Hospital Pharmacist (ANZSCO 251511)

On the Short-term Skilled Occupation List and Core Skills Occupation List

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Hospital Pharmacist on?

STSOL — Short-term Skilled Occupation List. Occupations on the STSOL can access state-nominated and regional skilled visas (190/491), but not the Skilled Independent 189.

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Hospital Pharmacist comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

The Australian Pharmacy Council runs one Skills Assessment Outcome framework across four streams, selected by where an applicant trained and is currently registered — a Competency Stream for those registered in Canada, Ireland, the UK or the US involving a further exam, an International Student Stream for AU/NZ pharmacy graduates, a Knowledge Stream for everyone else involving a different exam, and a New Zealand-registered stream. APC does not run a separate assessment procedure for this code versus Retail Pharmacist (251513) — whichever stream applies, the process and the resulting Outcome document are identical regardless of the practice setting the applicant nominates.

Where these applications come unstuck

Searching for a Hospital Pharmacist skills assessment distinct from a general pharmacist one wastes time — APC's own eligibility wording for creditable work experience covers a fully registered retail or hospital pharmacist as one undifferentiated class, so there is nothing hospital-specific to find. The choice between this code and Retail Pharmacist is the applicant's own, made on their actual employment history, not something APC certifies separately — nominating the wrong setting for the work actually performed is a mismatch worth checking before lodging.

An honest read on this pathway

An Outcome from APC is not, on its own, a right to practise — practising pharmacy in Australia requires separate registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia through AHPRA, a different body running a different process after the migration-facing assessment is complete. The stream structure means the real determinant of difficulty is which country an applicant trained and is registered in, not which of the two ANZSCO codes they eventually nominate, so the harder research task is establishing which stream applies before assuming the Knowledge Stream by default.

Whichever authority assesses you, the paperwork is the part applicants underestimate. The Document Vault keeps a single register of every document, what it was needed for, and what is still missing.

Talk it through with a registered agent

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