Jobs and Skills Healthcare 2025
Healthcare 2025 Jobs and Skills
Jobs and Skills Australia 2025
Trending. One in three health roles can’t be filled. According to Jobs and Skills Australia’s 2025 Occupation Shortage List, healthcare once again tops the chart for workforce shortages highlighting ongoing sector-wide challenge.
Data from Jobs and Skills Australia via Ubis Health Jobs. For example, these shortages are impacting every level of the system, from Queensland Health NSW Health Australia Health to private care and regional providers NPAA Nurses Professional Association of Australia.
According to the Jobs and Skills Australia’s 2025 Occupation Shortage List healthcare dominates the headlines.
🩺 52% of all health professions are in shortage compared to just 29% across all industries.
🌏 Regional shortages have surged 75% in just one year.
🏥 Every Medical Specialist and core Allied Health role is short-staffed.
👩⚕️ 80% of nursing specialties and all care worker roles are struggling.
🎓 Educator training the next general of health professionals are also in shortage.
For five consecutive years, nurses and care workers have remained among the roles in persistent national shortage.
This is not a short-term problem, it is a systemic workforce challenge across Australia’s healthcare sector.
With less than one in three positions being successfully filled, employers need to streamline recruitment, strengthen employer branding, and find new ways to attract and retain talent in an increasingly competitive market. 📄 Read the full Jobs and Skills Australia 2025 Occupation Shortage List Report
Data Source: Jobs and Skills Australia Occupation Shortage List 2025 Report. Commentary and analysis by Ubis Health Jobs
📄 Read the full Jobs and Skills Australia 2025 Occupation Shortage List report
The Occupation Shortage Report offers analysis on occupations potentially experiencing shortage pressures.
Published June 2025
https://www.jobsandskills.gov.au/publications/occupation-shortage-report-march-2025
Data source: Jobs and Skills Australia Occupation Shortage List Report (March 2025).
Commentary and analysis by UBIS Health Jobs.
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