General Practitioner (Part-time and Casual)

• CASUAL & PERMANENT PART-TIME
• Newcastle and Maitland

IGNITE your career path. Are you a dedicated and skilled General Practitioner looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity in urgent care medicine? We are seeking passionate and highly motivated doctors to join our dynamic healthcare team at Heal Specialist Urgent Care.

At Heal, our mission is to revolutionise the way urgent medical care is delivered in Australia by:

• Making healthcare easy
• Delivering extraordinary care
• Caring for people, not patients
• Empowering people by growing health literacy

We are constructing a team of clinical and support excellence, to challenge the status quo in healthcare and help us fulfil our mission.

The Opportunity:

The role of the General Practitioner at Heal represents a unique opportunity to ignite your career and help build an exciting new healthcare service in the Hunter Region.

Supporting the clinical lead (Emergency Physician) of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in positively impacting the health and wellbeing of the local community, by helping to offset the burden placed upon our public health systems. At Heal we prioritise patient experience with time efficiency in a premium environment.

Heal Urgent Care has two walk-in clinics in the Hunter region, the established Newcastle clinic has 12 treatment spaces, a procedure room, dedicated onsite x-ray and point of care pathology testing, with generous amenities and office spaces. Heal’s Maitland clinic is expected to open end of October 2023.

The position of General Practitioner at Heal will require you to work shift patterns that span our clinic operating hours and will include weekends and public holidays. Heal clinics are not open overnight.

What we offer:

• An opportunity to expand your emergency medicine knowledge and learn new procedural skills
• A medical scribe to assist with daily administrative tasks such as documentation, ordering investigations and discharge, allowing you to focus on consulting and clinical decision making.
• High patient turnover and ultimate patient flow with no access block
• No on-call requirement
• Technology and IT systems that make healthcare easy for both patients and doctors
• Free Urgent Care for you and your immediate family
• End of trip facilities

Who you are:

• A service focused and empathetic General Practitioner with a genuine interest in patient needs, outcomes, and continuous quality improvement
• Highly motivated and organised with a vigilant attitude towards accuracy and compliance
• Ambitious and energised to overcome challenges and inefficiencies, to guide the team to deliver extraordinary healthcare
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills and contribute to building a positive team culture that reflects our values
• Excellent interpersonal skills, effective written and verbal communications
• Embraces digital tools to streamline administrative processes

Essential Requirements

• Applicants must have a Medical Degree registrable in NSW and hold Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) and/or the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM)
• Experience working in paediatric medicine
• Experience with orthopaedic and musculoskeletal injuries

Who we are:

• A dedicated team with a passion for delivering extraordinary health care
• A flexible workplace, offering appropriate work/life balance and integration
• A people first organisation, for our patients, team and partners
• An organisation passionate about education and developing our skills.

Culture and Benefits:

• Career Opportunities – We are a rapidly growing medical organisation with lots of opportunities to ignite your career outside of General Practice. Opportunities exist to work in outpatient clinics within Heal’s After Care model (e.g. HITH).
• Flexible work arrangements – we can offer a variety of shift patterns and shift lengths to suit your lifestyle.
• Rewarding Performance – we have a philosophy of sharing our success by offering financial incentives and rewards to our permanent employees.

Why Newcastle and The Hunter Region?

Newcastle is Australia’s second oldest and NSW’s second largest city and is located just a two-hour drive north of Sydney. We are proud of our stunning beaches, gorgeous coastline, NSW’s largest Lake, National Parks, beautiful architecture and varied dining options. The liveability of our Hunter Valley region includes a world class university, superb sporting facilities, award winning attractions and restaurants along with numerous public, private and preschool options. Find out more about Newcastle, Maitland and surrounding Lake Macquarie and Hunter Valley regions https://www.visitnewcastle.com...;

How to apply?

Excited to find out more, please contact Camilla if you wish to apply for this role or discuss anything in more detail camillastewart@healurgentcare.com.au

You can learn more about Heal Urgent Care, here: https://www.healurgentcare.com.au/work-with-us/