Senior Podiatrist - Cairns Outreach Service

About the role

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) is looking for an experienced Senior Podiatrist to lead a new podiatry service serving rural and remote Far North Queensland communities. Based in Cairns, the role sits within a strategic partnership between the RFDS and local hospital and health services, and reports to the Primary Healthcare Manager. It is a permanent full-time position with a four-day week, 16 shifts over four weeks, Monday to Friday, travelling across community clinics and hospitals with occasional overnight travel.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive podiatry services within a multidisciplinary outreach model
• Assess, treat and manage general and high-risk foot conditions
• Establish and develop the new podiatry service and its clinical pathways
• Work with RFDS clinicians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, allied health professionals and partner health services
• Develop culturally responsive care plans and use virtual care and outreach models to improve access
• Contribute to health promotion, prevention and community education, and to service improvement, clinical governance and quality activities
• Build relationships with Cairns, North West and Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Services and specialist high-risk foot services

Required profile

• Experienced podiatrist with a broad caseload, including high-risk foot presentations
• AHPRA registration as a Podiatrist
• Experience in public health, community health or outreach services highly regarded
• Valid, unrestricted Australian driver's licence; police check, possible medical assessment and pre-employment drug and alcohol testing

Required skills

• Strong clinical reasoning and ability to work autonomously
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship building
• Culturally safe, patient-centred care

What we offer

• Competitive salary plus superannuation
• Up to $18,550 in tax-free benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Employee assistance program, private health insurance discounts and full uniform allocation
• Fitness Passport, RemServ rewards and flexible arrangements