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General Practitioner - Gold Coast

Primary & Community Care Services Limited
  • Work flexible hours in a great location - close to the beach.
  • Attractive % billing.
  • Positive and supportive culture with generous nursing support.
  • Focus on quality continuing care in a friendly close community.

Primary and Community Care Services is a not for profit provider of community-based health services in the mental health, chronic disease and disability sector.

We are in an exciting phase of growth where we provide a range of quality, holistic community health and social support programs to the community.

We are seeking to appoint a registered medical practitioner to provide a high quality, primary health care services to the community.

What You'll Do

Like with any GP service you will need to:

  • Respond to medical/health needs as presented by patients including accurate record taking, diagnosis, treatment and referral to internal and external sources as appropriate.
  • Prescribe for patients and order diagnostic testing as appropriate.
  • Provide appropriate health promotion and preventative health care to patients, which may include educational advice to group/s as required.
  • Record and report any incidents in line with the PCCS's policy

We also want to focus on providing the best, person centred, holistic care possible to support people with complex health, social and emotional issues. Where possible we want to facilitate them receiving as many of their services as possible within the primary and community environment (and not in tertiary service environments).

To achieve this, you will need to:

  • Work closely with HHS staff (who may be located on site next to you) to provide comprehensive integrated health services in the community setting, including with psychiatrists, pharmacists, social workers, OTs, and allied health and non-clinical service providers
  • Partner with other providers on site or nearby (e.g. specialists, pharmacists, the primary care nurse coordinator, and OTs) in undertaking Home Medication Reviews and promoting de-prescribing, smoking cessation, and medication adherence as a team
  • Work closely with our team of Social Workers, OTs, primary care nurses, nurse navigators, and psychologists, our allied health partners such as diabetes educators, physiotherapists, and exercise physiologists, our social participation activities like cooking, walking groups, art class, equine therapy and yoga, and finally with our colocated partners like Centrelink, the NDIS, and employment services, to provide joined up service solutions that meet the goals and needs of the people we serve
  • You may also need to do inpatient visits or warm handovers with HHS clinical staff when people become unwell and end up in hospital to reduce the stress of when things get worse, to reduce clients needing to repeat their stories, and to have a shared consistent plan for community based support so that people exiting hospital are well supported in the community and less likely to be readmitted.

What to Bring

  • The general practitioner is required to be appropriately trained and experienced in the discipline of general practice with AHPRA a must
  • Preferable but not essential is Vocational Recognition
  • Strong practical skills
  • Ability to solve problems and effective decision-making skills
  • A strong knowledge of disability & mental health services.

How to apply

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