Summary:T o provide medical skill and expertise in the delivery of comprehensive primary health care services as a member of the TAIHS multidisciplinary health care team, demonstrating leadership in clinical quality and safety and fostering a culture of organisational reflection and continuous quality improvement.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred and culturally appropriate patient care

• Prioritise patient safety

• Apply current best practice guidelines to patient care, including following national clinical guidelines, health pathways, RACGP guidelines and therapeutic guidelines

• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team which promotes input from Indigenous Health Practitioners, Nurses, Indigenous Health Professionals, Allied Health Practitioners, Reception, and Administration staff to form a high performing medical team

• Provide regular preventative health activities including health assessments (MBS item 715)

• Provide regular chronic disease management care plans (MBS items 721/723) and home medicines review (MBS item 900)

• Accurately record MBS items for all clinical activities

• Provide comprehensive clinical documentation for all clinical encounters at time of care

• See walk in patients as required

• Participate in outreach clinics including school based clinics, rural outreach clinics and residential aged care facility visits as required

• Provide support to colleagues, medical students and GPs in training

• Maintain comprehensive documentation

• Maintain confidentiality and privacy

• Adhere to rules outlined in the medical advantages scheme (MBS) and pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS)





• Adhere to TAIHS policies and procedures including the patient results /recall system and endeavour that all recalls, and actions are addressed within a timely manner as per practice procedure

• Check all investigation results and correspondence during each session

• Provide patients with referrals and certificates at point of care

• Take responsibility for following up patients you have treated and results from investigations you have ordered

• Check results and care for patients of other GPs in the practice when required

• Participate in TAIHS professional development and clinical governance activities

• Complete advanced life support (ALS1) course every 3 years and basic life support (BLS) course annually

• Complete mandatory TAIHS training activities

• Complete RACGP continuing professional development requirements

• Participate in quality improvement activities and clinical audits

• Comply with infection prevention and control procedures

• Maintain and adhere to the professional standards as outlined by the Medical Board / AHPRA in ‘Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia’, available at: Good medical practice: a code of conduct for doctors in Australia (ama.com.au)





• Notify the Director of Medical Services as soon as possible in cases of patient complaints, ethical dilemmas, interactions with AHPRA

• Report any foreseeable risks or areas of concern to the director of medical services

• Maintain specialist and general AHPRA registration

• Maintain your own medical indemnity insurance and provide a current certificate of insurance to TAIHS

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Desirable) Postgraduate medical qualification equivalent to the Fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or Fellow of Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM)

• Vocational registration (VR) as a General Practitioner

• Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA)

• Current certification for Basic Life Support training

• Advanced Life Support training is highly desirable

Required Licenses and Checks

• Ability to pass a National Police Check – no Serious/Criminal/Court Records

• Current AHPRA registration

• Current C Class Drivers Licence (Qld)

• Highly recommended- COVID-19 to be, and remain, vaccinated against COVID-19

• Proof of qualifications and current registration (as appropriate) are to be provided prior to commencement of employment

• Ability to perform the physical requirements of the role in a safe manner

Please view the full position description for this role before applying. available on the TAIHS career page- https://taihs.net.au/careers

Applications close midnight 15 March 2025

For more information please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

📌 General Practitioner (Townsville)
🏢 TAIHS
📍 Townsville