Vocational GP | Community Health Primary Care Clinic | Healesville Hospital & Yarra Valley Health

 Vocational General Practitioner | Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health

•  Friendly and Supportive Team
• Flexible working arrangements
• Established General Practice

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.

About the role

The Eastern Health Primary Care GP Clinic is a busy, fully computerised bulk-billing clinic offering a range of primary care services to a large catchment of patients in the outer eastern suburbs. The clinic is located on-site at Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health and provides both business and after hours services. This vacancy would suit a patient-centred, vocationally registered GP to work either part-time or full-time as a Private Practitioner within the service. Non-VR practitioner will retain 65% of receipts, and a VR practitioner will retain 70% of receipts.

Excellent support is provided by a friendly administration team and experienced Practice Nurses. Pathology and x-ray are co-located on site, along with community health services including physiotherapy, counselling and podiatry. As a part of Eastern Health, the clinic has access to extended management support and strong links with other clinical services with the organisation. Modern consultation and treatment room facilities are provided.

About you

To be successful in this role you should: ·

• Demonstrate a knowledge of and compliance with all relevant legislation and common law obligations
•  Accountability and duty of care in the course of practice including meeting practice standards
•  Demonstrate knowledge of policies and procedural guidelines that have legal implications; for example ensuring documentation conforms to legal requirements
•  Identify and respond to unsafe practice; for example implement interventions to prevent unsafe practice and/or contravention of law
• Demonstrate a patient-focused approach in service provision with genuine empathy and interest in their needs
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills across all ages and social groups
• Always well-presented, friendly, courteous, obliging and representing the practice in a confident and positive manner at all times
• Undertake all duties in a diligent manner, with honesty and integrity
• Maintain absolute confidentiality regarding patient and practice information
• Have a vigilant attitude to accuracy, being prepared to double check as necessary
• Ability to work cooperatively and independently, to prioritise and organise, with attention to detail
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development
• Possession of current driver’s licence
• Registration as a medical practitioner with the Medical Board of Australia
• Possess or actively pursuing vocational registration, with RACGP
• Current Medical Indemnity

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here! The benefits of working for Eastern Health include

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps If you have the ability and drive to make a difference take hold of this opportunity and apply online today via: https://eh.mercury.com.au/ViewPosition.aspx?id=RqKeWyGIQhg=&jbc=ere

For full details refer to the attached Position Description and direct all enquiries to the contact person listed.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory police records check.

You must have the right to permanently live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

Please submit all applications online.

Recruitment agency applications will not be accepted.

Eastern Health Values: Patients First: Agility: Humility: Respect: Kindness: Excellence