Senior Contracted Clinician - AVMO - Oakey

About the role

Bupa's Oakey Health Centre is a modern, purpose-built military health facility serving Defence personnel, located at Swartz Barracks near Oakey in Queensland. This is a part-time Senior Contracted Clinician role on base, Monday to Wednesday, open to doctors who are not yet AVMO trained (training is provided after commencement). The clinician is a civilian GP and a senior member of the regional management team, balancing clinical and administrative work.

Key responsibilities

• Advise the Health Centre manager on medical issues and specialist services
• Run general practice consultations, referrals and health screenings, and liaise with allied health professionals
• Provide occupational health and preventative health services
• Take part in quality and governance improvement, advising on clinical incidents, complaints and performance management
• Advise on staffing levels and supervise clinical staff; run team meetings and training
• Manage service delivery against benchmarks and clinical governance KPIs

Required profile

• Australian citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a baseline security clearance from the Defence security and vetting service
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to handle both clinical and non-clinical colleagues and complex compliance frameworks
• Strong management skills, including leadership, conflict resolution and knowledge of medical ethics and medico-legal issues
• Genuine commitment to mentoring and growing internal talent
• Current unconditional and unrestricted AHPRA registration as a medical practitioner in Australia
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP), FACRRM or vocational registration
• Postgraduate qualification in health management (Graduate Certificate, Diploma, Master's, PhD or Doctorate) or commitment to working toward one (fees supported)

What we offer

• Relocation assistance for candidates willing to move interstate
• Possible retention and sign-on bonus for the successful candidate