GP (FRACGP/FACRRM) - Aged Care in Cairns
- Provide comprehensive health assessments and chronic condition management for aged care residents.
- Maintain a flexible schedule with options for part-time or compressed work weeks.
- Manage practice-level programs and benefit from a full patient book from day one.
Cairns Aged Care GP is a small, accredited mobile general practice with a Principal GP, a practice nurse team, a and a practice manager, caring for over 300 residents across aged care facilities.
The offer
• Keep 80% of your billings
• Aged care work is plan-rich: comprehensive health assessments, chronic condition management plansand reviews, medication management reviews and case conferences all sit alongside your attendancebilling, and our admin team makes sure nothing eligible is missed.
• Practice-level programs handled for you: we manage the practice's MyMedicare registrations so you benefit from an accredited platform without touching the paperwork.
• A full book from day one: an established resident population, warm facility relationships, and referralflow with our visiting geriatrician and endocrinologist.
• Two days, four days, school hours, or a compressed week that gives you Fridays back —well work around what you need rather than handing you a timetable. Rounds are scheduled, not reactive, soyou finish when you planned to. Telehealth handles routine follow-up from wherever you are, and after-hoursis by agreement only. Take leave when you want it: as a contractor you're not competing for a roster slot, and we cover your patients while you're away.It's the arrangement that works for GPs winding back from full-time practice, parents who need the school runto be non-negotiable, and doctors who simply want their evenings and weekends to belong to them again.
About you
• Current Fellowship of the RACGP (FRACGP) or ACRRM (FACRRM) — essential
• Australian citizenship or permanent residency, essential; visa sponsorship is not available for this role
• Current unconditional AHPRA registration and CPD compliance• Genuine interest in aged care, complex chronic disease, dementia and palliative care
• Professional indemnity insurance
• ABN (or willingness to obtain), independent contractor engagement under a service facility agreement
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