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Healthcare & Medical jobs in Hunter, NSW

There are 287 Healthcare & Medical jobs advertised in the Hunter on ViewJobs, from 72 employers and recruiters. 34 were posted in the last week.

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Roles in region
287
New this week
34

By the numbers

287 Healthcare & Medical roles in Hunter

34 new roles this week· 169 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time127 (44%)
  • Part-time113 (39%)
  • Casual46 (16%)
  • Contract1 (0%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Hunter.

Explore specialisms

Healthcare & Medical by specialism.

Each specialism has its own page: where the roles are, who is hiring and the latest ads.

34 live rolesA&E, critical care & ICU nursing31 live rolesGeneral practitioners23 live rolesMedical specialists18 live rolesMedical administration11 live rolesDental4 live rolesAmbulance/paramedics3 live rolesMedical imaging1 live roleDietitians1 live roleNursing educators & facilitators

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The local market

The Hunter's health job market

Figures for the Hunter combine two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley (SA4 106) and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie (SA4 111). Counts are summed and rates worked out from the sums. Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.

Figure 1: Online health job ads a month, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake MacquarieHealth occupations: nurses and doctors, diagnostic and therapy professionals, health and welfare support workers, and carers and aides. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
  • Medical practitioners and nurses
  • Health diagnostic and therapy professionals
  • Health and welfare support workers
  • Carers and aides
05001k1.5kMedical practitioners and nurses, Sep: 406Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Sep: 161Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 71Carers and aides, Sep: 4081,046SepMedical practitioners and nurses, Oct: 340Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Oct: 158Health and welfare support workers, Oct: 68Carers and aides, Oct: 417Medical practitioners and nurses, Nov: 353Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Nov: 162Health and welfare support workers, Nov: 62Carers and aides, Nov: 390NovMedical practitioners and nurses, Dec: 325Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Dec: 151Health and welfare support workers, Dec: 53Carers and aides, Dec: 342Medical practitioners and nurses, Jan: 333Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Jan: 141Health and welfare support workers, Jan: 54Carers and aides, Jan: 330JanMedical practitioners and nurses, Feb: 337Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Feb: 140Health and welfare support workers, Feb: 60Carers and aides, Feb: 339Medical practitioners and nurses, Mar: 428Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Mar: 147Health and welfare support workers, Mar: 70Carers and aides, Mar: 355MarMedical practitioners and nurses, Apr: 458Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Apr: 154Health and welfare support workers, Apr: 64Carers and aides, Apr: 329Medical practitioners and nurses, May: 504Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, May: 153Health and welfare support workers, May: 63Carers and aides, May: 322MayMedical practitioners and nurses, Jun: 470Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Jun: 157Health and welfare support workers, Jun: 62Carers and aides, Jun: 332Medical practitioners and nurses, Jul: 462Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Jul: 161Health and welfare support workers, Jul: 72Carers and aides, Jul: 348JulMedical practitioners and nurses, Aug: 447Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Aug: 165Health and welfare support workers, Aug: 73Carers and aides, Aug: 345Medical practitioners and nurses, Sep: 475Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Sep: 164Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 76Carers and aides, Sep: 3381,053Sep

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Show the numbers
Online health job ads a month, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
MonthMedical practitioners and nursesHealth diagnostic and therapy professionalsHealth and welfare support workersCarers and aidesTotal
September 2025406161714081,046
October 202534015868417983
November 202535316262390967
December 202532515153342871
January 202633314154330858
February 202633714060339876
March 2026428147703551,000
April 2026458154643291,005
May 2026504153633221,042
June 2026470157623321,021
July 2026462161723481,043
August 2026447165733451,030
September 2026475164763381,053
Unemployment rate
4.9%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
372,665
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 2.3% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
4,854
ViewJobs analysis of JSA, September 2026 · down 4.4% since September 2025[2]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
21,425
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 3.6% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in health occupations in the HunterAn estimated 54,792 people employed in September 2026: up 0.3% on September 2025, and up 34.0% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 40,880Sep 202140,880Sep 2022: 42,897Sep 202242,897Sep 2023: 47,258Sep 202347,258Sep 2024: 52,989Sep 202452,989Sep 2025: 54,654Sep 202554,654Sep 2026: 54,792Sep 202654,792

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].

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People employed in health occupations in the Hunter
MonthPeople employed
September 202140,880
September 202242,897
September 202347,258
September 202452,989
September 202554,654
September 202654,792

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Health care and social assistance jobs, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 65,503201965,5032020: 56,579202056,5792021: 77,227202177,2272022: 85,201202285,2012023: 87,536202387,536

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9]; ViewJobs analysis[10].

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Health care and social assistance jobs, Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
201965,503
202056,579
202177,227
202285,201
202387,536

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Popular Healthcare & Medical roles in Hunter

Quick answers

Healthcare & Medical work in the Hunter, answered

How many Healthcare & Medical jobs are there in the Hunter?

287 Healthcare & Medical jobs are live on ViewJobs in the Hunter, from 72 employers and recruiters. 34 were posted in the last 7 days. 127 are full-time, 113 part-time and 46 casual.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Is demand for Healthcare & Medical workers in the Hunter growing?

Demand is steady. Employers in the Hunter, across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, placed about 1,053 online ads a month for health jobs in the three months to September 2026, close to a year earlier (1,046). Ads for carers and aides fell from 408 to 338 a month. Ads for medical practitioners and nurses rose from 406 to 475 a month.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

Who is hiring Healthcare & Medical workers in the Hunter?

Medrecruit has the most live ads of any direct employer (95). Next are Opal HealthCare (18), ForHealth (15) and MedHealth (10). 72 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

What do Healthcare & Medical jobs pay in the Hunter?

42 ads state an hourly rate: $25 to $250 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $48.50. 31 more state pay in other units, 15 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 199 of the 287 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Which Healthcare & Medical roles are most advertised in the Hunter?

Nursing, with 108 of the 287 live ads. The largest single roles are Nursing - Aged Care (41), Nursing - A&E, Critical Care & ICU (34) and General Practitioners (31).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

What is the job market like in the Hunter overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in the Hunter, across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, averaged 4,854 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 4.4% on a year earlier.

Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].

What is the unemployment rate in the Hunter?

Across the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, the ABS areas that cover the Hunter, unemployment was 4.9% in September 2026 (ABS modelled estimate).

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].

Are the Hunter's Healthcare & Medical jobs mostly full-time?

Fewer than half are full-time: 127 of 287 (44%). 113 are part-time (39%), 46 casual (16%) and 1 contract (under 1%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[11].

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/internet_vacancies_anzsco2_occupations_gccsa_and_sa4_regions_-_september_2026.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  2. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The four health occupation groups combined. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/sep-2026/MLF1.xlsx. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  4. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional Labour Force, September 2026. abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/employment-and-unemployment/regional-labour-force/latest-release. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. Rates are worked out from the summed counts.
  5. Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/resources/workforce-australia-caseload-selected-cohorts-30-june-2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 26 October 2026. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (or DEWR).
  6. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  7. Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
  8. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Figures for this region are the sum of the SA4 market areas listed. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
  10. ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Summed over two ABS regions: the Hunter Valley, and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
  11. ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.

Method

  • Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
  • Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region: employee jobs by industry, published under CC BY 4.0. The latest ABS jobs figures here are for the year to 30 June 2023. Every figure shows its year.
  • ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Healthcare & Medical classification, placed in the Hunter, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
  • ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.

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ViewJobs (2026). Healthcare & Medical jobs in Hunter, NSW, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/nsw/regional-rural/hunter/healthcare-and-medical

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