Do you have a passion for rural practice and experience in emergency care? King Island is renowned for its exquisite produce, sensational golf courses, friendly locals and so much more. If you are attracted to life on an iconic island, you won't want to miss this opportunity!
Ochre Medical Centre King Island is located in the island’s largest town, Currie. It is a small practice with two streams of doctors and serves a resident population of around 1,400 plus all of the visitors who regularly come to the island. The practice is the only medical centre on King Island, located right next door to the hospital, which offers emergency and acute care (ATS CAT1-5 patients) and a mix of outpatient services, including mental health, physiotherapy and podiatry.
This is a hands-on, full-scope role with real impact. You will work a minimum of 9 sessions in general practice each week and participate in the hospital VMO roster.
Taking over an existing patient base, you can expect to see 25+ patients per day and still have time to go for a surf. You will receive on- and off-site operational and clinical management support.
The practice is open Monday to Friday plus Saturday mornings. Hospital on-call is on a 24 hour rotating roster Monday to Friday, and alternating weekends.
For this position, you must be proficient in general practice medicine and trauma/accident and emergency medicine and hold a current emergency medicine certificate (APLS, ELS, etc). You must also have recent experience working in an unsupervised setting.
Skills and experience required:
Ochre Health is a leading provider of healthcare to rural, regional and urban communities around Australia, operating a network of over 60 medical centres across five states and territories. It was founded by two rural GPs who believed there had to be a better way, and for 20 years they have been building it. Ochre supports over 450 GPs and 90 registrars with practical, personal and purpose-driven support.
Ochre Medical Centre King Island is well established, accredited and fully computerised (Best Practice) and operates a mixed billing model. Doctors are well supported by experienced registered nurses to assist with CDM, immunisations and women's health, a practice manager, office manager and admin staff working collaboratively with the services provided in the hospital and community health centres. There are regular visiting allied health services.
The practice is co-located within the King Island Hospital and Health Centre which services six acute care beds, eight high care and six low care residential aged care beds. The hospital offers nursing assistance to the GPs for emergency and accident cases and triages all after hours calls.
If you’re after natural beauty, peace, and real connection — you’ll love King Island. King Island offers a remote yet welcoming lifestyle, full of fresh local food, incredible beaches, and no traffic in sight:
Please contact Fran Robinson at The People Project Tasmania for more information frobinson@thepeopleproject.com.au or apply now.
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King Island is famous for its beautiful landscape and good produce. Live in a safe, friendly and supportive community close to rugged coastline with fresh seafood and some of the cleanest air in the world.
HR+ provide an invaluable service to Practice Managers in Tasmania. Jenny has acted as a mentoring support for me since I commenced at Don Medical Clinic in September 2018, and also supported me through networking events and education during my previous practice manager role in Hobart. Having a mentor like Jenny from HR+ has made a huge difference to me as I find my feet in the challenging world of practice management. I have found the support that HR+ provide, not only with mentoring but also the events put on by the Practice Support team, and the email support networking resources that are regularly provided, are invaluable and I am sure for many other practice managers in the state.
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