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What does replacing the Specialist Pathway Program with the new Specialist Recognition Program mean for international GPs looking for doctor jobs in Australia?

Chatting with Dr. Herman Mentz’ on his Aussie GP experience with YDJ, we cover his travels in Victoria and the administration that comes with taking a doctor job overseas. Read on to find out more about his journey from BC to Torquay and what awaits in his future with Your Doctor Jobs.

Your Doctor Jobs’ newest recruitment consultant Stuart Cooper sat with to discuss what values he is going to bring to his new role in taking Your Doctor Jobs to the top of the Canadian locum recruitment market. He also talks footy, friendly service and the importance of a work-life value at YDJ.

Medical recruitment requires a certain kind of person to excel. Recruiters need honesty, integrity and an openness about expectations, as well as diligence to matching doctors to their ideal job. These are core values the team at Your Doctor Jobs share, enabling us to provide health care recruitment with a difference.

Qantas’ new direct flight from London to Perth, the second longest flight in the world, is a game changer for UK doctors, linking them to the Western Australian capital like never before. Let’s see why the City of Light and the rest of WA are such an appealing first step in your Australian medical adventure.

Your Doctor Jobs’ PM of paperwork Leisa Gould put down her pen to chat about what the importance of honesty and integrity with clients, the value of her years at the mercy of budgets in public medical recruitment and why being Brisbane born-and–bred is so great for herself and her two children.

For many medical graduates worldwide, Australia is a dream location to start a medical career. The relaxed lifestyle is a major draw – but increasing resistance to foreign doctors arriving Down Under is making things difficult. See the three challenges facing overseas medical graduates coming to Australia.

Social media is too big a tool to ingore – especially in medical recruitment when you are trying to find the best locum doctors. Using Facebook as a platform to promote your medical practice and locaiton is an excellent strategy for recrutiing the best locum doctors, so see how best to maximise this potential!

If you are taking up a rewarding GP position in Australia, you will have heard of the two payment schemes here – bulk and private billing. Deciding the practice you want to work in and the role you will undertake with each is often influenced by these. See which kind of practice you should choose!

After years of divisive debate, on January 17th the Federal Government’s review of the Skill Occupation List concluded with GPs and other medical specialists retaining their place. This keeps the doors of opportunity open for overseas doctors to work in Australia.