A Northern VIC hospital requires a Senior Medical Officer in General Practice from 01/12/2025 to 02/01/2026.
Rural generalist or SMO
0800-2000 onsite, 2000-0800 oncall 1-Dec 1-Dec
0800-2000 onsite, 2000-0800 oncall 8-Dec 8-Dec
0800-2000 onsite, 2000-0800 oncall 15-Dec 15-Dec
0800-2000 onsite, 2000-0800 oncall 22-Dec 22-Dec
0800-2000 onsite, 2000-0800 oncall 29-Dec 29-Dec
0800-2000 onsite, 2000-0800 oncall 31-Dec 2-Jan
GP Locums providing medical coverage to our Urgent Care Centre, inpatient Acute Ward and acute deterioration in our Residential Aged Care facility Tuesday through to Thursday, however we need to engage Locums for medical coverage from 8.00 am Friday through to 8.00 am Tuesday. The arrangements are as follows:
From 0800 Fridays to 0800 Tuesdays (and 0800 to 0800 on public holidays and the day prior to a public holiday), medical cover for Urgent Care Centre, Acute Ward and residential aged care is provided by Duty Medical Officers (DMO) (Locum GP’s).
During this period:
- Urgent Care Centre – From 0800 to 2000, patients are covered by the DMO on-site. From 2000 to 0800, medical cover for Categories 1 and 2 patients are provided by the Goulburn Valley Health Admitting Officer and/or Adult Retrieval Victoria (the DMO is also available on an on-call/recall basis), while for Categories 3 to 5 patients it is provided by Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED).
- Acute Ward - From 0800 to 2000, patients are covered by the DMO in office. From 2000 to 0800, patients are covered by the DMO on an on-call/recall basis.
- Residential aged care – Medical cover for acute deterioration will be provided by the DMO on an on-call/recall basis (VVED may also be used if required).
For further information about this job, please contact Skilled Medical on 1300 900 100.
You must have Ahpra registration in order to apply for this role. For further information on this position, including health service location and working hours, please call 0333 444 2000.
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