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 benefits scheme (MBS) and pharmaceutical perks 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