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 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 5pm 10th October 2025
For more information please contact hr@taihs.net.au
