Limited Registration Australia

[alexander3321]

hello and it seems great really. well looking forward to be there as soon as possible. may be it will be very useful to go there once.

[Shealan19]

Hello
I am currently looking into working in sydney later on next year. All this information has been great as i was really confused on the process. I undsertand now that i have to get a limited registration. But does this mean that I am unable work in Sydney cause this is apart of New South Wales??
Also, I have 2 quick questions for ljrobbob. In your logs, you mentioned going through New Zealand. I've been looking into that route and i was just wondering if you had any information on it. I mainly wanted to know how long i would have to work in NZ prior to being able to work or get registered in Aussie.
The other question is: Are you working in a hospital in Melbourne? You had said that they offer a lot of support and training/learning opportunities. I qualified in Manchester and moved back to canada to get my competency exams over with. Now i'm working in a rural community as the sole physio with NO support. So i'm dying for a good supportive learning environment to start learning and developing my physio skills. Is this in anyway possible in aussie with limited registration??
thank you very much for your time
Have a great day in Melbourn, its a great city to be in!

[Shealan19]

Hello, just a quick add on from the last cause I didn't work it right. I was mainly wondering how hard it was to find work in a hospital in a big city with limited registration. As i understand the employer can/will hire if there is no other aussie qualified physio's. I would think people would all flock to the city.
Thanx again

[ljrobbob]

Hey Shealan19.

Erm, im confused with what you mean.
If you get registered under 'limited registration in the public interest', then YES, you will be allowed to work in Sydney. And YES, Sydney is in New South Wales. If you get registered, you can work where you want.

With re. to NZ.
It'l take about 4-5 months to go through if you do it correct.
You need to have worked for at least 12 months where you qualified prior to applying.
Registration is not guaranteed, so if you dont satisfy the NZ board, they wont register you.
You DO NOT have to work in NZ if you get NZ registration.
You get NZ registration. Then if successful, you are eligible to apply for 'General Registration' with the physio board of Australia.

Finally.
I an on Limited registration. and iv had it renewed for another year in line with renewing my Working holiday visa. Yes, I am in a hospital, in the city. And yes, there is much support. I work with around 20 other physios. Work on my own, but there is so much support that you never feel isolated.
If you look around, you can find good work.

Hope that helps.

Liam.

[Shealan19]

Hello ljrobbob
Thanx so much for your reply! Sorry, I think I was a little confused when i was writing it! But your NZ information really helped. I was really struggling to find the answers to those questions.
It turns out I can't get a second working holiday visa so limited registration is not an option at this point. I had a holiday visa about 8 year ago when went tranveling to aussie and didn't work a full 88days in the needed area's. So i'm looking into sponsorship visa's.
I guess my main question to you was (i'll try and word it properly)- with limited reg and with the sponsorship visa, the host hospital has to prove that its in the 'public interest' to hire me. Which I understand as they have to prove or say that they can't find someone else to do the job. So in the bigger cities, wouldn't it be harder to get an employer to give you a job if most physio's (foreigne and local) head to the bigger centers for a job? How did you go about gettin a job in hospital in a big city?
Everything that you mentioned about your job sounds amazing and I only hope this works out
Thanx again for takin the time to answer my questions!

[ljrobbob]

Get limited registraion 'supervised practice' then, it will be easier for you.
Need someone to be onsite 75% of the time you practice, so many hospitals will be able to accommodate this.

I just looked hard and got involved. It's the only way your going to find jobs really. Get looking, there are lots out there.

thanks

liam

[almavivi]

I have my offer letter however I am afraid that it is no correct because my supervisor express that he is going to be with me the first month and then we are going to have a weekly meetings, just wondering if you could check it and give me an advice.

My Email is [email protected]

Best regards,
Viviana

Get limited registraion 'supervised practice' then, it will be easier for you.
Need someone to be onsite 75% of the time you practice, so many hospitals will be able to accommodate this.

I just looked hard and got involved. It's the only way your going to find jobs really. Get looking, there are lots out there.

thanks

liam

[Laura01]

Hey Shealan19.

Erm, im confused with what you mean.
If you get registered under 'limited registration in the public interest', then YES, you will be allowed to work in Sydney. And YES, Sydney is in New South Wales. If you get registered, you can work where you want.

With re. to NZ.
It'l take about 4-5 months to go through if you do it correct.
You need to have worked for at least 12 months where you qualified prior to applying. Registration is not guaranteed, so if you dont satisfy the NZ board, they wont register you.
You DO NOT have to work in NZ if you get NZ registration.
You get NZ registration. Then if successful, you are eligible to apply for 'General Registration' with the physio board of Australia.

Finally.
I an on Limited registration. and iv had it renewed for another year in line with renewing my Working holiday visa. Yes, I am in a hospital, in the city. And yes, there is much support. I work with around 20 other physios. Work on my own, but there is so much support that you never feel isolated.
If you look around, you can find good work.

Hope that helps.

Liam.

You only need to have 12months of experience if you did not complete a 4 year degree course, or undertook a masters (i.e accelerated programme)

[ljrobbob]

Correct you are.
I'm from the UK, so mine was 3 years.
This thread is obviously directed towards my experiences of applying for registration.
Every application is individualised.

B****r

[Teekay]

Registration is not guaranteed, so if you dont satisfy the NZ board, they wont register you.
You DO NOT have to work in NZ if you get NZ registration.

Finally.
I an on Limited registration. and iv had it renewed for another year in line with renewing my Working holiday visa. Yes, I am in a hospital, in the city. And yes, there is much support. I work with around 20 other physios. Work on my own, but there is so much support that you never feel isolated.
If you look around, you can find good work.

Hope that helps.

Liam.

Hi Liam,
Do you have an idea if you are allowed to change employer with your limited registration??? or allowed to change employer before applying for another limited registration from the APC?