Reports to: Senior Medical Officer

Supervision of: General Practice Registrars, Junior Medical Officers

Position Summary:

To provide comprehensive primary health care in line with accepted best practice standards including reference to the ACCHO Model of Care.

In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, assist in the development and maintenance of high-quality health services, ensuring continuous monitoring, quality improvement and innovation in the delivery of comprehensive primary health services

Support the education, training and on-site up-skilling of the primary health care workforce at each location

Contribute to KAMS health program initiatives in line with identified needs.

Duty Statement and Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical primary health care services as part of the regular GP roster. This will include working over the remote clinic sites and Headspace Broome. Rostering will be variable and will involve travel to the Kutjungka region (by flight), driving trips to communities surrounding Broome (including Beagle Bay and Bidyadanga), day flights and telehealth clinics.
• Provide emergency assessment, stabilisation and care during hours, and on-call after-hours (where rostered). Liaise closely with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Broome Hospital and or Emergency Telehealth Service for timely evacuation.
• Support active use of the electronic patient information and recall system MMEX to assist in the provision of prompted opportunistic care for all clients, ensuring widespread population screening, early detection, monitoring and appropriate management of chronic disease.
• Check and action pathology results and inbound correspondence in a timely manner in-line with accepted professional standards
• Participate actively in the clinic(s) recall system. Participate in-line with current KAMS policies
• Throughout your clinical practice, work with colleagues and clients in a framework of cultural safety which respects local cultural beliefs and practices.
• Work with other staff to optimise Medicare income for reinvestment in sustainable clinical services. This will include but is not limited to uploading medical records to My Health Record, proactively completing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Checks (715), General Practice Management Plans/Team Care Arrangements (GPMP/TCA), Mental Health Care Plans (MHCP) for applicable patients.
• Maintain strong linkages with other health providers and external agencies to ensure optimum coordination of care.

Selection Criteria:

Demonstrated expertise in the following areas:

• AHPRA registration and ability to work within Australia without conditions
• FRACGP, FACRRM or equivalent
• Commitment to the philosophy and practice of Aboriginal Community Control
• Competent to manage emergencies in remote setting
• Ability to act as an effective member of a multidisciplinary health team
• Ability to travel by air and/ or road on a regular basis
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all levels
• Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Sound knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture
• Proven ability to communicate and work effectively with Aboriginal people
• “C” class drivers’ licence
• Federal Police Clearance (or willing to obtain)
• Working with Children Check (or willing to obtain)
• Current CPR certificate

About Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services:

KAMS (Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Ltd) is a regional Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS), providing a collective voice and support for a network of member ACCHS from towns and remote communities across the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

KAMS was first established in 1986 as a cooperative between the Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (BRAMS) and the East Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service (EKAMS) now the Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (OVAHS) with membership expanding to Halls Creek health service committee and Fitzroy Crossing community representatives. These communities saw the benefit of sharing pooled resources and collective effort in the region

KAMS provides a wide range of services including Financial and accounting; Regional population health programs; Social and Emotional Well Being Support; Health Promotion; Information Communication Technology Support; Corporate Services; Accredited health training and education and Research.

While the major role is in regional advocacy and support for member services, KAMS also provides comprehensive primary health care services in the remote communities of Beagle Bay, Bidyadanga, Balgo, Mulan and Billiluna. In 2014 KAMS established Kimberley Renal Services Pty Ltd to manage the provision of regional renal support and dialysis services in Broome, Derby, Kununurra and Fitzroy Crossing.

KAMS is a member of the Aboriginal Health Council of WA (AHCWA – www.ahcwa.org) and of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO – www.naccho.org.au).

For more information please see the job description in the Additional Information section below