Specialist Medical Practitioner—GP NOW/Care@Home, Department of Health. Hobart TAS. General Practitioners (Healthcare & Medical). Government-SState (Government & Defense). Full time. $291,472 + $301,349 + 11.5% Super + Allowances.

The role: The Specialist Medical Practitioner (GP NOW) will work as part of the expanding Care@Home service. GP NOW is a specialty team performing clinical duties including consultation with community-based patients, supporting GP registrars with supervision and training needs, and providing virtual care support to Tasmanian Health Services (THS) patients in a community setting. Duties may include short-term deployments to communities where local availability has been impacted.

The Specialist Medical Practitioner-General Practitioner provides: A medical specialist role to provide virtual care to patients as part of Care@Home. Virtual clinical care of patients involves triage, assessment, patient management plans, clinical governance, direction, advice and support, and expert opinion. Provide primary, comprehensive and continuing total patient care to individuals, as and when required, in a Virtual Care environment, General Practice, District Hospital or Residential aging Care facility. Support junior doctors and GP Registrars with supervision and training needs. Work within a multi-disciplinary team to coordinate patient care.

Note: Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application. Details of Appointment. Multiple fixed-term full-time & part-time day worker (fully rotational) positions working up to 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible for a period of 12 months.

Flexibility to negotiate working hours and working from home with successful candidates. Positions are available in the North, North West and South, with bases located around Tasmania, including Latrobe, Launceston and Cambridge, notwithstanding that hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant. Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full-time, part-time and casual vacancies.

Salary: A remuneration package comprising the Agreement base salary, relevant allowances and other entitlements will be negotiated with the successful applicant, dependent on clinical experience and seniority.

Base salary points range for Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1 at $210,000 through to Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 11 at $288,000, with further salary increments available.

Please note that access to the Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner salary range $291,472 to $301,349 is subject to the successful applicant satisfying the criteria for Senior Specialist Medical Practitioner Level 1, 2 or 3 as outlined in the Medical Practitioners (Tasmanian State Service) Award

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:  Allowance in lieu of motor vehicles is currently set at $28,389 pro rata per annum, paid fortnightly (with CPI indexation on July 1 each year). Continuing Professional Development Allowance of $16,480 pro rata per annum. Relocation allowance. All other allowances are as per current Award.

Eligibility: Successful applicants will be required to meet the following essential criteria: Specialist registration with the Medical Board of Australia in a relevant specialty. Registrations and licenses that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration and licenses remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration or license is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

Applicants should note that the following criteria are desirable: Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) or the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM). Current driver’s licence. Recent experience in a rural and remote setting, including undertaking work in a solo environment,. Experience and knowledge of contemporary medical education and supervision of medical trainees. Previous experience in telehealth and/or virtual care modalities.

The Head of State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job must satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted: Conviction checks in the following areas: crimes of violence, sex-related offences, serious drug offences, crimes involving dishonesty, Identification checks, and disciplinary action in previous employment check.

This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note: We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria. All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying. Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents. We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide and Statement of Duties prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria. For more information, please email to arrange a confidential phone call about the position.

An Important Announcement from JobScoin.com for jobs seekers and employers.

Do not pay any type of payment to get the job or hire someone. We are just sharing jobs from multiple sources and we are not responsible for any type of scam.

NOTE: Never make payment to any employer, person, company, contractor or agency to get hired for a Job.

Dr Meg Creely, Medical Lead Care Home: meg.creely@ths.tas.gov.au