Healthcare Job Trends
Healthcare industry is one of Australia’s largest employment sectors with over 10% total workforce employment. There is great diversity in vital roles ranging from hospitals to medical centres, allied health from psychologists, physiotherapists and pharmacists.
Given the Federal Government’s Report showing health increases in costs per individual will more than double over the next 35 years the demand for roles such as nursing is expected to grow in line with changing demographics. Occupations such as physiotherapists will remain on the list of skills shortages.
Growth in healthcare roles for ambulance and paramedics has significantly increase while speech therapist positiosn is up as well. Average annual healthcare roles range between $85K and $95K.
Other health services as a acute hospital care, aged care, mental health care and maternity care has seen a growth in recruitment across these sectors.
Key areas of nursing is another growth sector such as high acuity, maternity and child health nursing. Demand for nursing roles in Australia is strong and employers are constantly looking for nursing staff with diverse range of skills. Shortages in rural areas for midwives with general nursing skills is acute.
As the population ages this will impact the growing need for more aged-care nursing. It is anticipated this trend will continue as people are living longer with more complex needs that require multiple services providers with different skills.
While job ads remain fairly steady for doctors, they are experiencing growth in their workloads which is putting them under pressure. This sector is due for change.
