OSCA 2024 · 264335 · Skill level 1
Geriatrician: OSCA 264335
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Geriatrician is OSCA 2024 code 264335. It corresponds to ANZSCO 253399 Specialist Physicians nec (in part), which is on the CSOL and MLTSSL. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 264335
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 253399 · in part
Specialist Physicians nec
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Visas for ANZSCO 253399
The job
What a geriatrician does
Investigates, diagnoses and treats aged-related medical disorders impacting on the cognition and functional status of older people.
Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience
Registration or licensing is required.
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Conducts and performs thorough assessments of older patients in partnership with their support workers and relatives
- Requests laboratory tests, imaging and other diagnostic procedures, and interprets findings to assist diagnosis
- Manages and monitors older patients' ongoing chronic conditions to ensure quality of life
- Provides acute medical care to older patients
- Works to reduce the incidence of post-acute syndrome and functional decline associated with hospitalisation
- Manages geriatric syndromes and disorders characterised by the combination of age-related changes
- Manages acute and long-term neurodegenerative disorders and stroke
- Coordinates and manages the rehabilitation of older people who have suffered a functional decline
- Provides specialist care to older people with complex or multifactorial problems in community settings
Unit group 2643
Other occupations in Physicians
- 264331 General Medicine Physician
- 264332 Cardiologist
- 264333 Endocrinologist
- 264334 Gastroenterologist
- 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 264335: common questions
What is the OSCA code for geriatrician?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 264335?
Is Geriatrician 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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