The role of the Senior Medical Officer/General Practitioner is to provide high quality, best practice primary health care to prisoners within the assigned scope of practice within a Correctional Centre, referring patients to hospitals and specialist clinics and other health services as required.

Make a meaningful difference to a diverse patient population while developing your clinical leadership skills and enjoying the Fraser Coast lifestyle.

Appointment is available at Senior Medical Officer, Staff Specialist or Senior Staff Specialist level, with remuneration dependent on classification and working hours.

Your key responsibilities

- Provide general practice clinical services, consultancy and advice within a defined scope of practice.
- Ensure provision of evidence-based and quality clinical care to individual patients
- Provide comprehensive GP management including chronic disease management and pain management
- Work effectively and collaboratively with Correctional Nurse Practitioners and multidisciplinary teams including nursing, mental health, dental and other visiting specialists




- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to provide the Opiate Treatment Program and Hepatitis C Program
- Actively engage in multidisciplinary team meetings and education sessions
- Prospect to work fractionally off site under approved remote working arrangement
- Provide primary mental health and drug and alcohol assessments
- Ensure high quality professional communication with individual patients and all relevant health professionals necessary for quality clinical care outcomes, including for transfer of responsibility of care.
- Perform minor procedures within scope of practice and service CSCF (clinical services capability framework), similar to a general practice (such as suturing, skin lesion removal etc.)
- Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, training and supervision as appropriate to medical, nursing, allied health and administrative professional to improve patient care and service outcomes
- Initiate, encourage and participate in research, evaluation and evidence-based treatment

Interested in this opportunity or something else? Contact Paul at [email protected] top arrange a confidential chat today!

📌 General Practitioner/SMO | Corrections | Package (Bundaberg Central)
🏢 JPS Medical Recruitment
📍 Bundaberg Central