Lead Urgent Care Excellence as a Senior Medical Officer – Metro South Health
Permanent Part Time and Temporary Part Time opportunities are available for Senior Medical Officers (Urgent Care / Minor Injury & Illness) with Metro South Health, working across Meadowbrook Health Centre and Eight Mile Plains Satellite Health Centre delivering high-quality urgent care for non-life‐threatening injuries and illnesses in an extended hours 7-day service.
About This Role
Your new role:
* Assessing and treating walk-in patients with minor injuries and illnesses
* Performing procedures such as suturing, slit lamp examinations, foreign body removal, incision and drainage of abscesses, and management of uncomplicated fractures
* Identifying patients requiring escalation and facilitating referral to the appropriate Emergency Department
* Working alongside Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Physiotherapists and Registered Nurses to deliver coordinated patient care
* Providing clinical supervision and teaching to junior medical staff and students
* Contributing to patient safety, quality improvement and service development initiatives
About You
You are a collaborative and patient‐focused clinician who thrives in a fast‐paced urgent care environment with:
* Specialist Medical Registration, or eligibility, with AHPRA in General Practice or Emergency Medicine
* Experience delivering high‐quality clinical care in urgent care, emergency or acute settings
* Strong procedural skills in managing minor injuries and illnesses
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
* A commitment to clinical teaching, professional development and continuous improvement
* Experience in paediatric care or urgent care/emergency settings (highly regarded)
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What We Can Offer You
* Flexible working arrangements supporting work‐life balance
* Opportunities to contribute to teaching, research and innovation in a leading public health service
* A collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary team environment
* You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world‐class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About Us
Meadowbrook Health Centre will provide a new Minor Injury and Illness Clinic and a Women's Health Outpatient Clinic. The Minor Injury and Illness Clinic will offer free, walk‐in treatment for conditions not anticipated to be life‐threatening. It will operate from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week, and is designed to help take pressure off Logan Hospital's emergency department for patients who do not require care in an acute hospital setting.
The Women's Health Outpatient Centre will provide a contemporary and convenient facility for local women attending antenatal and gynaecological appointments and tests.
Eight Mile Plains Satellite Health Centre, Maroo‐goodji‐ba
The satellite health centre is also known as Maroo‐goodji‐ba, a name chosen by the community and local Traditional Owners and Elders meaning 'peace, wellbeing and place of red earth' in the Yagarabul language.
The satellite health centre treats minor illnesses and injuries that aren't life‐threatening and also has a range of specialist services, including kidney dialysis, cancer day therapy and mental, allied health and outpatient services.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity. Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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