OSCA 2024 · 264331 · Skill level 1
General Medicine Physician: OSCA 264331
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
General Medicine Physician is OSCA 2024 code 264331. It corresponds to ANZSCO 253311 Specialist Physician (General Medicine), which is on the CSOL and MLTSSL. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 264331
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 253311
Specialist Physician (General Medicine)
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Visas for ANZSCO 253311
The job
What a general medicine physician does
Investigates and diagnoses internal human disorders and diseases, and administers treatment for adults.
Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience
Registration or licensing is required.
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Undertakes comprehensive systematic assessment of patients' problems and needs, both biomedical and psychosocial
- Requests laboratory tests, imaging and other diagnostic procedures, and interprets findings to assist diagnosis
- Assesses functional, psychological and comorbidity factors to make informed diagnoses
- Creates management plans that recognise treatment interactions with multisystem diseases and comorbidities
- Prescribes medication and treatment for adult patients
- Manages complex, chronic and multisystem disorders in adult patients
- Undertakes expert diagnostics to assess and diagnose clinical problems in their entirety
- Provides and coordinates integrated patient care with the assistance of multidisciplinary teams to optimise health outcomes
Unit group 2643
Other occupations in Physicians
- 264332 Cardiologist
- 264333 Endocrinologist
- 264334 Gastroenterologist
- 264335 Geriatrician
- 264336 Haematologist
- 264337 Intensive Care Specialist
- 264338 Medical Oncologist
- 264341 Nephrologist
- 264342 Neurologist
- 264343 Paediatrician
- 264344 Public Health Physician
- 264345 Respiratory Physician
- 264346 Rheumatologist
- 264399 Physicians nec
Questions
OSCA 264331: common questions
What is the OSCA code for general medicine physician?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 264331?
Is General Medicine Physician on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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