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Sexual Health Physician salary in Australia

The median full-time salary for a sexual health physician is $181,000 per annum, before tax, up $37,500 since 2018.

• In public clinics, pay follows hospital medical officer awards and enterprise agreements, so it rises with years of service and seniority.
• Private practice, fee-for-service arrangements and procedural work such as IUD insertion change the picture, as does the amount of after-hours or on-call work you take on.
• Whether a role is salaried or fee-based matters more to your take-home pay than which city you work in.

How to negotiate a higher sexual health physician salary

• Know the market rate before you ask. The median full-time sexual health physician salary is $181,000; use that, not a guess, as your anchor, and adjust for your experience and employer.
• Use demand as leverage. Sexual Health Physicians are on the skills shortage list for regional areas, so employers are more likely to move on price to keep or attract someone in a role they're struggling to fill.
• Lead with what's scarce, not just tenure. Skills like Patient care and support and Clinical assessment and treatment tend to command a premium over general sexual health physician experience, name them specifically when you ask.
• Time it deliberately. Reviews, the end of a project you delivered, or taking on responsibility beyond your job description are stronger moments to ask than an arbitrary date on the calendar.
• Ask for a number, not a raise. "Based on the market rate and [specific contribution], I'd like to move to X" gets a clearer answer than "I think I deserve more."

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