Skill · Specialist task · Health & care
Tracked since June 2024
Medication administration in All Australia
Safely giving, recording and reviewing medicines under clinical protocols.
Also searched as medication management, administering medication
Right now
Volatility
0.080.08 (steady below 0.15)
Job ad aggregate
- 4 wk
- Down−1.8%978 → 960 ads
- Entry
- 26.6%255 of 960 ads
Statistics
- Demand960job ads in 28 daysJob ads
- 4-week changeDown−1.8%978 → 960 adsJob ads
- 12-month changeUp+5.9%10,913 → 11,552 adsJob ads
- Entry-level share26.6%255 of 960 adsJob ads
- No PR stated48.0%461 of 960 adsJob ads
- Employers hiring299top 5 post 19.4%Job ads
- Median salary$79k5,083 of 11,552 adsJob ads
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Composition
Roles that ask for Medication administration
- 74% of Registered Nurse ads mention Medication administration.
Registered NurseHealth
74% - 52% of Aged or Disabled Carer ads mention Medication administration.
Aged or Disabled CarerHealth
52%
Co-occurrence
Often asked for together
- Oftenasked for in the same ads most of the time
- Wound careClinical assessment
Location
Where the ads are
- New South Wales303 · 31.5%
- Victoria288 · 30.0%
- Queensland143 · 14.9%
- Western Australia95 · 9.9%
- Australian Capital Territory61 · 6.3%
- South Australia59 · 6.1%
- Tasmania8 · 0.83%
- Northern Territory4 · 0.42%
961 ads in the last four weeks under your filter, by state or country.
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Learning effort
Months
Expect a few months of regular practice, ideally on a real project, before you can use it at work.
Transferability
Moderate
Carries over to several related roles.
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