General Practitioner
Core
Leading and managing high-quality primary healthcare services for immigration detainees, including acute/chronic care, mental health, and trauma-informed interventions.
Role type
Senior General Practitioner (Primary Care)
Builds
Onsite primary health interventions and telehealth support for detainees
Domain
Healthcare / Immigration Detention
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
General practice, primary healthcare, mental health management, trauma-informed care, complex comorbidity management, opioid substitution treatment prescribing, public health management, working with vulnerable populations
Preferred skills
Fellowship with RACGP/ACRRM, experience in high-risk environments, communicable disease management
Technologies
Telehealth platforms, Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
Responsibilities
Provide preventative health checks and immunizations, manage acute medical presentations and complex comorbidities, oversee chronic disease management, act as primary medical escalation point for health staff, support multidisciplinary mental health teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
