LaTrobe Uni: Regional nurses to upskill for free

This article takes a look at some main challenges facing Australia's health workforce into the future. It explores the latest Government initiatives and opportunities for health career development.

The AMA has released a position statement on medical workforce distribution, highlighting inconsistencies, fluctuating under and over supply of medical prodessionals, and the geographical maldistribution of the workforce. They identify inconsistent planning cycles and bottlenecks of PGY 3+ doctors and unaccredited service registrars trying to access down stream vocational training.

This media release from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) welcomes the Department of Health's support in adapting digital assignment of benefit forms for GPs undertaking bulk-billed telehealth consultations. This change will allow for better integration into general practice software and enable forms to be uploaded and pre-populated with patients’ details.

In this article we compare different job boards and explore the benefits of niche job boards which cater to the health sector.