Location: North Mackay, Australia
Sector: Medical & Nursing
Salary: $180 per hour.
Additional rate of $1,000 per week is on offer to offset expensesJob Title: Locum General Practitioner - Mackay, Queensland.
Job Type: Temporary / Contract - Full Time.
Dates Required:
30th November 2024 to 20th December 2024
6th January 2025 to 17th January 2025
Practice Information:
This practice currently has doctors sitting their exams, and one who has finished working, hence the need of a locum.
This is a local doctor family-owned practice that has been established for more than 35 years and is largely a private billing practice.
If you want to have a work family environment and a place you enjoy coming to work, then this is the practice for you.
Your fellow GPs and staff are highly professional, friendly, and organized.
All consulting rooms have their own windows, and doctors have undercover parking with on-site pathology.Nursing Support: Full nurse support, 3 bed treatment room, Care Plan room, vaccination room, and additional private treatment roomAdmin: Full-time Practice Manager and Reception teamPractice Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pmAbout Mackay:
Mackay is a sunny beachside city with a large choice of private schools, its own university, and an airport servicing major airlines.
Hamilton Island is a little more than 2 hours away, and Eungella National Park is about 1 hour away.
Mackay is also serviced by Mackay Base Hospital, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Mackay Private Rehab Hospital, and Icon Cancer Treatment Centre.
Position Description:
The role of the general practitioner is to provide primary continuing healthcare services to individuals, families, and the local community.
The position requires the general practitioner to have the necessary clinical skills to assess a patient's medical condition and provide appropriate investigations, procedures, treatments, and referrals to allied health, community health professionals, or specialists for optimal patient outcomes.
Adhering to the standards set out by the RACGP for clinical practice, the general practitioner must provide a complete service with recall systems, education, prevention programs, and continuity of care, as well as participate in continuing professional development.
The position requires diagnostic ability and general medical knowledge applied to treatment options for the following core clinical skill set: (A) MEDICAL: Aged care, Dermatology, Diabetes Mellitus and other endocrine and metabolic diseases, Digestive diseases (e.g., gastroenteritis), Diseases of the ear, nose, throat, Heart disease, Hyper- and hypotension, Musculoskeletal problem diagnosis, Neurological problem diagnosis, Paediatrics, Palliative care, Respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma), Sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, Skin lesion diagnosis (e.g., solar keratosis, basal cell carcinoma), Urinary Tract Infections, Follow-up patients discharged from hospital and/or referred from allied health professionals, community care, or specialists as required.
(B) Ability to perform the following assessments, procedures, and schedules: Blood and urine requesting and imaging, Body examinations, Counselling advice, Vaccination including childhood, travel, and government programs, ECG (interpretation and emergency), Spirometry interpretation, Ear toileting, Diagnosis of pathology, imaging, and recall system, Pregnancy care and post-care, Clear, concise record keeping in patients' files.
Qualifications & Experience:
• FACCRM or FRACGP
Salary Information:$180 per hour.A flat rate of $1000 per week is on offer to offset expenses such as a car and/or accommodation.For more information on this position, please contact our team via ******.
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