General Practitioner - Healthcarelink

Healthcarelink; Darwin; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A medical recruitment agency is seeking a full-time Rural Medical Practitioner to provide essential medical services to a remote community in Australia's Northern Territory. This role involves coordinating health care services, improving community health outcomes, and developing proactive health care plans. Competitive package includes an annual salary, relocation allowance, and professional development opportunities. Candidates must have strong communication skills and relevant experience in General Practice.

Benefits

Annual salary

Relocation allowance

Professional Development allowances

Fully maintained accommodation

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Vocational Registration (FRACGP FACRRM FRNZCGP) required.
• Full Australian Work Rights needed.
• Experience in General Practice in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary medical services to the community.
• Coordinate medical retrieval and patient travel services.
• Participate in collection and maintenance of client health information.
• Develop health care plans for patients.

Skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

General Practice experience in Australia

Passion for providing high-level care

Education

Vocational Registration (FRACGP FACRRM FRNZCGP)

Job description

Position Summary

A full time Vacancy exists for a Rural Medical Practitioner in a remote community 520km east of Darwin.

You will be responsible for the provisions of primary medical services to the community and surrounding outstations.

Clinical responsibilities include:

• Provide primary medical services
• Provide public health services using a community development model to enhance health outcomes, improve services and infrastructure
• Provide an holistic approach to health care that includes care planning and case conferencing with patients who have a chronic disease
• Be responsible for the coordination of medical retrieval and patient travel services, which includes tasking Care flight aircraft and crew
• Participate in the collection and maintenance of communicare computerised client health information including Medicare billing
• Ensure that Medicare billing is optimised to its full potential to realise maximum return to the community for service development
• Work collaboratively with a range of health providers within the organization and external to the organization
• Undertake programs and tasks appropriate to family and preventative medicine and Primary Health Care within a community and health education context
• Be opportunistic in the development of health care plans for patients
• Be proactive in health promotion so that it will enhance community education and understanding of particular health issue's

Package includes:

• Annual salary
• Relocation allowance
• Professional Development allowances
• Fully maintained accommodation
• Plus MORE!

Essential Criteria

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Vocational Registration (FRACGP FACRRM FRNZCGP)
• Full Australian Work Rights
• General Practice experience in Australia
• Passion and commitment to providing a high level of care to patients

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