General Practitioners

Job No: 135547
Location: Katherine

  • Do you have the desire to be a Doctor Dundee?
  • Multiple opportunities for GPs to join a well-established Community Controlled Health Organisation! 
  • Great job security and a highly attractive remuneration package circa $400,000 including super, a housing allowance & more!

About the Organisation

Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation (SHS) is a Community Controlled Health Organisation that provides services to nine individual remote communities in the eastern Katherine region.

The Sunrise approach involves community people taking part in controlling their own health. Everything from financial management and governance, staff selection and service delivery priorities are directed by the organisation's Aboriginal Board and Community Health Committees.

Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation works in partnership with Northern Territory PHN (NT PHN), who provide support services to health professionals and organisations across the Northern Territory. 

About the Opportunity

These roles are being offered on a permanent full-time basis.

There is also opportunity to become a GP supervisor, providing mentorship and support to GP registrars, if this should be of interest.

To be considered, you must have the following:

  • Registration as a General Practitioner with AHPRA;
  • Broad based experience in primary healthcare appropriate to working in a rural/remote location;
  • Experience working within an Aboriginal health, or cross-cultural setting; and
  • An understanding and commitment to the principles of Aboriginal Community Control in primary healthcare delivery.

Importantly, SHS is looking for flexible individuals who are able to adapt their care to meet the specific needs of each patient, while maintaining organisational guidelines (and the Dundee spirit!).

About the Benefits

If you're looking to take on a new and exciting adventure, this could be the position for you!

Enjoy great job security and be rewarded with a highly attractive salary package circa $400,000 including super and a range of benefits such as:

  • Vehicle for work and personal use;
  • Annual housing allowance while in Katherine;
  • Accommodation for any overnight stays while working in the communities;
  • Salary packaging options up to $15,899 per packaging year; and
  • Annual flight back to your point of hire.

Working at Sunrise Health Service and living in the Katherine region has lifestyle benefits that are unique to the Northern Territory. With the Katherine Gorge on your doorstep and an incredible outdoor lifestyle on offer, combined with some of the best fishing in the world, the Northern Territory is the place to be to make the most of life’s adventures.

Don't pass up this rewarding opportunity to take on the next adventure in your career - Apply Now!

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Our Vision - The Sunrise Way.

We will expand upon our commitment to ensure our people “The Sun Come-Up Mob‟, continue to have access to equitable and culturally appropriate primary health care services into the future.

We will build the capacity of each of our communities to enable a health care service that delivers programs for and by Aboriginal people, and to ensure local problems are addressed through local sustainable solutions.

We will incorporate "The Sunrise Way‟ philosophy into how we do business and how we deliver services and focus on the concept of Mind, Body & Spirit to address health issues at the community level”.

Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation