About the position

• Permanent casual (38 hours per week).
• Salary: $36.00 to $45.11 per hour.
• Immediate start.
• No weekend, public holidays, or after-hours. 
• Supportive and cohesive team environment. 

Responsibilities

• Perform clinic duties within required level of clinical competency, according to best available evidence.
• Explain procedures to patients providing them with support and reassurance.

Duties include:

• triaging patients
• immunisations and other injections
• wound management
• Chronic Disease Management
• ECGs and collection of pathology samples
• assisting doctors with clinical procedures 
• maintaining clinical documentation.

About the practice

Northtown Medical Centre offers mixed billing with bulk billing available for over 65s, under 16s, and concession card holders. Open five days a week, it is a modern, fully accredited family friendly practice with state of the art equipment and on-site pathology/allied health. The practice was established in 2006 and has rapidly grown as a medical family striving to provide excellence in patient care to the local community. It is located in the heart of Townsville City and has a pharmacy next door. 

Clinical

• Perform clinical duties within required level of clinical competency, according to best available evidence.
• Duties include triage, immunisations and other injections, wound management, chronic disease management, ECGs, and collection of pathology samples.
• Assist doctors with clinical procedures and maintain clinical documentation.
• Explain procedures to patients, providing them with support and reassurance.

Patient services

• Assist with triage, data management diagnostic services, networking with other providers, planning and management of patient care, and patient advocacy.
• Telephoning patients with test results as directed by medical staff.

Improvement and patient health outcomes

• Conduct preventative/screening procedures.
• Assist with patient education and community health promotion activities.
• Coordinate patient recall and outreach programs, GP management plans, and team care arrangements. 

Patient visits

• Provide home/hospital visits as required for monitoring support, including antenatal and post-natal care and health assessments.

Equipment and supplies

• Ensure sterilisation and maintenance of clinical equipment.
• Maintain stocks of clinical supplies, including correct storage (such as refrigeration), removal and disposal of out-of-date stock, and ordering supplies.
• Provide input in purchasing relevant clinical equipment and supplies.

Compliance

• Maintain awareness of current and new legislation to ensure the practice is complying with all statutory and regulatory obligations including infection control, sterilisation, hazardous materials and safe handling/disposal of medical waste, records management, WHS, and accreditation. 
• Ensure relevant personnel are kept informed and changes made to systems and procedures as required.

Infection prevention and control coordination

• Maintain the practice's systems and processes for hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, spills management, and practice team immunisations in accordance with practice policy and procedure. 
• Manage the practice's sterilisation process, ensuring sterility and integrity in the process.
• Ensure the practice's waste management complies with local, state, and federal regulations.

Professional

• Act within the practice and nursing codes of ethics and at an appropriate level of clinical competence at all times.
• Maintain awareness of current evidence and research on clinical practices and inform/educate other practice staff.
• Change systems and procedures to ensure compliance with best available evidence as applicable.

Workplace health and safety

• Consistently be aware of, and comply with, workplace health and safety requirements.

General

• Delegation of tasks to other medical and non-medical staff.
• Provide direct and indirect supervision to other nurse(s).
• Assist with other practice duties as required.

Employer questions

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your COVID-19 vaccination status?
• Are you currently registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)?
• Which of the following medical practice management software do you have experience with?
• Which of the following First Aid accreditations do you currently hold?
• Which of the following Microsoft Office products are you experienced with?

Excellent working environment with an interesting and varied case load. 

The applicant must be professional, efficient, hard working, and have the ability to create a good rapport with GPs, staff, and patients. The practice are looking for someone with passion and that will be committed to the role. Their expectations on the requirements for the successful candidate are as follows:

• willingness to learn and work as a team
• highly organised and have the ability to multi-task
• strong verbal and written communication skills
• have the ability to follow procedure but be confident in decision making skills and working autonomously
• demonstrates initiative and drive to achieve favourable outcomes for the clinic and supporting doctors
• able to demonstrate adaptability to different personalities
• general practice experience is desirable, specifically with basic procedures and pre-employments, but new graduates are welcome to apply if the other requirements are met as they have a strong commitment to training their people.

A typical day in general practice would include administering vaccines, Care Plans, wound care, triage, assisting with minor procedures, stock control, health assessments, and managing patients with chronic health conditions.