General Practitioner
Core
Provide broad-scope medical cover at an urgent care centre and inpatient ward for adults and children in a rural regional hospital.
Role type
Rural Generalist (Emergency Medicine & General Practice)
Builds
Emergency and urgent care services for a regional catchment
Domain
Healthcare / Emergency Medicine / General Practice
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Emergency medicine, acute medicine, chronic disease management, aged care, palliative care, paediatrics, general surgery basics, inpatient ward management
Preferred skills
Experience in rural medicine, ability to work in multidisciplinary teams
Technologies
Telehealth systems, electronic medical records
Responsibilities
Provide onsite medical cover at the Urgent Care Centre during business hours, manage on-call duties for non-complex emergency patients, conduct medical reviews and ward rounds on the inpatient ward, assist with patient admissions and transfers
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC