The General Practitioner needs to have general registration to work in Australia unsupervised. The General Practitioner's role is to provide comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities (from initial consultation to follow-up) on simple and complex health conditions.
The General Practitioner provides a range of health services ranging from prevention of illness to treatment and rehabilitation. The position requires consultation with other health professionals internally (e.g. Nurse, Aboriginal Health Worker) and externally (e.g. specialist) as required, with coordination and ongoing care relating back to the General Practitioner.
General practitioners in this role continue to assist patients and the community by providing ongoing education, participating in health promotion, conducting research, and assisting in training colleagues and other health professionals.
The daily minimum and maximum salary amounts are based on 65% of the daily billings, which depends on your daily clientele numbers.
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