New health roles added to the Green List

The Government has added 32 new health sector roles to the Green List and will move all Green List health roles to the Straight to Residence pathway.

The roles being added to the Green List are across the health system and considered critical and nationally important. The new roles also cover specialisations within those fields.

The list includes roles in social services, education, and the justice sector that support the delivery of health services. Eligible people are encouraged to apply from 29 May 2023.

List of health sector roles going on the Green List:

1. Addiction practitioner/alcohol & drug clinician

2. Audiometrist

3. Chiropractor

4. Clinical dental technician

5. Clinical physiologists (sleep, renal, exercise, respiratory, neurology, and cardiac)

6. Counsellor

7. Dental specialists

8. Dental technician

9. Dental therapist

10. Dentist

11. Dietician

12. Dispensing optician

13. Drug and alcohol counsellor

14. Enrolled nurse

15. Genetic counsellor

16. Medical laboratory pre-analytical technician

17. Medical resonance imaging technologist

18. Nuclear medicine technologist

19. Nurse practitioner

20. Optometrist

21. Oral health therapist

22. Orthotic and prosthetic technician

23. Orthotist/prosthetist

24. Osteopath

25. Paramedic/emergency medical technician

26. Perfusionist (cardiac)

27. Pharmacist

28. Physiotherapist

29. Play therapist (hospital)

30. Social worker

31. Speech language therapist

32. Sterile processing technician

Existing roles on Green List Work to Residence pathway moving to Straight to Residence pathway:

1. Anaesthetic Technician

2. Audiologist

3. Medical imaging technologist

4. Medical laboratory technician

5. Medical radiation therapist

6. Occupational therapist.

7. Podiatrist

8. Sonographer

Existing roles on Green List Straight to Residence pathway:

1. Clinical Psychologists

2. Medical laboratory scientist

3. Medical practitioners

4. Midwife

5. Orthoptist

6. Physicist (Medical)

7. Psychologists

8. Registered Nurse

Ship Masters and Deckhands added to Bus and Truck driver sector agreement

On a separate note, in December 2022 the government announced that bus and truck drivers would have a time limited residence pathway through a sector agreement. It has now been confirmed that people who work in roles covered by the ANZSCO code 231213 Ship’s Master / Skipper, and 899211 Deck Hand will be added to the sector agreement with a time limited pathway to residency.

Skippers will need to be paid the market rate and migrant worker deckhands will need to be paid at least the median wage to utilise this sector agreement.

Details of the bus truck, and now skipper and deckhand, sector agreement are still being worked through. Full details will be announced soon with implementation expected to begin from late May.