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F3 in Australia – Step-by-Step for applying 1. Get a job: a. Identify where in the country you want to work b. Found the most effective way was emailing individual hospitals – we sent email with CV and references (some places wanted a cover letter) (re references some hospitals want clinical supervisor in the last 12 months). Put referee who is responsive – may dictate how soon you will get interview c. Agencies – there are many agencies, but these don’t tend to have inner city roles. Lots of paperwork to be on their books and little reward! d. Some trusts may have survey monkey of questions prior to interview, for example: strengths, weakness, skills you have, management of patient with pulmonary oedema and AKI, intern messed up and didn’t see raised potassium e. Interview – varies depending on hospital. Some will be formal interview, some will be meet and greet. Either over phone or video. Generally: i. Why Australia? ii. Why this hospital? iii. May give you clinical scenarios or ask you to give examples: describe when you had difficult incident with a colleague? Describe a patient with abdo/chest pain you have seen? Tell me about a time you made a mistake? Tell me about a patient with delirium/dementia? ACS management? Career aspirations? 2. Following interview, you will be contacted by hospital – likely will have to provide: criminal history statement, vaccination record, CV in specific format, ID documents à assuming these are ok you will then get formal letter of offer. May have to sign within 7 working days – be mindful of this 3. Pre-AHPRA (you will be applying via the competent authority pathway): a. Things to do prior to filling this in: b. Primary source verification: c. Costs: i. EPIC registration: $125 US (£101) ii. EPIC degree verification $90 USD (£70) iii. (your university may have a charge to verify your degree – UOB £50) iv. Register for AMC portfolio $505 ASD (£236) d. Notarise documents: i. Needs to be done by Notary Public ii. You can find who is in your local area by googling for Notary Public iii. Prices vary greatly – on average around £150 for 4 documents verified iv. Worth getting them done in colour v. For documents that need certified check bottom of AHPRA form – we got: passport, birth certificate, degree certificate and recent bill with proof of address (e.g. phone bill) e. International Criminal History check (need number for AHPRA form) i. Fit2work.com.au ii. $174 ASD (£92) f. Request Certificate of Good Standing from GMC: i. Easy to find on GMC online, takes 1 min to complete ii. GMC online à my registration à my CCPS requests à request a CCPS 4. AHPRA a. APRI-30 form b. Fairly self-explanatory to fill out c. You complete part A, return it to your employer and they will complete part C and send you a Supervised practice plan d. Submit form via AHPRA website e. Things to submit alongside form: i. Certified copy foreign passport ii. Separate sheet additional qualifications iii. CV (in standard format) iv. Certified degree certificate v. ICHC reference page vi. Supervised practice plan vii. Signed contract with your employer f. Cost (pay at submission of form and documents), put card details at the end and they will take from account à $796 ASD (£422) g. NB: this may take up to 6-8 weeks or longer to come through h. You need your AHPRA confirmed prior to applying for your visa 5. Pre-visa: a. Can do this while awaiting AHPRA to come back b. ACRO Police Check (yes another one!!) – given by UK government to prove to UK criminal history i. Acro.police.uk ii. £55 c. Need to know the dates you have been abroad in the last 10 years – the countries you have visited and the dates. May take a while depending on how well travelled you are 6. Visa: a. Online application b. Applying for a 482 Temporary Skills Shortage Visa c. Cost £722 (you pay in ASD) d. Documents to upload (will vary depending on circumstances). Below is an example of what we uploaded: i. ACRO certificate ii. AHPRA in-principal approval letter iii. Certified copies passport and medical degree certificate iv. Driving license and birth certificate v. Letters of offer for F1 and F2 vi. ARCP certificate for F1 and F2 vii. Genuine temporary entrant letter – couple of paragraphs explaining you intend to return to the UK for training/family purposes viii. Letter of offer from Australian Hospital ix. Medical school transcript of results (not necessarily necessary) x. CV in standardised format e. Upon submission of visa you get a HAP number – you need this to arrange a medical. i. Number of locations throughout UK ii. CXR, bloods (HIV, Hep B, Hep C), urine sample, basic history and examination, need to declare any medical conditions and bring along any relevant medical records iii. Cost £345 f. Takes varied time to come through – ours took 4 weeks. If is taking long time worth calling as can speed it up in some cases 7. Book flights!! a. We waited to do this until our visa was granted (but things may have changed post covid General Points: 1. Start as early as possible – the process takes time. Between having interview and having visa granted was just under 6 months in our case 2. Don’t rush the application forms – if you make mistakes, it will delay things and you will be put back to the end of the queue 3. Be prepared for costs around £2000 4. A lot of hospitals will pay for flights – so worth asking! 5. Keep receipts of everything – it may be possible to claim some of this back on your tax return in Australia the following year 6. Costs: if using UK cards your bank are likely to identify this as a foreign card payment so will charge extra à recommend using travel cards e.g. Monzo Disclaimer: things may have changed since we went through this process (2020). Make sure you check relevant websites for up-to-date information.