A new fast track pathway for Specialist international medical graduates (SIMGs) has been designed to allow qualified international medical specialists to start working in Australia sooner. It aims to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers and to assist with doctor shortage within the Australian Health Care system.

There are four specialties already approved, with more specialties getting looked at and will progressively be added once approved by the Australian health minister.

The current specialties on the list are –

* Anaesthesia
* General Practice
* Obstetrics and Gynaecology
* Psychiatry
 
Below are the qualifications required to be able to go through this pathway, with some additional requirements then what’s listed below. If you hold these qualifications on the list, and meet the other specialist registration requirements, please get in contact with us –

Qualifications

Anaesthesia
Ireland
Fellowship of the College of Anesthesiologists of Ireland (FCAI) 
Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training (CSCST)

United Kingdom
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCA) or Fellowship of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (FCAI)
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

General Practice
Ireland
Membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners (MICGP)
Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training (CSCST)

New Zealand
Fellowship of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (FRNZCGP)

United Kingdom
Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ireland
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 
Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (CSCST)

United Kingdom
Membership of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists (MRCOG)
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Psychiatry
United Kingdom
Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych)
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Process to apply

Your Doctor Jobs will assist you with all the paperwork and process to be able to work in Australia, and below is the process –

Apply to the AMC for primary source verification of your primary medical degree and specialist medical qualifications.

Apply to the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) to establish an EPIC/MyIntealth account for verification of qualifications

Apply for the Medical Board of Australia for specialist registration

Submit supervised practice plan along with position description, and an orientation 

Immigration if required

Medicare provider number applications

Once on the pathway

Once you have started work, there are some requirements while you are registration on this pathway, they are below -
Completed six months supervised practice including an orientation to the Australian Health system and cultural safety education

After three months of practice, submit a supervised practice report

Complete the required work-placed based assessments

Complete any additional assessment of requirements specified by the Medical Board

At the end of the six months of practice, submit an orientation report, a supervised practice report and evidence of completed assessments

Apply to the Medical Board to have the conditions removed

Doctors already working in Australia

Do you hold limited registration but hold qualifications from those countries, you can apply for specialist registration through the expedited specialist pathway.

More information regarding this pathway can be found here –

https://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Registration/International-Medical-Graduates/Expedited-specialist-pathway.aspx

Still have questions, please contact Your Doctor Jobs via email on leisa@yourdoctorjobs.com