General Practitioner

Unite Recruitment; New South Wales; Remote; AUD 255,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Furnished accommodation

Vehicle provided

Work fuel covered

On-site security and after-hours help

Job summary

Unite Recruitment Pty seeks a Locum General Practitioner for an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service across two clinics in remote North West NSW. Start immediately at one site and from February 2027 at both sites, with 4-week blocks preferred and longer tenures welcome.

A furnished accommodation and a vehicle with work fuel are provided, along with on-site security and multidisciplinary support from nurses and allied health staff.

Qualifications

• Eligible for Medicare provider number at each site.
• Current medical registration and authorisation to practise in Australia.
• Experience in Aboriginal health or remote primary care is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic general practice to Aboriginal patients across all ages.
• Manage chronic disease, women's and men's health, child health, sexual health and preventive care.
• Complete Medicare claiming and liaise with nurses and Aboriginal Health Practitioners.
• Work as sole GP at outreach site and with the GP team at the main clinic.

Job description

Locum GP | Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service | Remote North West NSW

Locum General Practitioners are needed across two clinics of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in remote North West NSW, starting immediately at one site and from February 2027 at both. 4 week blocks are preferred and longer tenures are welcome. A vehicle and fully furnished accommodation are provided.

Dates required

Outreach clinic: Immediate start to Friday 23 October 2026

Outreach clinic: Monday 1 February 2027 onwards

Main clinic: Monday 1 February 2027 onwards

2027 blocks

Block 1: 4 January to 29 January 2027

Block 2: 1 February to 26 February 2027

Block 3: 1 March to 25 March 2027

Block 4: 30 March to 23 April 2027

Block 5: 27 April to 21 May 2027

Block 6: 24 May to 18 June 2027

Block 7: 21 June to 16 July 2027

Block 8: 19 July to 13 August 2027

Block 9: 16 August to 10 September 2027

Block 10: 13 September to 8 October 2027

Block 11: 11 October to 5 November 2027

Block 12: 8 November to 17 December 2027 (6 week block if achievable)

What's provided

• $1600 daily rate, no on-call or callouts
• Furnished accommodation, cleaned between placements
• Vehicle for travel to and from work, around town and to outreach clinics, with work fuel covered
• Strong multidisciplinary support from nurses, Aboriginal Health Practitioners and a well established allied health and specialist network
• On-site security and after-hours support

The role

You will provide holistic, culturally safe general practice to Aboriginal patients and families across all ages. The caseload covers chronic disease, women's and men's health, child and maternal health, sexual health, mental health and preventive care.

Hours are 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, with lunch from 1pm to 2pm. The day starts with a short all-staff meeting, followed by time set aside to review results. Appointments are 30 minutes, and most patients have observations taken by a nurse or Aboriginal Health Practitioner before they see you. Walk-ins are triaged by the clinical team and kept to a single issue, so the pace is steady and well supported.

At the outreach clinic you will be the sole GP on site, so confidence working independently in a remote setting is important. At the main clinic you will work alongside the permanent GP team, with a weekly clinical meeting to discuss complex cases and hand over.

Key responsibilities

• Consult across the full spectrum of general practice, including triaged walk-in patients
• Complete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health assessments (MBS 715) with support from the nurse and AHW team, and follow through on resulting referrals
• Develop GP chronic condition management plans and manage diabetes, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory and liver conditions
• Refer eligible patients into the Integrated Team Care program for help with specialist costs, travel and equipment
• Provide antenatal, postnatal, child health and immunisation care alongside the midwife and child and family health nurse
• Deliver sexual health, mental health and AOD care, including GP Mental Health Treatment Plans, working with the in-house SEWB team
• Order and review pathology, imaging and in-clinic tests such as ECGs, Holter and 24 hour BP monitoring, spirometry and urea breath testing
• Check and action results, including those left by previous locums, and manage recalls through the clinic's recall system
• Refer to visiting and regional specialists, and hand over to the local hospital emergency department when patients need a higher level of care
• Complete Medicare claiming at the end of each consult or day
• Support broader programs when asked, which may include the Wellness Centre, outlying clinics, schools, home visits and community health events

About the service

Our client is a well established Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. It is RACGP accredited and runs a GP clinic, dental, a Wellness Centre, children's services, social and emotional wellbeing and AOD services, and maternal and child health programs.

The main clinic has permanent GPs supported by visiting locums, clinic nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers and Practitioners, an on-site pharmacy dispensary and a dedicated patient transport team that takes patients to appointments across the region. A strong Wellness Centre sits alongside the clinic, with a regular calendar of bulk billed visiting specialists including cardiology, dermatology, ENT, paediatrics and endocrinology, plus in-house physio, podiatry, dietetics, OT, speech, psychology and diabetes education.

The second clinic is an outreach service where the locum GP works alongside RNs, an Endorsed Enrolled Nurse, an Aboriginal Health Practitioner, social and emotional wellbeing staff, and visiting specialists and allied health.

• Eligibility for a Medicare provider number at each site
• Confidence working as the sole GP in a remote clinic
• Commitment to culturally safe care for Aboriginal patients and families
• Current driver's licence, as a vehicle is provided for work use and outreach
• Current National Police Check and NSW Working with Children Check, or willingness to obtain
• Up to date immunisations in line with NSW Health requirements
• Current professional indemnity insurance

Highly regarded

• Previous work with an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service or in rural and remote primary care
• Experience with Communicare
• Experience with S100 prescribing and MBS 715 health assessments
• MS-2 Step prescribing
• Procedural or emergency skills