UK paediatric Physio in Australia

Hello,


I am a UK-trained physio with 7 years post-grad experience. I have worked in Paediatrics for 5 years, mainly specialising in Inpatients, Cystic fibrosis, and baby musculoskeletal conditions. I currently work in the UK, but am exploring the possibility of moving to Perth soon, for a few years.

I am starting to plough through the Aus registration information... It looks incredibly difficult and seems like it would be harder for a specialist physio to achieve registration than a recently qualified physio, due to the 3 clinical assessment exams (cardioresp, musculoskeletal and neurology). Does anyone know if the exams account for areas of special interest and have any paediatric physios taken these exams recently?

Does anyone know about the opportunities for Paediatric physios in Perth and the availability of jobs in hospitals in Perth?

I would love to hear from any physios who currently work in Perth, especially any Paediatric physios from the UK.

Many thanks for any info, Alicia.

Hi Alicia,

Try looking at seek.com.au for jobs, most hospitals and recruitment agencies list their vacancies on there. I'm living in Melbourne at the moment and there's normally a paediatric job or two that pop up but not as often as say MSK private practice or elderly rehab in nursing homes.

The Australian exams do seem to be very MSK orientated and can ask very specific quetsions (e/g/ in neuro -what is item 4 on the mAS outcome measure). The exams don't take into account areas of special interest, they are an assessment to make sure someone is at the level of an Australian new grad so you would have to revise everything.

Hope this helps.

Hi Alicia,

Would you have a contact number in the UK we can contact you on as our agency may be able to assist you with this, please have a look at our website.

www.ameliashealthcare.com.au

Thank you.

Amelias Healthcare Team