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 Serco Careers | APAC

About the Role

Defence Force Recruiting (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 and undertaking case reviews with findings submitted in the relevant written format including for requests such as ministerial complaint or internal audit.

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.

The role will be based out of our DFR headquarters in Canberra but you will be required to RELOCATE to Canberra.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour.

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

• 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 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.

What’s on offer

• Competitive salary with 15k sign on bonus *pro rata*

• No Medicare billing

• Work-life balance with predictable hours

• Paid CPD leave and reservist/volunteer leave

• Access to wellbeing support and lifestyle discounts

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 (Month/Year), along with employment type (e.g. casual, part-time, full-time), hours worked per week and duties/responsibilities.

For a confidential chat, please contact Maddie Knight on 0476047798 or maddie.knight@serco-ap.com

If you would like to learn more about these and other opportunities available, please visit Serco Careers | APAC to find out more.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?