Parkville Clinical Services - General Practitioner

cohealth; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Salary packaging

Novated Leasing

Fitness membership

Counselling services

Inclusion & equality

Job summary

cohealth is seeking a GP to deliver primary care to young people at the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct. The role involves biopsychosocial assessments, building a therapeutic alliance, and developing comprehensive treatment plans in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

The position includes a rotating 24/7 on-call roster and opportunities to contribute to culturally safe, client-centered care for diverse young people, with parental leave benefits and various salary packaging options.

Qualifications

• Registered medical practitioner in Australia.
• Experience in youth health is preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to culturally safe care.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent, high-quality medical care for young people at Parkville Youth Justice Precinct.
• Respond to medical needs, perform history taking, diagnosis, investigations, treatment and referrals as appropriate.
• Participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call roster and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team.

Job description

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, evidence 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.

• 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
• 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.
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family.
• 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)