Confused, please help! Limited Registration working opportunities / recruitment agencies in Australia!

[cformby]

Hi Dave,

I moved to Melbourne about 9 months ago and went through the NZ route. There are no limited registration jobs anywhere near where you would consider living over here. In my experience the only places that offer limited registration are nursing homes and small private practices in the middle of nowhere (and even they are few and far between). Unfortunately there's just too many physios wanting to work in the big cities so most practices can take their pick. I'd recommend the NZ route, it's time consuming but doable and once you have registration it's easy to pick up a job almost anywhere.

[ophqui]

Hi Dave,

I moved to Melbourne about 9 months ago and went through the NZ route. There are no limited registration jobs anywhere near where you would consider living over here. In my experience the only places that offer limited registration are nursing homes and small private practices in the middle of nowhere (and even they are few and far between). Unfortunately there's just too many physios wanting to work in the big cities so most practices can take their pick. I'd recommend the NZ route, it's time consuming but doable and once you have registration it's easy to pick up a job almost anywhere.

Do you not have to have respiratory/neuro experience to get NZ registration? Im in pretty much the same position as the OP, just been working in MSK and sport since i graduated!

[cformby]

Sorry for taking so long to reply. Yes, you do have to have respiratory and neuro experience to get NZ registration. You don't have to have a lot, just as long as you can prove you meet the competencies. If you've ever worked with any disabled athletes maybe you could use that as your neuro experience? Respiratory may a little more difficult but if you could get yourself onto a weekend respiratory rota of a local hospital you could probably get enough experience that way and then just head striaght for an MSK job when you get to Aus.

Hope that helps.

Claire