Hospitals in the US and Australia Are Hiring Now: Browse Open Healthcare Vacancies

"Hospital work" covers very different days. Bedside clinical staff spend the shift on assessment, medication, procedures, documentation and handover. Allied health staff — physiotherapy, radiography, pharmacy, pathology, dietetics — work to a caseload or list across wards and clinics. Support and administrative staff handle admissions, scheduling, coding, billing, supply and portering.

Common tools are an electronic health record, secure messaging or paging, barcode scanners for medications and specimens, and department-specific equipment. Expect training on the employer's own record system at onboarding; systems differ between hospitals and between the two countries.

Shift patterns matter most to your life outside work. Inpatient areas commonly run 8, 10 or 12 hour shifts on rotating rosters including nights, weekends and public holidays. Clinics, theatres and some diagnostic departments sit closer to weekday hours with on-call. Part-time, casual and bank or pool work is common in both countries and is often how people start.

Most hospital work is on-site. The remote exceptions are narrower: telehealth, remote triage, clinical coding, case management and billing. Search for those functions by name rather than assuming a clinical title can be done from home.

The live vacancies further down show which of these patterns current openings actually use.

The employer categories that routinely recruit for hospital roles in both countries:

• Public hospital systems. In Australia, state and territory health services or local health districts, advertising through government portals. In the US, county, city and state-run facilities.
• Non-profit and academic medical centres. Teaching hospitals that hire clinically and for research and education roles.
• Private hospital groups. For-profit and private not-for-profit networks, usually recruiting through their own careers pages.
• Travel, agency and locum staffing firms. Fixed-length hospital assignments, often in hard-to-fill or regional locations.
• Per diem, casual and bank pools. Internal or external pools filling shifts at short notice, with little or no guaranteed hours.
• Outsourced support providers. Contractors for coding, revenue cycle, sterilisation, catering, cleaning and security inside hospitals.
• Government health departments and veterans' or defence health systems. Dedicated public-sector portals with their own application formats.
• International recruitment agencies. Verify registration and any fees in writing before engaging.

Use these categories as search terms; the openings listed on this page usually come from one of them.

Hospital pay is rarely one number. It is a base rate plus predictable add-ons that depend on when and where you work.

Rates shift with awards, contracts and local markets, so check the relevant source for your occupation, state or territory and year, then compare it against the live openings below.

1. Confirm the credential for the specific state or territory. US licensing sits with state boards; Australian health practitioner registration is national through the regulator for your profession. Check the regulator's own site for exams, English language and supervised practice requirements.
2. Build a resume in the local format. US hospital resumes list licence and expiry, certifications, EHR systems and patient population. Australian applications often require responses to selection criteria and named referees. Write one version per country.
3. Gather your compliance pack early. Identity documents, transcripts, immunisation records, police or background checks and any working-with-children clearance. Candidates who cannot produce these rarely progress.
4. Set up a compliant way to be paid. A local bank account and the right tax registration for that country. Ask the employer's payroll team what they require rather than guessing.
5. Create profiles where hospitals post. Government and health service portals, hospital careers pages with job alerts, and one or two agencies specialising in your profession.
6. Apply with a targeted first application. Name the ward or department, state your licence or registration status and expiry, your shift availability including nights and weekends, and your earliest start date — then log the reference number and follow up once after about two weeks.

Work through these in order, then use the vacancy list on this page while your documents are current.

• The employer exists and is what it claims. Verify business registration and the facility's accreditation or licensing through the relevant state, territory or national register.
• The offer is in writing. Classification, hours, roster pattern, probation, notice period and the award or agreement that applies.
• The pay structure is itemised. Base rate, differentials, overtime treatment, and for agency work the split between wages and allowances.
• No fee flows from you. You should not pay for a placement, interview, mandatory equipment or sponsorship.
• Payment is normal payroll. Direct deposit to your own account; no cryptocurrency, no third-party intermediary, no bank details before a contract exists.
• Shift and time zone expectations are explicit. For remote or telehealth work, confirm which country's clock the roster runs on and whether on-call applies.
• Reputation. Check employer review sites, your professional association and the union covering your occupation for recent commentary on rostering and staffing.
• Credential and visa questions go to the right people. Registration questions to the regulator; right-to-work questions to the official immigration authority or a qualified adviser.

Run this list against each offer, then return to the openings below to compare more than one.

The listings below show hospital and health service vacancies currently advertised in the US and Australia across clinical, allied health and support functions, so you can see who is recruiting and what the ads ask for. Use the buttons on this page to reach the live openings and the next guides on resumes, interviews and credential pathways.