Registered Nurse (Medical) (ANZSCO 254418)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Registered Nurse (Medical) on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

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 Registered Nurse (Medical) comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

The ANMAC assessment steps — qualification comparability, English evidence, Full or Modified pathway — apply identically here. Medical requires a professional reference a recent, documented period of paid work on a general medical ward within ANMAC's recency window (confirm the current period with ANMAC), which most internationally trained nurses can source relatively easily given how common general medical ward rotations are.

Where these applications come unstuck

Because "medical ward" experience is broad, applicants sometimes submit a reference so generic it fails to establish the required hours within the required window, particularly where rotations across several wards mean no single reference covers the full period. Piecing together multiple partial references into one clear timeline is the applicant's job, not ANMAC's.

An honest read on this pathway

One of the more straightforward RN codes to evidence, since general medical ward placements are near-universal in nurse training worldwide — the main risk is a fragmented work history rather than the specialty itself being obscure.

Registration and assessment both need paperwork. Nursing and health applications run two document trails at once — the skills assessment and professional registration. The Document Vault keeps one register of what you hold, what each body has asked for, and what is still outstanding.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating Registered Nurse (Medical) is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.

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