General Practitioner

About Us

ADF Health Services provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia.  As part of this contract, Serco, in partnership with Bupa, provide defence-ready clinical and support staff across 50+ on-base locations nationally, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care. To learn more please visit

About the Role

DFR is an area of mostly occupational medicine (non-patient facing/non-clinical work) which provides a unique combination of drawing from previous clinical experience to determine recommendations for incoming members of the Australian Defence Force. 

You will be responsible for supporting the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) DFR in the screening and assessment of the health suitability of people who apply to join the Australian Defence Force (ADF) by: 

•    Providing verbal and written advice/recommendations to Defence Force Recruiting Centre (DFRC) medical practitioners regarding the health suitability or otherwise of people who apply to join the ADF. 

•    Making decisions regarding the health suitability or otherwise of people who apply to join the ADF. 

•    Undertaking case reviews with findings submitted in the relevant written format including for requests such as ministerial complaint or internal audit.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

•    The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour.

•    Current unconditional and unrestricted registration as a Medical Practitioner, General in Australia with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

•    Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) OR, Fellowship of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) OR Vocational Registration.

•    Minimum of 2 years full-time post graduate general practitioner experience (or part-time equivalent) within the last 5 years. 

•    Recent participation in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities in accordance with AHPRA.

About Defence Force Recruiting

Defence Force Recruiting is in Fairbairn just minutes from Canberra Airport. The DFR precinct is in a newly refurbished building housing multiple different Defence Units as well as Australian Public Servants.

About You

You are an experienced medical professional with solid foundations as a General Practitioner. Your passion for providing the highest quality medical services and interest in occupational medicine is at the heart of everything you do. You are results focused, pay attention to detail and work to defined policy.

Rewards & Benefits

•    Be part of an amazing culture, based on the values of trust, care, innovation and pride

•    Gain access to Global Employee Networks that embrace diversity and inclusion

•    'Start with a job and stay for a career' with extensive employment and growth opportunities across Serco's many contracts

•    Meaningful work supporting defence personnel

•    Referral Programs

•    Paid annual and personal leave

•    CPD leave for permanent employees

•    Paid volunteer leave and leave for reservists

•    Provision of uniform

•    Variety of lifestyle discounts through the Serco Benefits program including discounts with Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas and more

•    Plus, ongoing 24/7 immediate mental health and counselling support via our Employee Assistant Program (EAP)

•    Join a dedicated team of collaborative and supportive health professionals

Join Us

If you are inspired to make a positive difference and would like to be considered for this opportunity, submit your application by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Please note your resume must include - start and finish dates for each role, along with employment type (e.g. casual, part-time, full-time) and hours worked per week.

You must also be an Australian Citizen in order to obtain the required Baseline Security Clearance for this role.

For a confidential chat, please contact Rosalie Oblena on or Rosalie.-

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Serco and Proud

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, but everyone also has an important role to play from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 60,000+ globally and 16,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering essential public services in areas including defence, justice, immigration, healthcare, facilities management and citizen services.

Serco's values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day. 

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.