Board member recruitment archive

National Boards

Board vacancies that have been previously advertised by AHPRA (on behalf of the National Boards) are available on this page.

Each vacancy links to the original news item, which provides in-depth information about the vacancy, as well as the associated documents.

Current vacancies can be found on our Board member recruitment page.

National Board vacancies

National Board	Vacancies advertised			Open date	Closing date	Status
National Board	Community members	Practitioner members	Chair	Open date	Closing date	Status
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia (ATSIHPBA)	No vacancies	1 vacancy - practitioner member from small jurisdiction (ACT, NT or Tas)	No	31 March 2021	25 April 2021, 5:00pm (AEDT)	Closed. Applications under review
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia (ATSIHPBA)	No vacancies	2 vacancies – practitioner member from Queensland and Western Australia	No	16 January 2021	7 March 2021, 5:00pm (AEDT)	Closed. Applications under review
Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA)	No vacancies	1 vacancy – practitioner member from small jurisdiction (ACT, NT or Tas)	No
Chiropractic Board of Australia (ChiroBA)	3 vacancies	4 vacancies – practitioner member from Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and from small jurisdiction (ACT, NT or Tas)	No
Dental Board of Australia (DBA)	4 vacancies	8 vacancies – practitioner member from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia	Yes
Medical Board of Australia (MBA)	4 vacancies	8 vacancies – practitioner member from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia	Yes
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)	4 vacancies	6 vacancies – practitioner member from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia	No
Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (OTBA)	1 vacancy	No vacancies	No
Optometry Board of Australia (OptomBA)	3 vacancies	6 vacancies – practitioner member from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and from small jurisdiction (ACT, NT or Tas)	Yes
Osteopathy Board of Australia (OsteoBA)	3 vacancies	1 vacancy – practitioner member from Queensland	No;
Pharmacy Board of Australia (PharmBA)	4 vacancies	8 vacancies – practitioner member from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia	Yes
Physiotherapy Board of Australia (PhysioBA)	4 vacancies	8 vacancies – practitioner member from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia	Yes
Podiatry Board of Australia (PodBA)	2 vacancy	6 vacancies – practitioner member from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and from small jurisdiction (ACT, NT or Tas)	Yes
Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA)	4 vacancies	6 vacancies – practitioner member from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia	Yes

Expressions of interest for appointment to the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia

National Board	Vacancy	Open date	Closing date	Status
Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia	Expressions of interest for registered practitioners from Tasmania	16 January 2021	7 March 2021 5:00pm (AEDT)	Applications closed. Currently under review.

Note:

Practitioner members - state or territory eligibility requirements apply. If a state or territory is not included in this round it is because a member from this state is already appointed to serve a current term on the National Board.

National Board	Vacancy	Open date	Closing date	Status
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia Chinese Medicine Board of Australia Chiropractic Board of Australia Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Osteopathy Board of Australia Paramedicine Board of Australia Psychology Board of Australia	Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members on the Chiropractic Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members on the Osteopathy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Paramedicine Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members on the Psychology Board of Australia	29 January 2020	Applications have been extended, now closing 20 April 2020 5pm AEST	Applications closed. Currently under review.

National Board

Vacancy

Open date

Closing date

Status

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia
Chinese Medicine Board of Australia
Chiropractic Board of Australia
Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia
Occupational Therapy Board of Australia
Osteopathy Board of Australia
Paramedicine Board of Australia
Psychology Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner members on the Chiropractic Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner members on the Osteopathy Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Paramedicine Board of Australia

Call for applications for practitioner members on the Psychology Board of Australia

29 January 2020

Applications have been extended, now closing 20 April 2020
5pm AEST

Applications closed. Currently under review.

National Board	Vacancy	Opened	Closed
Chiropractic Board of Australia Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Osteopathy Board of Australia Pharmacy Board of Australia Podiatry Board of Australia Psychology Board of Australia	Practitioner members Call for applications for a practitioner member from New South Wales on the Chiropractic Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members from South Australia, Victoria and small jurisdictions (ACT/NT/Tas) on the Osteopathy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members from Queensland and South Australia on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Call for applications for a practitioner member from Tasmania on the Psychology Board of Australia Community members Call for applications for a community member on the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Call for applications for a community member on the Pharmacy Board of Australia Call for applications for a community member on the Podiatry Board of Australia	21 September 2019	Applications closed. Currently under review.
Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Physiotherapy Board of Australia Paramedicine Board of Australia Chinese Medicine Board of Australia Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia	Call for applications for practitioner members on the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members from Victoria on the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members from Tasmania on the Physiotherapy Board of Australia Call for applications for a community member on the Paramedicine Board of Australia Call for applications for a community member on the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia Call for applications for a community member on the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia	15 February 2019	Practitioner member applications closed 01 April 2019 5pm AEST. Community member applications closed 18 March 2019 5pm AEST.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia Chinese Medicine Board of Australia Chiropractic Board of Australia Dental Board of Australia Medical Board of Australia Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Optometry Board of Australia Osteopathy Board of Australia Pharmacy Board of Australia Physiotherapy Board of Australia Podiatry Board of Australia Psychology Board of Australia	Practitioner Call for applications for practitioner member from Queensland on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board Call for applications for practitioner member from Australian Capital Territory on the Chinese Medicine Board Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Chiropractic Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Dental Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Medical Board of Australia Call for applications for community members on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Call for applications for community members on the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Optometry Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Osteopathy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Pharmacy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Physiotherapy Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Podiatry Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Psychology Board of Australia	12 January 2018	9 March 2018 Health Ministers announced National Board appointments 6 November 2018
Paramedicine Board of Australia	Call for persons interested in being appointed to the inaugural Paramedicine Board of Australia	28 April 2017	12 June 2017
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia Chinese Medicine Board of Australia Chiropractic Board of Australia Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Osteopathy Board of Australia	Practitioner members Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Practitioner members Call for applications for practitioner members on the Chiropractic Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner members on the Osteopathy Board of Australia	17 February 2017	7 April 2017
Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Pharmacy Board of Australia	Call for applications for appointment to the National Boards regulating health professions across Australia	21 October 2016	28 November 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia Chiropractic Board of Australia Osteopathy Board of Australia Psychology Board of Australia	Call for applications for appointment to National Boards regulating health professions across Australia	20 May 2016	29 July 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Physiotherapy Board of Australia	Call for applications for appointment to National Boards regulating health professions across Australia	18 March 2016	2 May 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board	Call for applications for appointment to the National Board for a practitioner member from South Australia.	1 May 2015	5.00pm AEST on Wednesday 10 June 2015
Chinese Medicine Board	Call for applications for appointment to the National Board for a practitioner member from a small jurisdiction.	1 May 2015	5.00pm AEST on Wednesday 10 June 2015
Occupational Therapy Board	Call for applications for appointment to the National Board for a practitioner member from South Australia.	1 May 2015	5.00pm AEST on Wednesday 10 June 2015
Chinese Medicine Board Chiropractic Board Dental Board Medical Board Nursing and Midwifery Board Optometry Board Osteopathy Board Pharmacy Board Physiotherapy Board Podiatry Board Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointments to upcoming vacancies for chairs (from practitioner members), practitioner members and community members.	17 October 2014	5.00pm AEDT on Wednesday 12 November 2014
Medical Board	Call for applications for a health practitioner from Queensland to join the Medical Board of Australia	27 June 2014	21 July 2014
Dental Board	Call for applications for appointment to state and territory committees of the Dental Board of Australia	24 June 2014	21 July 2014

State, Territory and Regional Boards vacancies

State, Territory or Region	National Board	Vacancy	Opened	Closed
Northern Territory	Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointment to the NT/SA/WA Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	23 August 2021	10 September 2021
Australia Capital Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the ACT Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	12 August 2021	26 August 2021
Northern Territory	Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointment to the NT/SA/WA Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	15 May 2021	25 June 2021
Australia Capital Territory Northern Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to Territory Boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	15 May 2021	25 June 2021
Queensland	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to Queensland Board of the Medical Board of Australia	3 February 2021	12 February 2021
Tasmania	Psychology Board	Call for applications to the ACT/TAS/VIC Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	19 September 2020	15 October 2020
Queensland Victoria	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to State Boards of the Medical Board of Australia	17 October 2020	27 November 2020
Queensland South Australia	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to State Boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	17 October 2020	27 November 2020
Tasmania	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Tasmanian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	29 August 2020	25 September 2020
South Australia Queensland	Psychology Board	Call for applications to the State and Regional Boards of the Psychology Board of Australia	17 October 2020	27 November 2020
Australian Capital Territory Victoria	Psychology Board	Call for applications to the ACT/TAS/VIC Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	16 May 2020	26 June 2020
Australian Capital Territory	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the ACT Board of the Medical Board of Australia	30 July 2020	27 August 2020
Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory Victoria	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to State and Territory Boards of the Medical Board of Australia	16 May 2020	26 June 2020
Australian Capital Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the ACT Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	30 July 2020	27 August 2020
Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory Victoria South Australia	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to State and Territory Boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	16 May 2020	26 June 2020
New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia	Psychology Board	Call for applications to the State and Regional Boards of the Psychology Board of Australia	19 October 2019	29 November 2019
New South Wales South Australia Tasmania	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to State Boards of the Medical Board of Australia	19 October 2019	29 November 2019
New South Wales Queensland Tasmania	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to State Boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	19 October 2019	29 November 2019
Tasmania	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Tasmanian Board of the Medical Board of Australia	13 July 2019	9 August 2019
Tasmania	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Tasmanian Board of the Medical Board of Australia	29 June 2019	26 July 2019
Queensland	Medical Board of Australia	Call for applications for appointment to the Queensland Board of the Medical Board of Australia	18 May 2019	14 June 2019
Northern Territory	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia	18 May 2019	7 June 2019
Victoria	Psychology Board	Call for applications to the ACT / TAS / VIC Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia- Health Practitioner	1 December 2018	25 January 2019
Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the State and Territory Boards of the Medical Board of Australia	1 December 2018	11 January 2019
New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Victoria	Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	Call for applications for appointment to the state and territory boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	1 December 2018	11 January 2019
Victoria	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Victorian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	8 September 2018	5 October 2018
Queensland	Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Queensland Psychology Board	28 July 2018	24 August 2018
Australian Capital Territory	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia	28 July 2018	24 August 2018
Australian Capital Territory	Nursing and Midwifery	Call for applications for appointment to the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia	10 September 2018	8 October 2018
Northern Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	29 March 2018	6 April 2018
Australian Capital Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	29 March 2018	27 April 2018
Queensland	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	17 February 2018	17 March 2018
South Australia Northern Territory Queensland	Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Regional Boards of the Psychology Board of Australia	2 March 2018	6 April 2018
New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the State and Territory Boards of the Medical Board of Australia	27 January 2018	23 February 2018
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia	Psychology Board	Call for applications to the NT/SA/WA Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	8 January 2018	26 February 2018
Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania	Nursing and Midwifery	Call for applications for appointment to the state and territory boards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	25 November 2017	12 January 2018
Northern Territory	Medical Board Nursing and Midwifery	Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Medical Board of Australia Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	27 April 2017	11 May 2017
Australian Capital Territory	Medical Board;	Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Medical Board of Australia	27 April 2017	11 May 2017
Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, Victoria	Psychology Board	Call for applications for practitioner and community members on the Psychology Board of Australia	27 April 2017	11 May 2017
Northern Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	14 October 2016	7 November 2016
ACT, Tasmania, Victoria	Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointment to the ACT/TAS/VIC Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia, and health, performance and professional standards hearing panels	19 August 2016	12 September 2016
New South Wales	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications to the New South Wales Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	29 April 2016	18 July 2016
Queensland	Medical Board	Call for expressions of interest – Queensland Board of the Medical Board of Australia	22 April 2016	30 May 2016
Tasmania	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications to the Tasmanian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	12 February 2016	4 April 2016
Northern Territory	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia	2 December 2015	29 February 2016
Queensland	Medical Board	Call for expressions of interest – Queensland Board Member vacancy	7 January 2016	15 February 2016
New South Wales	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications from community members to the New South Wales Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	16 December 2015	8 February 2016
Queensland	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications from community members to the Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	27 November 2015	25 January 2016
Australian Capital Territory	Medical Board	Call for applications - Australian Capital Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia	27 November 2015	18 January 2016
South Australia	Medical Board	Call for applications - South Australian Board of the Medical Board of Australia	27 November 2015	18 January 2016
Northern Territory	Psychology Board	Call for applications to the NT / SA / WA Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	30 October 2015	11 January 2016
Victoria	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications - Victorian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	27 November 2015	4 January 2016
Victoria	Medical Board	Call for applications - Victorian Board of the Medical Board of Australia	27 November 2015	4 January 2016
Tasmania	Medical Board	Call for applications from community members to the Tasmanian Board of the Medical Board of Australia	13 November 2015	4 January 2016
Victoria	Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	Call for applications to the Victorian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	21 August 2015	26 October 2015
Queensland	Psychology Board of Australia	Call for applications to the Queensland Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	14 August 2015	19 October 2015
ACT / TAS / VIC	Psychology Board of Australia	Call for applications to the ACT / TAS / VIC Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	21 August 2015	12 October 2015
Australian Capital Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	Call for applications - Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	6 August 2015	12 August 2015
New South Wales	Medical Board of Australia	Call for applications - New South Wales Board of the Medical Board of Australia	1 May 2015	5 June 2015
Australian Capital Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	Call for applications - Australian Capital Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	8 May 2015	8 June 2015
NT	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia	20 January 2015	9 March 2015
SA	Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointment to the NT/SA/WA Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	13 February 2015	13 March 2015
NT	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	21 January 2015	16 February 2015
NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to various state and territory Boards	5 December 2014	12 January 2015
South Australia	Psychology Board	Call for applications for appointment to the NT/SA/WA Regional Board of the Psychology Board of Australia	5 December 2014	12 January 2015
NT, SA, VIC	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to various state and territory Boards	5 December 2014	12 January 2015
Australian Capital Territory	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Australian Capital Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia	14 November 2014	8 December 2014
Northern Territory	Nursing and Midwifery Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	18 July 2014	11 August 2014
Queensland	Medical Board	Call for applications for appointment to the Queensland Board of the Medical Board of Australia	27 June 2014	21 July 2014
Queensland	Medical Board of Australia	Call for applications - Appointment to the Queensland Board of the Medical Board of Australia	16 October 2015	21 December 2015
Queensland	Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	Call for applications - Appointment to the Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia	16 October 2015	21 December 2015