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Canberra does not have traffic jams and stop- start commuting. It is a city where you can get to work – even during “peak hour” – in just 20 minutes no matter which part of Canberra you live!
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What is so fabulous about Canberra, Australia’s capital city?
Canberra is a green, intelligent, educated and polished city that has kept its small country town feel. Canberra is very family friendly and offers a delightful mix of city living and closeness to nature. It’s located practically on Sydney’s doorstep, with the snowfields and the unspoiled beaches of the south coast all within easy reach.
Canberra boasts major city attractions and many lifestyle amenities, city services and events within a city of 346,000 people. The multi cultural mix of embassies, cultural, political, sporting and educational facilities, institutions, as well as an array of international students, ambassadors and public service people give Canberra a unique flavour.
Family friendly Canberra offers a safe and relaxed way to live. It has Australia’s best education system, excellent health facilities, short commuting times, low crime rate, a clean environment and Australia’s best roads as well as an abundance of bike paths. It’s a big city with a big heart.
GP jobs in Canberra
Due to the restrictions imposed on overseas trained doctors, this is the only major city in Australia where you can work centrally.
The region is experiencing a GP shortage; more than 82 extra doctors are needed to bring the region in line with the national average.
To enhance your skills and career aspirations, Canberra offers vast opportunities to combine clinical roles with other roles in policy, academia, research, teaching at the ANU Medical School.
The number of hours spent each week in clinical practice varies a great deal due to the many non-clinical opportunities for GPs in Canberra. However, the majority of full-time GPs tend to work around 40 hours per week. There are approximately 384 GPs in Canberra, and the number of part time GPs is approximately 149.
Canberra is an ideal place for flexible career choices in regard to family and lifestyle arrangements. The Institute of Sport, the Conservatorium of Music, and Canberra School of Art provide many opportunities for children with varying requirements both academic and social.
For those GPs who want to work part time there are plenty of choices and challenges to meet their requirements both social, academic and career enhancement. It is an ideal location for doctors who are nearing retirement age for instance, they can learn to fly an aeroplane, continue further study or take up bridge.
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Canberra’s unemployment consistently rates as the lowest in Australia, at around 3.0%. Canberrans enjoy the highest average income in Australia.
Climate
Like sunshine and clear blue skies? Canberra has more hours of sunshine than both Sydney and the Gold Coast. Canberra is one of the few places in Australia where you really can enjoy four distinct seasons with plenty of sunshine all year round. Winter is crisp, dry and sunny and summer is warm, dry and sunny. Springtime is fresh and autumn is colourful and spectacular.
Canberra - the geography of the city
Canberra is planned around a series of town centres - Woden, Tuggeranong, Belconnen and Gungahlin which each has its own group of satellite suburbs with a major shopping centre, schools and community facilities.
The town centres of Tuggeranong, Belconnen and Gungahlin, as well as Weston Creek, are all eligible for District of Workforce Shortage status (DWS), allowing appropriately qualified overseas trained doctors to gain a Medicare Provider Number to work in these areas.
Education and health
The school system in Canberra is recognised as the best in Australia. We have the nation’s highest retention rate of students completing secondary schooling and the highest percentage of students gaining entrance to university. There are also three universities located in the ACT.Click here to read more about education in Canberra
Education in Canberra provides opportunities for intellectual as well as sporting and cultural development. Because of the cosmopolitan nature of the city, schools also cater for the diverse needs of a multicultural student population, including intensive English language tuition.
On average, people in Canberra enjoy a higher level of health than in Australia in general, with lower mortality rates and higher life expectancy. In Canberra you will find high quality health care facilities, including two large public hospitals, private hospitals and a vast array of community services.
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