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Key Points
- Meaningful work and continuity of care with older Australians
- Additional Medicare incentives and earning potential
- Flexible workload, scheduled visits and no after-hours
- Dedicated administrative, billing and clinical support

Interested in the position?

Contact Claire Benfield

- Description

Make a difference. Practise with purpose. Feel supported.

Better Medical is seeking VR General Practitioners across Queensland to provide high-quality medical care to residents in residential aged care facilities. Whether you’re an experienced Aged Care GP or a General Practitioner looking to make residential aged care a greater focus of your practice, Better Medical offers an established and supportive model designed to help you enjoy the skilled rewards of aged care medicine, with the flexibility and resources to make it work for you.

Build meaningful relationships with residents and their families, provide continuity of care and make a lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of older Australians.

With Better Medical, you’ll benefit from:

- Meaningful and rewarding work, building lasting relationships with residents and families.
- Additional Medicare incentives for eligible GPs, alongside applicable MBS and DVA rebates.
- Flexible working arrangements, with regular scheduled visits and no after-hours or weekend commitments.
- Dedicated administrative, billing, nursing and clinical support, allowing you to focus on patient care.

Why Choose Better Medical for Aged Care?

Our Aged Care GP model is designed to reduce the administrative and operational responsibilities often associated with residential aged care, giving doctors more time to focus on delivering quality clinical care. Clinical Autonomy and Meaningful Patient Relationships

- Build meaningful, long-term relationships with residents and their families.
- Provide personalised, ongoing care and develop a deeper understanding of residents’ individual health needs.
- Exercise clinical autonomy while benefiting from an established clinical support network.
- Apply your clinical interests in geriatric medicine, chronic disease management and palliative care.

Flexibility and Work-Life Balance

- Regular, scheduled aged care visits.
- Flexible scheduling to complement your availability and preferences.
- Opportunities to be matched with residential aged care facilities close to your home or clinic, where possible.
- Secure remote access to clinical notes and follow-up tasks.
- Telehealth options where clinically appropriate.
- No after-hours or weekend commitments.

Dedicated Administrative and Clinical Support

- Dedicated administration, nursing and management teams.




- Assistance with Medicare billing and administrative processes.
- Clinical documentation and transfer of notes.
- Support with care planning, recalls, reminders and referrals.
- Facility coordination and communication with families.
- GP leave and clinical cover coordination.

Professional Development and Clinical Collaboration

- Access to clinical update days and ongoing professional development.
- Access to eTG and clinical resources.
- Clinical governance and professional support.
- Opportunities to collaborate with experienced clinicians across the Better Medical network.

The Role – Residential Aged Care General Practitioner

As a VR General Practitioner in residential aged care, you’ll provide comprehensive and coordinated medical care to older Australians living in residential aged care facilities across Queensland. Your clinical responsibilities may include:

- Comprehensive geriatric assessments and ongoing health reviews.
- Chronic disease management and care planning.
- Acute illness assessment and management.
- Dementia care and cognitive health.
- Medication management and review.
- Preventive healthcare and immunisations.
- Palliative and end-of-life care.
- Clinical coordination with nurses, allied health professionals and pharmacists.

You’ll work collaboratively with residents, families, nursing staff, allied health professionals, pharmacists and residential aged care facility teams to support high-quality, person-centred healthcare. This is an opportunity to develop meaningful therapeutic relationships, understand the individual needs of your patients and provide continuity of care in a supportive clinical environment.

Medicare Incentives and Aged Care Billing Support

Better Medical supports eligible GPs to access the Australian Government’s General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI). The incentive provides additional payments to eligible GPs and participating practices for delivering regular, planned care to residents in residential aged care facilities.

Eligible GPs can receive additional payments alongside applicable Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) rebates, subject to MyMedicare registration and program servicing requirements.

Our experienced administrative team helps support the processes required to participate in the program, including:





- Comprehensive Medical Assessments (CMAs).
- Care Plan Reviews.
- Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR) referrals.
- Regular visits, recalls and reminders.
- Billing administration and care coordination.

Our structured processes are designed to support efficient billing, continuity of care and a more manageable administrative workload.

Aged Care GP Support – Backed by Better Medical

Better Medical is a doctor-led owner and operator of high-quality general practices and aged care services across Australia. We understand that delivering quality residential aged care requires more than regular GP visits. It takes the right systems, people and support to help doctors provide consistent, coordinated care.

Our dedicated teams support the operational requirements of aged care medicine, including billing, scheduling, clinical documentation, care planning, facility coordination and communication.

You’ll also benefit from access to the wider Better Medical network, including clinical governance, education, professional resources and established practice management systems.

Our aim is to give GPs the support, flexibility and clinical autonomy to build a rewarding and sustainable aged care practice.

About You

To be considered for an Aged Care GP opportunity with Better Medical, you will have:

- Fellowship of the RACGP or ACRRM (FRACGP or FACRRM).
- Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- A commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centred healthcare.
- An interest in residential aged care and the health needs of older Australians.
- Solid communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work collaboratively with residents, families and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
- A commitment to ongoing professional development and clinical best practice.

Previous experience in residential aged care is welcomed but not essential for doctors with a genuine interest in developing their aged care practice.

Interested in Aged Care GP Opportunities in Queensland?

Whether you’re an experienced Aged Care GP or considering making residential aged care a greater focus of your General Practice career, we’d welcome a confidential conversation. Explore how Better Medical can support your clinical interests, professional goals and preferred way of working.

Register your interest today and our recruitment team will be in touch to discuss available Aged Care GP opportunities across Queensland. Please fill in the short Expression of Interest Form.

Alternatively, please call or email Claire Benfield for a confidential chat at 0485 800 202 or [email protected].

📌 Residential Aged Care | VR General Practitioner (Tasmania)
🏢 Better Medical
📍 Tasmania