General Practitioner Liaison Medical Advisor

Job description

Agency Department of Health Work unit Remote Health and Primary Care – Katherine Hospital

Job title General Practitioner Liaison Medical Advisor Designation Specialist Clinician

Job type Part time (7 hrs and 21 mins per week) Duration Fixed for 6 months

Salary $213,380 - $261,100 Location Katherine

Position number 48728 RTF Closing 03/11/2025

Contact officer Tamsin Cockayne on or

About the agency

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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY

QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with

disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss

this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the

OCPE website.

Primary objective

Promote and support the relationship between NT Health, NT Primary Health Network (PHN) and Primary Care providers in the NT. The

role is primarily located within Big Rivers Region and is responsible for pro-actively engaging with all sectors of Big Rivers Region Primary

Care to strategically improve communication, collaboration and integration between primary care and tertiary care with the focus on

person-centred care.

Context statement

This role works collaboratively across the strategic health reform agenda through connections with NT PHN, Primary care and KDH clinical

divisions. At a strategic level the role works closely with its Top End and Central Australian GPLO counterparts to ensure NT wide system

alignment. At an operational level the role spends 1 day per week equivalent leading operational activities to improve the engagement

and intersection of primary and tertiary care.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide medical leadership within KDH for discussions about regional primary care capacity.

2. Develop and implement health pathways and collaborative models of care that improve the referral process, system navigation and

the transition of patient care between primary and hospital health care. Support, sustain and develop capacity within KDH for ongoing

patient safety and clinical quality improvement.

1. Provide advice to the GPLO steering committee and executives in relation to programs and integrated care activities.
2. Working with the NTPHN clinical education team; identify learning gaps and emerging issues affecting engagement and integration

activities and develop initiatives and pathways targeted at these gaps and issues to improve the transition of care between primary

and hospital care settings.

1. Undertake clinical work as required to ensure up to date expert knowledge.
2. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in

order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices

and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Registration with the Medical Board of Australia with, or be eligible for, Fellowship of ACCRM or RACGP.

2. Demonstrated high level interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

3. Demonstrated clinical experience, leadership and supervision of clinical quality improvement activities with a commitment to

outstanding patient centred care within a multidisciplinary environment.

4. Demonstrated ability to lead and foster teamwork including managing conflict and negotiate effectively.

5. Excellent problem-solving skills including innovative, conceptual and analytical abilities.

6. Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and time constraints to achieve required goals and tasks.

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice and

criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history. For

immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with blood or

body substances), check with contact person for requirements.