Medical Officer

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) South Eastern (SE) Section is seeking experienced Medical Officers to join our diverse team of multidisciplinary health professionals. Are you looking for the best of both worlds with the opportunity to maintain and develop your clinical skills while working with a skilled dedicated team of emergency/retrieval and primary healthcare clinicians in delivering a board range of care to our many isolated communities?

You will work as a member of a team of GPs and be supported to expand your scope of practice as well as experiencing the deep professional satisfaction that comes from providing comprehensive healthcare to people of the Outback. You will also play a key role in GP registrar education and training and provide and develop the retrieval and aero medical transport services delivered from Broken Hill Base.

The RFDS provides fly in fly out clinics, base clinics, remote outreach and emergency care 24/7 from its head quarters in Broken Hill. You will receive the warmest welcome when you arrive at any of our eighteen remote clinics and community facilities wherein you will be busy managing the full breadth of diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Our aircraft are modern, safe and pressurised and fitted out with leading edge equipment to meet all needs when in the air or on the ground.

Qualifications / Experience that we are looking for:

• FRACGP or FACRRM or equivalent
• Applicants with proven experience in remote/aviation or emergency medicine working toward the above fellowships are encouraged to apply.
• General practice experience in the rural or remote environment is desirable
• Additional qualifications/diplomas in, anaesthetics and/or emergency medicine, highly desirable but not essential

Benefits include:
• Generous Annual Leave Provision
• 2 weeks Study Leave per year
• Regular medical training
• Scope to develop your skills in a broad range of clinical practice and as a mentor
• Generous salary sacrifice options
• Fully Furnished Housing + telephone
• Multiple other employee benefits are also available

For more information - Please call Randall Greenberg 0419 248396 or email careers@Rfdsse.org.au and reference the role 'medical officer'.