion
11329NAT · AQF 8 · 0 providers
