• Are you a GP looking for a place to put down roots and are looking to work in a practice that offers long-term security, independence and career prospects?

• Permanent opportunity for busy rural practices in Central Highlands (MM4 and MM5 locations)

Job Type: Permanent – Full time.

After Hours Requirements:  Yes

About the Practice
This is a large privately GP owned practice in the Central Highlands, spread across sites in Blackwater and Emerald. Offering well-equipped consultation rooms and up-to-date equipment; this mixed billing clinic operates on holistic values to provide a range of services to the residents of the Central Highlands. Both AGPAL and QIP accredited, the practice offers patients convenient appointments both during the day and after hours (between 5.30pm – 8pm), online appointment booking and access to a dedicated telehealth room to facilitate remote specialist visits.

About their Services
With a purpose-built main clinic in Blackwater, this practice also serves the wider community via their Emerald location and is equipped and supported to facilitate a range of services, such as:

• Occupational Medicine (including workplace injuries and workers health assessments under the CMWHS)

• Skin Cancer Medicine

• Skin Cancer surgery

• Women’s health

• Children and family health

• Cosmetic procedures such as anti-wrinkle, dermal fillers and chemical peels

The Opportunity
Due to region and business growth, exciting opportunities exist for permanent GP’s who hold Specialist Registration with AHPRA. VR GP's who are subject to the DPA moratorium and GP’s who hold General registration and are undertaking the PEP or ACRRM Independent pathway are also welcome to apply.

Why should you Join this organisation?
This is a flexible, family-friendly practice with a fun and supportive workplace that aims to offer clinical staff excellent training opportunities with exceptional clinical and non-clinical support. You will be supported by three full-time Nurses, six administrative staff, Practice Business Manager and Practice Finance Officer within the practice. Work across multi-sites with both Blackwater (MM5) and Emerald (MM4) approved under DPA.

Additional potential incentive benefits include:

• Rural bulk billing incentive

• Health Workforce scholarship program

• Workforce incentive program – Doctor Stream offers GP’s an initial daily rate for the first three months, moving to an agreed billing percentage after this time.

• Enjoy an immediate patient base that will see you busy from your first day, with pathology located on-site (Blackwater) and a range of specialist allied health such as counselling, psychology, speech pathology, exercise physiology, diabetes education and more.

• This organisation values on-going training and aims to support Doctors who may be looking to grow their skillset.

Training support options include but are not limited to:

• Supervision and/or training to meet the requirement to register as an Examining Medical Officer (EMO) with RSHQ to provide workers assessments under the CMWHS Supervision and/or training to provide cosmetic services such as chemical peels, dermal fillers and anti-wrinkle injections.

Qualifications & Experience:

• MBBS or equivalent

• Specialist registration with AHPRA (or on PEP / ACCRM IP or willing to do so)

• FRACGP / FACRRM (or enrolled in program / willing to do so)

Salary Information: 

• A daily rate of $1,500 - $1800 is offered for initial 3 months. 

• $1,500 for morning (8.30am-12pm) and afternoon (1.30pm – 4.30pm) clinics

• $1,800 for evening clinic (5.30pm – 8pm)

• Saturdays (8.30-12.30pm) attract a rate of $675 additional.

• After 3 months you will transition to negotiated billings percentage

The Region
The HQ clinic is located in Blackwater, a growing mining town located approximately 200km west of Rockhampton. Serviced by an expanding shopping centre, council office, schools to year 12, churches, a multi-purpose health service, emergency services, courthouse and civic centre. Blackwater also has a variety of recreational, cultural, sporting and leisure groups including an arts and crafts centre, swimming pool and sporting fields which are actively used by the community. The Emerald clinic sits a further 76km west of Blackwater and is located in a busy part of the town, easily accessible from the main road and conveniently located near pathology and imaging services, while sharing a space with a range of allied health and community professionals. Emerald is serviced by a range of retail shopping centres and outlets as well as a variety of schools and other activities and a passenger airport.

For more information on this position, please contact our team via hws@healthworkforce.com.au.

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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