国家报告文书（2021年）

Please note: Workforce recruitment is the responsibility of state and territory [sub-national] governments. Responses to this are examples of jurisdictional responses, but not an exhaustive list. Queensland Health has a standing offer arrangement (SOA) for locum medical officers and recruiting medical officers through recruitment agencies. The SOA provides a panel of 14 preferred suppliers meeting Queensland Health specifications, including ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, directives and policies. The SOA documentation includes information for hospital and health services relating to obligations under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (information relating to the SOA is accessible only by Queensland Health staff.) New South Wales (NSW) Health provides standards and requirements for the professional conduct of Medical Locum Agencies in providing Locum Medical Officers to NSW Public Health Organisations, the standards and conditions against which Medical Locum Agencies must demonstrate compliance for certification and the process for an application to the NSW Health Register of Medical Locum Agencies. Information for Medical Locum Agencies - Recruitment of Locum Medical Officers (nsw.gov.au)

Please note: Workforce recruitment is the responsibility of state and territory [sub-national] governments. Responses to this are examples of jurisdictional responses, but not an exhaustive list. Some examples of labour hire legislation and policies from jurisdictions: In 2021, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) introduced a new licensing scheme for labour hire providers that will better protect workers and promote responsible practices in the labour hire services industry. All labour hire providers are required to hold a licence by 27 November 2021, under the Labour Hire Licencing Act 2020. Labour Hire Licensing Act 2020 | Acts Queensland legislation (Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 and the Labour Hire Licensing Regulation 2018) is in place to protect workers from exploitation by providers of labour hire services and to promote the integrity of the labour hire industry (https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2017-033) (https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2018-0035)

Please note: Workforce recruitment is the responsibility of state and territory [sub-national] governments. Responses to this are examples of jurisdictional responses, but not an exhaustive list. Along with their legislative obligations, the 14 recruitment agencies listed in the Queensland Health SOA are member organisations of the Recruitment, Consulting and Staffing Association (RCSA) of Australia and New Zealand, the industry’s peak body. Members of the RCSA are bound by their code of professional conduct, which is authorised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and includes clauses relating to social sustainability. https://www.rcsa.com.au/Web/Membership/RCSA_Code___Compliance/Web/RCSA_Code/RCSA_Code_and_Compliance.aspx

The objective of the Australian Governments Visas for GPs Program is to manage the growth of Australia’s medical workforce by regulating the number of overseas doctors working in the primary health care sector in major cities and redirecting them to areas where there is genuine need for additional primary health care services, which are generally in regional, rural and remote areas. To achieve this, the Visas for GPs Program requires employers of overseas doctors seeking employer sponsored visas to work in Australia to obtain a Health Workforce Certificate (HWC) from a Rural Workforce Agency (RWA). RWAs will only issue a HWC for positions located in areas where there is genuine need for additional primary health care services.

Section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973, requires certain doctors to work for 10 years in under-serviced locations.

Programs such as the More Doctors for Rural Australia Program provide funding to practices for supervision of new doctors, as well as funding for approved training.

Please note: Workforce recruitment is the responsibility of state and territory [sub-national] governments. Responses to this include examples of jurisdictional responses, but not an exhaustive list. Australian health regulations in place for the entry of health professionals with overseas qualifications are in place for quality and safety purposes and therefore were not amended. No formal measures were implemented relating to the temporary or permanent mobility of international health personnel. Queensland Hospital and Health Services continued to conduct meritorious selection processes for the recruitment of medical practitioners. In creating applicant pool, preference is given to individuals with current registration or have completed the requisites for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). International medical graduates residing overseas are engaged only when a suitably qualified Australian medical practitioner is not available to fill a position. Due to lockdowns and travel bans, recruitment from COVID-19 impacted countries was avoided where possible. International Medical Graduates seeking to travel to Australia are required to meet the exemption requirements as outlined by the Australian Border Force Commissioner.

National policy changes were made by the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs with relation to priority skilled migration occupation lists.