Position Title: General Practitioner - Saturday clinic

Duration: Fixed Term, part-time

Base Salary: $ 236,117 to $313,920 per annum (pro-rata)

WHO ARE WE?

Established in 1991, Danila Dilba Health Service (DDHS) is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation committed to providing culturally appropriate, comprehensive primary health care services and community development within the Biluru (Aboriginal) community of the Yilli Rreung (Greater Darwin) Region in the Northern Territory.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a General Practitioner at Saturday clinics with Danila Dilba Health Service, you will deliver culturally appropriate, comprehensive primary health care services to clients. The General Practitioner Saturday clinics will work Saturdays from 0800-1300. The role requires a motivated and confident independent practitioner who can also work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to the delivery of high-quality care and support the organisation in maintaining best-practice standards across its health services.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Deliver high-quality, culturally safe clinical care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, ensuring patient safety and continuity of care.
• Apply the principles of chronic disease management in assessments, treatment, and follow-up, supporting clients with long-term health conditions.
• Conduct comprehensive health assessments and care planning including relevant MBS items and clinical items to support preventative and ongoing care.
• Participate in screening, recalls, follow-up and referral processes, ensuring timely and appropriate pathways to allied health, specialists, and other services.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential

• Current registration as a General Practitioner with AHPRA.
• Fellow of the RACGP or ACCRM
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with people from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds.
• Demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to Aboriginal culture, self-determination concepts and history and knowledge of issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Ability to work independently, and as a member of a team, with strong organisational skills and demonstrated ability to plan, manage and prioritise tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team in a cross-cultural and complex environment.
• Demonstrated high standard of written and computer literacy relevant to the preparation of reports, correspondence, and with an understanding of confidentiality within context.

Desirable

• Demonstrated understanding of the principles of Primary Health Care within Indigenous Health.
• Previous experience in delivering primary health care services in the unique primary care environment of the Northern Territory.
• Accreditation or experience as a supervisor of GP registrars.
• The ability to use Communicare.
• Demonstrated competence in working with and understanding Medicare and the Practice Incentive Program.
• Understanding of Aboriginal Health Workers Career Structure/Competencies

For further information, please contact -Louise Beahan or Ella Cawley| Clinic Manager, Palmerston and Malak| phone number (08) 8942 5400

EMPLOYMENT IS SUBJECT TO

• Willing to undergo a Police Check.
• Ability and willingness to obtain a Working with Children Clearance (Ochre Card).
• Current driver?s licence.
• Current CPR certificate or the preparedness to gain one within 6 months of commencement.
• Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or an exemption as listed on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) be submitted.

• Full rights to work in Australia.