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There were 56,317 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed in Acute and psychiatric hospitals in Australia during 2012-13, an increase of 4.6% from 2011-12. Victoria employed the most FTE staff, with 15,661, ahead of New South Wales, which employed 14,961 FTE staff. Victoria also employed the most FTE nursing staff and diagnostic and allied health professionals.

Nursing staff as a proportion of all staff varied with South Australia the highest (60.9%) on an FTE basis. Among nursing staff, 84.1% were registered nurses and the remainder were enrolled nurses.

Table 2.11 PRIVATE ACUTE AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, Staffing(a) — States and territories — 2012-13
		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas., NT & ACT(b)	Aus.
		Number of Full Time Equivalent Staff
Salaried medical professionals(c)		275	235	209	41	np	np	1,077
Diagnostic and allied health professionals		846	1,032	391	126	np	np	2,846
Full time equivalent nursing staff(d)(e)
	Registered nurses	6,805	8,050	6,250	1,805	np	np	27,208
	Enrolled nurses	1,208	1,406	1,303	426	np	np	5,142
	Total	8,013	9,456	7,553	2,231	np	np	32,350
Clinical support staff		1,515	732	933	139	np	np	4,177
Administrative and clerical staff		2,033	1,981	1,710	479	np	np	7,426
Domestic and other staff		2,278	2,225	1,848	650	np	np	8,442
Total FTE staff(f)		14,961	15,661	12,644	3,666	np	np	56,317
		Average Number of Full-Time Equivalent Staff Per Occupied Bed(g)
Full time equivalent nursing staff(d)(e)
	Registered nurses	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.2	np	np	1.2
	Enrolled nurses	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	np	np	0.2
	Total	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.4	np	np	1.4
Other(h)		1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	np	np	1.1
Total FTE staff(f)		2.4	2.6	2.3	2.4	np	np	2.5
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated (a) Staff represented are typical full-time equivalent numbers for the year. Full-time equivalent represents the sum of full-time staff and full-time equivalent of part-time staff. See Glossary for further information. (b) Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory have been aggregated to protect the confidentiality of the small number of hospitals in these states/territories. (c) Excludes visiting/consulting medical officers (d) Includes nurses in operating theatres, labour wards, psychiatric units, alcohol and drug rehabilitation units, other special care units, and emergency departments and units. (e) Includes contract staff sourced from employment agencies but paid via the hospital payroll. See Explanatory Note 40 for further information. (f) Figures have been rounded and discrepancies may occur between totals and the sums of the component items. (g) Calculated by dividing the number of FTE staff by the number of occupied beds. The number of occupied beds is calculated by multiplying the number of average available beds by the occupancy rate. See Bed occupancy rate in Glossary for more information. (h) Including salaried medical officers and other diagnostic health professionals, administrative, domestic and other staff.