• Location: Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst or Broken Hill
• General Practitioner required – casual hours. Contractor agreement to 30 June 2025

About Western Health Alliance Ltd (WHAL)

Trading as Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN)

The Western NSW PHN (WNSW PHN) is one of 31 Primary Health Networks across Australia. We are an independent, not-for-profit organisation funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health, established to support frontline health and wellbeing services. Our focus is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of primary health care, ensuring people receive the right care in the right place at the right time. 

WNSW PHN is an agile and high performing organisation that responds to the identified needs of the community, Commonwealth and State health policy, and the development needs of primary health care providers.   We work closely with general practice, Aboriginal Medical Services and other health care providers, Local Health Districts, non-government organisations and the broader community to plan and fund programs that support local health services to meet the health needs of our communities.

Role

Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is currently seeking a General Practitioner to join our team.

The Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) funds a range of health services and programs to improve access to care and better health for our communities.

HealthPathways is an initiative between primary and secondary health providers in developing sustainable, clear, concise and localised clinical care pathways from a whole-of-system perspective. The aims of this program are to:

• Achieve new and innovative systems that will keep people healthy and out of hospital.
• Assist patients to be cared for and remain healthy within their communities.
• Facilitate the access and delivery of quality clinical services to patients by primary care providers in a timely and coordinated manner.

The HealthPathways Clinical Editor develops and localises pathways, engaging with subject matter experts to gather, edit, validate and maintain clinical content.

Working closely with the Health Pathways Manager and Clinical Leads, this position will focus on the relevance of content for localisation of assessment, management and referral pathways for use by local GPs, medical specialists and allied health services via the HealthPathways web portal.

If you have any questions about this position after you have read the attached position description, please contact Sonya Berryman on 0417 810 234.

Applications should be submitted via the "Apply Now" button.

Selection Criteria

Essential:

• General Practitioner
• Has a strong belief in implementing and documenting quality improvement.
• Has a good understanding of applying evidence to practice.
• Is able to distil a simple and clear process from complex information.
• Understands the flow of patients through their local health system.
• Experience in working with Aboriginal people, organisations and communities in view of planning and implementing services and achieving outcomes for Aboriginal people.
• High level interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, with the ability to prepare complex reports and submissions
• Awareness of information technology and technical writing.
• Ability to liaise, consult and negotiate with a range of internal and external stakeholders including senior clinical and executive staff.
• Understanding of the emerging needs of the community and the importance of an integrated network between primary and secondary care.
• Capacity to travel within western NSW; hold a current driver’s license. 
• Experience working in the health, NGO or community services sectors.

Benefits to working with WHAL

We pride ourselves on being supportive and flexible and offer a great range of benefits including:

• Generous salary packaging options up to $18,450 per year
• Professional development allowance and leave
• Family friendly and flexible working arrangements
• Collaboration with passionate likeminded professionals
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Option to purchase an additional 2 weeks leave or cash out 2 weeks
• Additional leave between the Christmas and New Year period
• 6 weeks paid parental leave
• Free Employment Assistance Program

A full Information Package, including a position description, is attached.