Healthcare & Medical jobs in Geelong and the Bellarine, VIC
There are 97 Healthcare & Medical jobs advertised in Geelong and the Bellarine on ViewJobs, from 37 employers and recruiters. 22 were posted in the last week. The largest group is Nursing: about half of the 97.
Figures for Geelong and the Bellarine cover ABS region Geelong (SA4 203). 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, GeelongHealth 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
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
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Online health job ads a month, Geelong
Month
Medical practitioners and nurses
Health diagnostic and therapy professionals
Health and welfare support workers
Carers and aides
Total
September 2025
106
62
35
132
335
October 2025
107
64
34
143
348
November 2025
113
66
35
137
351
December 2025
111
64
33
126
334
January 2026
111
61
30
122
324
February 2026
102
60
33
119
314
March 2026
107
60
36
124
327
April 2026
105
58
36
118
317
May 2026
104
63
31
124
322
June 2026
109
60
33
131
333
July 2026
112
60
37
130
339
August 2026
119
57
45
134
355
September 2026
121
65
47
135
368
Unemployment rate
3.9%
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3]
Employed people
186,752
ABS, September 2026 · up 0.8% since September 2025[3]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
1,690
JSA, September 2026 · up 6.4% since September 2025[1]
Figure 2: People employed in health occupations in Geelong and the BellarineAn estimated 29,423 people employed in September 2026: up 1.0% on September 2025, and up 40.4% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[5]; ViewJobs[6].
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People employed in health occupations in Geelong and the Bellarine
Month
People employed
September 2021
20,963
September 2022
22,621
September 2023
25,135
September 2024
27,211
September 2025
29,121
September 2026
29,423
Longer-term trend
Figure 3: Health care and social assistance jobs, Geelong, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
Healthcare & Medical work in Geelong and the Bellarine, answered
How many Healthcare & Medical jobs are there in Geelong and the Bellarine?
97 Healthcare & Medical jobs are live on ViewJobs in Geelong and the Bellarine, from 37 employers and recruiters. 22 were posted in the last 7 days. 56 are full-time, 32 part-time and 9 casual.
Is demand for Healthcare & Medical workers in Geelong and the Bellarine growing?
Demand is rising. Employers in Geelong and the Bellarine, across the area Geelong, placed about 368 online ads a month for health jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 9.9% on a year earlier (335). Ads for medical practitioners and nurses rose from 106 to 121 a month. Ads for health and welfare support workers rose from 35 to 47 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Healthcare & Medical workers in Geelong and the Bellarine?
Leanne McPherson has the most live ads of any direct employer (32). Next are Epworth HealthCare (6), IDX Group (6) and Opal HealthCare (5). 37 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
What do Healthcare & Medical jobs pay in Geelong and the Bellarine?
27 ads state a yearly salary: $56,232 to $266,840 a year, with a typical midpoint of $96,681. 25 more state pay in other units, 15 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 30 of the 97 ads state no pay.
Which Healthcare & Medical roles are most advertised in Geelong and the Bellarine?
Nursing, with 45 of the 97 live ads. The largest single roles are Nursing - A&E, Critical Care & ICU (20) and Nursing - General Medical & Surgical (9).
What is the job market like in Geelong and the Bellarine overall?
Online job ads for all occupations in Geelong and the Bellarine, across the area Geelong, averaged 1,690 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 6.4% on a year earlier.
What is the unemployment rate in Geelong and the Bellarine?
The unemployment rate in Geelong and the Bellarine, across the area Geelong, was 3.9% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).
[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.
[5]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.
[6]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
[7]Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by Region, v1.6.0. dbr.abs.gov.au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 25 October 2026.
[8]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 Geelong and the Bellarine, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas. 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 Geelong and the Bellarine, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/geelong-and-the-bellarine/healthcare-and-medical
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