GP - Special Interest in Addictions and Opioid Dependency
Part Time / Full-Time Role now available
$250k - $300k annual salary (negotiable)
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health & Community Services is Canberra’s only Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. Located in the heart of Canberra, we provide trusted holistic healthcare to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the ACT and surrounding areas.
We have a great multidisciplinary clinical team including 6 GPs, visiting specialists, nurses, allied health specialists and admin support. We are currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate General Practitioner (GP) with strong experience in addiction medicine, particularly in the management of opioid dependency, to join our multidisciplinary team. This is a great opportunity to directly contribute to closing the gap on health outcomes for First Nations people.
Features of the clinical work:
• Provide high-quality, culturally safe medical care to clients with a focus on alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues
• Initiate and manage opioid substitution therapy (OST), including prescribing and ongoing monitoring.
• Work collaboratively with social health, mental health, and AOD teams
• Participate in care planning, case conferencing, and continuous quality improvement activities
• Working hours are weekdays 9 am – 5 pm (no after hours).
You must have the following:
• Full work rights in Australia
• Fellowship with RACGP or ACRRM
• Specialist registration with AHPRA
• Extensive experience in addiction medicine and opioid dependency treatment
• Prescribing rights for opioid substitution therapy
• Strong understanding of harm reduction principles
• Commitment to culturally respectful practice
• Strong interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
What we offer in return:
• A supportive, friendly and professional team
• Salary packaging (our not-for-profit status makes our employees eligible for an additional tax-free component which increases your take-home pay)
• Support for professional development
• Free gym membership.
Come and join our team! Please provide your CV through the link – candidates will be considered progressively so it’s in your interest to apply now.
Any queries please contact erics@winnunga.org.au
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
