About the Role

You will:

• Providing comprehensive, culturally safe, and preventative medical care within a primary health care setting
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and across organisational programs to support integrated client care
• Supporting health promotion, early intervention, and chronic disease management initiatives
• Educating and supporting clients to empower self-management of ongoing health conditions
• Contributing to clinical governance, practice standards, and continuous quality improvement activities
• Liaising with allied health professionals, visiting specialists, and external agencies to ensure coordinated care and appropriate models of practice
• Using clinical and information systems to support decision-making, evaluate outcomes, and improve service delivery
• Participating in effective communication and education initiatives within the PCS program

About You

You bring:

• Registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Authority (AHPRA) Medical Board of Australia with FRACGP or equivalent qualification.
• Hold membership of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) or appropriate professional body.
• Hold a current Health Insurance Commission unrestricted provider number, relevant eHealth registrations and professional indemnity insurance.
• Demonstrated understanding of the contemporary issues facing Aboriginal people and the impacts these issues have on Indigenous Australian societies and cultures; and
• Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal people.
• Demonstrated understanding of all relevant guidelines for Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver a high level of professional judgement and clinical competence in a multi-disciplinary setting and a sound understanding of all aspects of clinical governance.
• Sound knowledge of relevant Medicare schedules, billing processes and compliance management within MBS Guidelines.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, the ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision, work under pressure in a complex busy workplace to assess priorities and meet deadlines and respond to difficult and/or stressful situations in a calm, sensitive and professional manner.
• Proven ability to contribute effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Significant experience in the use of Communicare or other electronic client health information management system to document client care (e.g. Medical Director or Best Practice).
• Proven well-developed written and verbal communication skills and high-level ability to communicate effectively with a range of health professionals and administrative staff.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict, solve problems and negotiate successful outcomes.