OSCA 2024 · 264345 · Skill level 1
Respiratory Physician: OSCA 264345
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Respiratory Physician is OSCA 2024 code 264345. It corresponds to 3 ANZSCO codes (253321, 253324 and 253399). All of them are on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 264345
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 253321 · in part
Paediatrician
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Visas for ANZSCO 253321ANZSCO 253324
Thoracic Medicine Specialist
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Visas for ANZSCO 253324ANZSCO 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 respiratory physician does
Investigates, diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of the human respiratory system.
Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience
Registration or licensing is required.
Specialisations
- Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Consults and conducts respiratory examinations on patients to form a comprehensive medical assessment
- Requests laboratory tests, imaging, respiratory function tests and other diagnostic procedures
- Diagnoses patients by analysing test results and evaluating other health information related to respiratory conditions
- Performs or supervises pleural procedures and bronchoscopy
- Prescribes and manages medications and non-pharmacological treatments, including oxygen therapy and non-invasive ventilation
- Liaises and consults with a multidisciplinary team for optimised treatment of respiratory conditions
- Provides ongoing support in treating acute and chronic respiratory conditions
- Develops management plans for the prevention and treatment of both acute and long-term respiratory conditions
- May oversee respiratory function and sleep scientists and laboratories, and interpret results of respiratory function and sleep tests
Unit group 2643
Other occupations in Physicians
- 264331 General Medicine Physician
- 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
- 264346 Rheumatologist
- 264399 Physicians nec
Questions
OSCA 264345: common questions
What is the OSCA code for respiratory physician?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 264345?
Is Respiratory 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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