General Practitioner, Parkville Youth Justice

cohealth; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 165,000 - 220,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Salary packaging

Novated leasing

Fitness membership

EAP & wellbeing programs

Job summary

cohealth is seeking a General Practitioner for a Part-Time, Fixed-Term role to June 2028, servicing the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct. The role offers extensive salary packaging options and a strong commitment to equity and cultural safety.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver patient-centered, evidence-based care to young people. Successful applicants will join an award-winning organization dedicated to reducing health inequity, with a focus on professional development

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Ability to work effectively in diverse cultural contexts.

Responsibilities

• Independently provide and coordinate high-quality medical care for young people within Parkville Youth Justice Precinct.
• Provide care to young people with varied health needs and respond to medical presentations.
• Take patient histories, diagnose, investigate, treat, and refer as appropriate.
• Deliver services in a culturally respectful manner.
• Participate in rotating 24/7 on-call roster.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Cultural sensitivity

Team collaboration

Education

RACGP registration with Victorian license

Job description

General Practitioner

• Part-Time, Fixed-Term to June 2028
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth? cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role.

About the role The purpose of this role is to provide primary care to young people at the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct. This includes comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and establishing a therapeutic alliance that is respectful of a person's choices, experiences, and circumstances in developing a comprehensive treatment plan. The GP will work collaboratively with the broader multidisciplinary team to deliver client centred, evidenced based, holistic care. Successful candidates will be required to participate in a rotating on call roster.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Independently provide and coordinate high-quality comprehensive medical care for young people within the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct
• Provide appropriate care and services to young people of all levels of health care needs
• Respond to medical/ health problems presented by young people including history taking, diagnosis, investigation, treatment, and referral as appropriate
• Provide services in a manner that is sensitive to the cultural background of client
• Participation in rotating 24/7 on call roster

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• RACGP Vocationally Registered General Practitioner with a current Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria license.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commitment to ongoing professional development, and the ability to work effectively in diverse cultural contexts.
• A commitment to quality, client focussed care.
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission.

Application Process

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Sally Wilcox on [e-mail]

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.