Registered Nurse (Paediatrics) (ANZSCO 254425)

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 (Paediatrics) 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 (Paediatrics) comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ANMAC's core qualification, English and Full/Modified pathway assessment does not change by specialty. Paediatrics requires a professional reference a recent, documented period of paid work nursing children in a hospital or paediatric ward setting within ANMAC's recency window (confirm the current period with ANMAC), distinct from the community-based Child and Family Health code.

Where these applications come unstuck

Applicants sometimes hold community or maternal-child health experience and nominate this code instead of Child and Family Health because the word "child" appears in both — ANMAC assesses the actual practice setting, and a community-health reference does not automatically support the hospital-paediatrics code.

An honest read on this pathway

Assessable where the reference clearly evidences hospital-based paediatric nursing, but check the setting against Child and Family Health first — the two codes are frequently confused and only one will match a given work history.

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 (Paediatrics) 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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