• Part time or Full Time
• Shifts now available on Monday - Friday, 8.30am-5.00pm
• Newcastle location
• Salary packaging, paid leave and medical indemnity insurance provided
• Professional support, training and development available
• Prioritise quality of care

General Practitioner (VR) position available at reproductive & sexual health NGO in Newcastle. Desired minimum 2 days per week. State of the art facilities with comprehensive clinical supports and opportunities to build your procedural skills, provide professional education and participate in fly-in-fly-out services across Western NSW if desired.

Family Planning Australia (FPA) is the leading provider of reproductive and sexual health services in NSW. As an independent not-for-profit organisation, we offer expert clinical care, information, and advice for everybody in every family as well as education and training and evidence-based research to support doctors, nurses, and other professionals.

Develop and expand your skills in primary care reproductive and sexual health with opportunities to expand your procedural skills in contraceptive implant and IUD insertion/removal, colposcopy, vasectomy and surgical abortion. Opportunities are available to provide medical education in both the clinical and classroom setting and to build your rural skills by participating in our fly-in-fly-out services across Western NSW. Leadership development is also available to build your medical leadership skills and progress your career.

We are currently recruiting for VR General Practitioners in Newcastle.

Your benefits

• Reproductive and sexual health focussed scope of practice
• Salary packaging available ($15,900pa) plus meal/entertainment ($2,650pa) – reduce your tax and increase your take home pay
• Paid leave entitlements including annual leave, personal/carers leave, parental leave, study leave
• Paid learning & development – implant, IUD, abortion, vasectomy and coloscopy training available, annual CPD-eligible updates
• Medical indemnity insurance provided by the organisation
• Engage in other professional opportunities that interest you
  • Professional education – clinical supervision, lectures, webinars, community of practice, adult learning principles
  • Research – reproductive and sexual health research studies, trials, publications and conference presentations
  • International Development – capacity building of health care providers in the Pacific
  • Leadership – medical leadership and clinical governance

Modern clinical facilities

• Multidisciplinary team
• AINs available to assist with clinic procedures (IUD, vasectomy, colposcopy)
• Comprehensive clinical support structures
• Internal referral pathways to licensed day surgery
• Fully accredited against the National Safety & Quality Healthcare Standards

Values

• FPA is a pro-choice organisation, Family Planning Australia.

Position Overview

The General Practitioner (VR) is responsible for the provision of high quality reproductive and sexual health clinical services to Family Planning Australia clients and is required to work effectively in a team environment.

• Base Full Time Salary: $183,535 - $208,534 (salary is based on experience).

Essential criteria

• Primary medical degree with current AHPRA registration as a General Practitioner (VR) or Specialist Sexual Health Physician
• Unrestricted Medicare provider number
• FPAA Certificate in Reproductive and Sexual Health (or equivalent) – theory component or willingness to complete same within first 3 months of employment
• Broad based clinical experience with previous experience in reproductive and sexual health
• Skills in LARC insertion (implant and/or IUD) or willingness to be trained in same
• Skills in abortion provision (medical and/or surgical) or willingness to be trained in same
• High level interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to effectively utilise electronic medical record systems
• Must have Australian working rights

Desirable criteria

• FPAA Certificate in Reproductive and Sexual Health (or equivalent) – practical component
• Previous experience in clinical instruction and/or clinical research
• Ability and willingness to participate in fly-in-fly-out service delivery in Western NSW

Other requirements

• A Criminal Record Check and Working With Children Check are required prior to commencement
• Immunisation/vaccination requirements apply

Interested?

Contact Kate Russell on 02 4016 1806 or [email protected] using the subject line: General Practitioner - Reproductive & Sexual Health - Newcastle enquiry via EthicalJobs for a confidential discussion.

A position description is attached.