Vocationally Registered General Practitioner
Vocationally Registered General Practitioner (HITH) 116699 MP Year 1-5 August 2024.pdf
Salary: MP Year 1-5 $291,226 - $327,375 p.a. pro rata or $558.269 - $627.56 per session (inclusive of base salary and applicable allowances)
The closing date for this vacancy has been extended to 12:00pm (AWST) on Tuesday 24 September 2024.
This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) is the perfect place to start!
SMHS delivers quality, safe and effective hospital and health services within a catchment area stretching more than 3300 square kilometres across the southern half of Perth.
Our vision is Excellent health care, every time. You can read more about SMHS in our Strategic Plan here.
We are looking for Vocationally Registered General Practitioners (VRGP) to join our team at the Hospital in the Home (HiTH) Service.
HiTH provides patients within the Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group (FSFHG) the ability to receive acute care in the comfort of their own home, away from a hospital setting.
About the Role
- Provide a high quality clinical service to all hospital and community patients under the supervision of Clinical Supervisors including Consultants and within a multidisciplinary team
- Work within your ability and according to the hospital’s core values of Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence
- Expand your knowledge and skills through the available learning opportunities
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to review the medical needs of patients within FSFHG and provides teaching and support, as appropriate to Doctors in Training (DiT’s), Nursing, Allied Health and other multidisciplinary team members across the service.
Please see attached Job Description Form for more details including the selection criteria
Our values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.
Want to know more? We encourage you to contact Dr Gillian Scott at gillian.scott@health.wa.gov.au or 0434 855 356.
If you are ready to partner with us see the application instructions below:
Applicants MUST apply online via MedCareersWA.
(Please note: Applicants must have a current, valid email address in order to apply online. This email address will be used for communication with applicants. Emailed applications will not be accepted.)
Your application should include:
- A copy of your current CV
- A statement addressing the selection criteria in no more than 2-3 pages
- The names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role.
These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.
If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact: MedCareersWA@health.wa.gov.au
Employee Benefits
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):
- Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Flexible leave arrangements
- Other professional and location-based allowances
- For further information click here.
Eligibility & Conditions
To be eligible for a permanent appointment to the Western Australian public sector is essential that you are an Australian citizen or have permanent residency status in Australia. To be eligible for a fixed term appointment you must have documentary evidence of your entitlement to live and work in Australia for the period of the contract.
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.
WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
South Metropolitan Health Service will only accept applications that are lodged with the express permission of the applicant and containing all necessary information, including personal contact details. We will not accept unsolicited applications or CV's from recruitment agencies and/or search firms and we will not pay fees to any such organisation unless arranged with the provider prior to advertising a vacancy.
This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
This is a recruitment pool for casual, sessional, permanent full time, permanent part time, fixed term full time, and fixed term part time appointments, with the possibility of extension(s) and/or permanency. Job share may be considered.
Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 31/10/2025.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
MedCareersWA Ref #492542/VCID918275
