* Position Summary
A full time Vacancy exists for a Rural Medical Practitioner in a remote community 520km east of Darwin.
You will be responsible for the provisions of primary medical services to the community and surrounding outstations.
Clinical responsibilities include:
o Provide primary medical services
o Provide public health services using a community development model to enhance health outcomes, improve services and infrastructure
o Provide an holistic approach to health care that includes care planning and case conferencing with patients who have a chronic disease
o Be responsible for the coordination of medical retrieval and patient travel services, which includes tasking Care flight aircraft and crew
o Participate in the collection and maintenance of communicare computerised client health information including Medicare billing
o Ensure that Medicare billing is optimised to its full potential to realise maximum return to the community for service development
o Work collaboratively with a range of health providers within the organization and external to the organization
o Undertake programs and tasks appropriate to family and preventative medicine and Primary Health Care within a community and health education context
o Be opportunistic in the development of health care plans for patients
o Be proactive in health promotion so that it will enhance community education and understanding of particular health issue’s
Package includes : Annual salary, relocation allowance, Professional Development allowances, Fully maintained accomodation, plus MORE!
Essential Criteria
o Strong verbal and written communication skills
o Vocational Registration (FRACGP
o FACRRM
o FRNZCGP)
o Full Australian Work Rights
o General Practice experience in Australia
o Passion and commitment to providing a high level of care to patients
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