• Are you passionate about Closing the Gap for Indigenous Australians?
• Great family friendly work hours. (No after-hours call outs or weekend work).
• Opportunity to work in an AGPAL and ISO Accredited General Practice as part of a highly skilled team.

ABOUT HEALTH WORKFORCE QUEENSLAND

Health Workforce Queensland is a not for profit, non-Government Rural Workforce Agency (RWA) for primary health workforce in Queensland, focused on making sure remote, rural, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities have access to highly skilled health professionals when and where they need them, now and into the future. Our Vision is to ensure an optimal health workforce to enhance the health of Queensland communities.

Practice Information:

This Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service provides holistic, primary health care and medical services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the region. The Dalby Clinic currently has approximately 1,700 active patients living in and around Dalby. The Clinic has a professional team of both full time and part-time providers, Allied Health Services, Dental Youth programs and more. This is a Bulk Billing practice.

Position Description:

The position is accountable for applying medical skills and knowledge in the assessment and treatment of Clients in order to promote, maintain, and improve their health with a focus on the organisation’s Model of Care to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Patients in a culturally sensitive manner; provide mentoring and medical education to the clinical team including GP Registrars or Students where endorsed by training body; ensuring maximisation of Medicare claiming and PIP/SIP incentive payments. The GP must always demonstrate high levels of professionalism and integrity, be an innovative thinker and apply high moral and ethical standards to ensure confidentiality is maintained abiding by the Australian Doctors Code of Conduct.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Registration as a medical practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia. Vocational registration.
• Current medical indemnity insurance.
• Current driver’s license
• COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate

Job Type:  Permanent - Full Time.

After Hours Requirements:  No.

Salary Information: $250,000 per annum. 60% of Medicare commission of any amount in excess of $18,000.00 per month. Salary Sacrifice Package options.

Other Benefits:

• Accommodation and vehicle provided.
• Uniforms provided.

About Dalby:

Dalby is situated on the rich soils of the Darling Downs, it is just 211 km North West of Brisbane and is at the crossroads to Toowoomba, Kingaroy, Roma, Mundubbera and Goondiwindi. Being so close to Toowoomba, Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts makes a visit to rural Australia an easy drive. The Dalby region is a vibrant "go ahead" rural community with a town population of approximately 12,000 with a further 5,000 residing in the rural district. As well as large coal and gas fired power stations, it has the largest grain receivable depot in Queensland, the largest one day livestock market in Australia and has one of the largest regional industrial and agricultural manufacturing sectors. Dalby and the surrounding Western Downs Shire is at the centre of rich coal and natural gas reserves which underpin the power generation industry for SE Qld. The region is renowned as a rich agricultural area, growing crops such as cotton, sorghum, wheat, barley, sunflowers, chickpeas, mung beans and corn, as well as the production of lamb, beef and pork. Diversification into the fish, hemp and native flower markets has occurred in recent times.

For more information on this position, please contact our team via [email protected] using the subject line: General Practitioner - Dalby enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Please apply via the 'Apply Now' button on this page.

Following successful placement, eligible candidates may be entitled to receive support and financial assistance through Health Workforce Queensland's comprehensive workforce attraction and retention incentives. This position may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary for ongoing professional development.

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