EOI-PHC Medical Officer

We're inviting Expressions of Interest from skilled General Practitioners interested in exploring new and exciting roles in primary healthcare.

Classifications

• Healthcare & Medicine
• Medical Practitioner
• Part-time

Key points

• Enjoy flexible rostering. No weekends or nights!
• FIFO role from Brisbane
• Part-time position - great work/life balance!

Description

About the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS)
  
The RFDS (Queensland Section) is deeply integrated in rural and remote Queensland, providing essential fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) General Practitioner (GP) services to a number of North West, Central West and Far North communities.  In many of these areas, the RFDS performs the role of the local doctor, offering consistent, life-spanning healthcare to individuals and families. 
  
Last financial year, we delivered more than 200 occasions of care each day, including over 13,000 patient transfers and 24,760 GP and nurse clinic consultations.
  
Your role will offer a wide scope of practice with both chronic and acute presentations. This will provide you with the chance to thrive in a dynamic environment, supported by a network of aeromedical and telehealth medical officers, nurses and mental health workers, empowering you to deliver comprehensive patient care.

Your Role

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited for Primary Health Care (PHC) Medical Officers who are skilled, compassionate, and adventurous to join our incredible front-line team. Experience a rewarding and unique professional challenge as you provide invaluable GP/PHC services to regional, rural and remote Queenslanders.

This position is offered as an initial six‑month contract delivering essential PHC services in a FIFO capacity to communities in Central Western Queensland. You will work and travel from Monday-Friday.

The part‑time arrangement, is 5.5 shifts per month (0.3438 FTE) of clinical, travel and administrative time. It is structured as one week of face to face clinics, clinical administration the following week and ideally some telehealth shifts in the other three weeks. 

Your roster will be:

• Monday: ½ day travel to location, ½ day GP clinic
• Tuesday – Thursday: Working in a GP clinic accompanied by our RFDS Nurses
• Friday: ½ day clinical administration and ½ day travel home
• An additional day of administration will be worked the following week and can be completed from home
• Telehealth shifts can be worked in addition to this roster and FTE (these can be worked at home or via your closest base)

As a skilled PHC Medical Officer, you will:

• Deliver comprehensive clinical care, including history taking, examination, decision‑making, diagnostics, procedures, and referrals
• Manage acute and emergent presentations, providing stabilisation until retrieval services arrive
• Provide telehealth consultations via phone, video or email to support patient access and continuity of care
• Collaborate with nurses, allied health and other providers to ensure coordinated, integrated patient care
• Deliver culturally safe care across diverse service areas, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, child and family health, women’s health, chronic disease management, health promotion and early intervention programs.

Who are we looking for?
  
To be successful in this role you should have:

• Registration with AHPRA as Medical Practitioner
• Fellowship of RACGP or ACRRM
• Current Advanced Life Support (ALS 1)
• 3-7 years of relevant experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of contemporary medical practice in the PHC environment
• Some GP emergency experience 
• Ability to meet Medical Officer - General Practice credentialing requirements
• Previous experience in rural and remote health delivery and emergency medicine
• Respectful understanding of cultural diversity, including traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander views of health.

Why join us?
  
As part of this role, you will establish and maintain long-term relationships with patients, their families, and the community. You will deliver care to patients in their local communities, enabling them to receive treatment and reducing the likelihood of secondary and tertiary care. As a member of the broader RFDS team, you will collaborate with a supportive group of professionals who are deeply committed to our mission and take pride in their contributions. In addition:

• We offer an attractive base salary
• Overnight & meal allowance & accommodation + vehicle provided
• Additional salary packaging of up to $18,550- increasing your take-home pay!
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program including counselling, nutrition sessions, financial sessions, and legal advice
• Private health insurance discounts
• Access to a discounted workplace health and fitness program (Fitness Passport).
• RemServ Rewards, where members receive cashback benefits on purchases from hundreds of leading Australian retailers, including groceries, fashion, technology and travel.

Interested?
  
If you would like any further information or a copy of the position description, please contact Talent Acquisition at recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au or call 07 3852 7553.

EOI’s for this role will close on the 31 March 2026, however, shortlisting and screening processes may begin before this date.

Before commencement, successful candidates must undergo a drug and alcohol test and possibly a medical assessment. You must possess a valid, unrestricted Driver's Licence and be able to obtain an ASIC Card. Additionally, candidates must complete the RFDS and Queensland Health credentialing process successfully.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the Traditional Custodians of the land. The RFDS is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of healthcare. We embrace diversity and welcome all people irrespective of faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity.

The RFDS is committed to the protection of human and legal rights, including the rights of children, young people and adults to be safe, heard and cared for. In upholding the Universal Principle, RFDS is committed to creating an organisational environment that ensures Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families feel welcome, safe, valued, included and respected.