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Healthcare & Medical jobs in Melbourne, VIC

There are 1,803 Healthcare & Medical jobs advertised in Melbourne on ViewJobs, from 345 employers and recruiters. 321 were posted in the last week.

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Roles in region
1,803
New this week
321

By the numbers

1,803 Healthcare & Medical roles in Melbourne

321 new roles this week· 1,083 in the last 30 days

Job types

Share of roles by employment type.

  • Full-time1196 (66%)
  • Part-time360 (20%)
  • Casual230 (13%)
  • Temporary11 (1%)
  • Apprenticeship3 (0%)
  • Contract3 (0%)

Top employers

Most active employers hiring in Melbourne.

Explore specialisms

Healthcare & Medical by specialism.

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

142 live rolesGeneral practitioners109 live rolesMedical administration89 live rolesA&E, critical care & ICU nursing88 live rolesMedical imaging78 live rolesMedical specialists48 live rolesDental39 live rolesClinical/medical research12 live rolesNatural therapies & alternative medicine11 live rolesDietitians

Latest roles

The local market

Melbourne's health job market

Figures for Melbourne cover ABS region Greater Melbourne (GCCSA 2GMEL). 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, Greater MelbourneHealth 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
02k4k6kMedical practitioners and nurses, Sep: 1,798Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Sep: 1,356Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 370Carers and aides, Sep: 2,0665,590SepMedical practitioners and nurses, Oct: 1,849Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Oct: 1,315Health and welfare support workers, Oct: 366Carers and aides, Oct: 2,123Medical practitioners and nurses, Nov: 1,858Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Nov: 1,267Health and welfare support workers, Nov: 356Carers and aides, Nov: 2,008NovMedical practitioners and nurses, Dec: 1,774Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Dec: 1,151Health and welfare support workers, Dec: 308Carers and aides, Dec: 1,783Medical practitioners and nurses, Jan: 1,778Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Jan: 1,108Health and welfare support workers, Jan: 322Carers and aides, Jan: 1,688JanMedical practitioners and nurses, Feb: 1,768Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Feb: 1,159Health and welfare support workers, Feb: 350Carers and aides, Feb: 1,672Medical practitioners and nurses, Mar: 1,905Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Mar: 1,294Health and welfare support workers, Mar: 383Carers and aides, Mar: 1,835MarMedical practitioners and nurses, Apr: 1,828Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Apr: 1,279Health and welfare support workers, Apr: 345Carers and aides, Apr: 1,740Medical practitioners and nurses, May: 1,854Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, May: 1,286Health and welfare support workers, May: 339Carers and aides, May: 1,761MayMedical practitioners and nurses, Jun: 1,879Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Jun: 1,262Health and welfare support workers, Jun: 351Carers and aides, Jun: 1,749Medical practitioners and nurses, Jul: 1,962Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Jul: 1,381Health and welfare support workers, Jul: 377Carers and aides, Jul: 1,780JulMedical practitioners and nurses, Aug: 2,049Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Aug: 1,398Health and welfare support workers, Aug: 378Carers and aides, Aug: 1,771Medical practitioners and nurses, Sep: 2,087Health diagnostic and therapy professionals, Sep: 1,396Health and welfare support workers, Sep: 377Carers and aides, Sep: 1,7655,625Sep

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

Show the numbers
Online health job ads a month, Greater Melbourne
MonthMedical practitioners and nursesHealth diagnostic and therapy professionalsHealth and welfare support workersCarers and aidesTotal
September 20251,7981,3563702,0665,590
October 20251,8491,3153662,1235,653
November 20251,8581,2673562,0085,489
December 20251,7741,1513081,7835,016
January 20261,7781,1083221,6884,896
February 20261,7681,1593501,6724,949
March 20261,9051,2943831,8355,417
April 20261,8281,2793451,7405,192
May 20261,8541,2863391,7615,240
June 20261,8791,2623511,7495,241
July 20261,9621,3813771,7805,500
August 20262,0491,3983781,7715,596
September 20262,0871,3963771,7655,625
Unemployment rate
5.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.3 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
2,999,966
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 0.7% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
38,170
JSA, September 2026 · down 0.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
133,170
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 8.4% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in health occupations in MelbourneAn estimated 371,459 people employed in September 2026: up 1.2% on September 2025, and up 35.1% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sep 2021: 274,891Sep 2021274,891Sep 2022: 294,078Sep 2022294,078Sep 2023: 329,609Sep 2023329,609Sep 2024: 352,039Sep 2024352,039Sep 2025: 367,122Sep 2025367,122Sep 2026: 371,459Sep 2026371,459

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

Show the numbers
People employed in health occupations in Melbourne
MonthPeople employed
September 2021274,891
September 2022294,078
September 2023329,609
September 2024352,039
September 2025367,122
September 2026371,459

Longer-term trend

Figure 3: Health care and social assistance jobs, Greater Melbourne, 2019 to 2023Employee jobs in the year to 30 June, 2019 to 2023.
2019: 405,0472019405,0472020: 424,8622020424,8622021: 463,2052021463,2052022: 528,3472022528,3472023: 563,5222023563,522

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics[9].

Show the numbers
Health care and social assistance jobs, Greater Melbourne, 2019 to 2023
YearEmployee jobs
2019405,047
2020424,862
2021463,205
2022528,347
2023563,522

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Popular Healthcare & Medical roles in Melbourne

Quick answers

Healthcare & Medical work in Melbourne, answered

How many Healthcare & Medical jobs are there in Melbourne?

1,803 Healthcare & Medical jobs are live on ViewJobs in Melbourne, from 345 employers and recruiters. 321 were posted in the last 7 days. 1,196 are full-time, 360 part-time and 230 casual.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Is demand for Healthcare & Medical workers in Melbourne growing?

Demand is steady. Employers in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, placed about 5,625 online ads a month for health jobs in the three months to September 2026, close to a year earlier (5,590). Ads for carers and aides fell from 2,066 to 1,765 a month. Ads for medical practitioners and nurses rose from 1,798 to 2,087 a month.

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

Who is hiring Healthcare & Medical workers in Melbourne?

St Vincent’s Health Australia has the most live ads of any direct employer (200). Next are Medrecruit (141), Opal HealthCare (120) and Austin Health (45). 345 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What do Healthcare & Medical jobs pay in Melbourne?

330 ads state a yearly salary: $30,000 to $500,000 a year, with a typical midpoint of $97,500. 222 more state pay in other units, 155 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 1,096 of the 1,803 ads state no pay.

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

Which Healthcare & Medical roles are most advertised in Melbourne?

Nursing, with 485 of the 1,803 live ads. The largest single roles are Physiotherapy, OT & Rehabilitation (255), Nursing - Aged Care (158) and General Practitioners (142).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

What is the job market like in Melbourne overall?

Online job ads for all occupations in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, averaged 38,170 a month in the three months to September 2026, down 0.6% on a year earlier.

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia[1].

What is the unemployment rate in Melbourne?

The unemployment rate in Melbourne, across the area Greater Melbourne, was 5.3% in September 2026, up 0.3 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).

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

Are Melbourne Healthcare & Medical jobs mostly full-time?

Most are full-time: 1,196 of 1,803 (66%). 360 are part-time (20%), 230 casual (13%), 11 temporary (1%), 3 apprenticeship (under 1%) and 3 contract (under 1%).

Source: ViewJobs live ads[10].

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.
  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. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of the ABS's modelled labour market regions, with rates worked out from the sums.
  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. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
  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. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. 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, 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 Melbourne, 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 Melbourne, VIC, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/vic/regional-rural/melbourne/healthcare-and-medical

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