Vacancy results: Leongatha Healthcare, Leongatha

General vacancy

Join a supportive teaching practice in beautiful South Gippsland close to many popular tourist destinations. Enjoy a relaxed healthy lifestyle! Generous incentives on offer!


Vacancy Details
Leongatha Healthcare has two full time GP vacancies (8 sessions per week). VMO rights are available. Procedural skills in O&G and surgery are preferred, but not mandatory. Participation in the on-call after hours roster is expected.
 
The Package
An attractive package is on offer and fully negotiable. Incentives such as housing and car assistance for six months and financial assistance to relocate are open to negotiation.
 
Practice Profile
The main practice location is in Koonwarra Road Leongatha, with branch practices in Jeffrey Street, Leongatha and Inverloch. All sites are computerised, accredited, teaching practices and operate daily with doctors servicing both branch clinics. Eleven FTE doctors are supported by a full time practice manager, a practice nurse, 4 other nurses and an efficient administration team that supports the 3 branches.

Practice hours are:
Koonwarra Road: Monday - Friday 8.30 am - 6 pm, Saturday 9 am - 12 noon
Jeffrey Street: Monday - Friday 8.30 am - 6 pm
Inverloch: Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm

A 24 hour on-call service is handled by the GPs at the practice. This equates to about 1 night on-call per week, and 1 weekend in 5.

The patient demographics are the full range seen in a rural general practice. Procedures performed include wound suturing, excision of skin lesions, cysts and lymph nodes, abscess drainage, cryotherapy, acupuncture, caesarian section, D&C, diathermy, vasectomy, appendicectomy, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, hernia and hydrocele repairs and fractures. The practice is very active in health promotion within the community, active immunisation promotions and support of local divisional projects for health promotion.

All GPs are Visiting Medical Officers to Gippsland Southern Health Service, with admitting rights at Leongatha campus. The Leongatha Hospital has 23 acute beds, 7 obstetrics beds and an attached aged care home of 30 beds. The hospital has good x-ray and pathology facilities. The closest referral hospital is Latrobe Regional Hospital at Traralgon.

A number of specialists visit Leongatha regularly including a general physician, general surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, rheumatologist, paediatrician, urologist, psychiatrist, gynaecologists and an endocrinologist, Allied Health services include a podiatrist, chiropractor, myotherapist, physiotherapist, dietician, diabetes educator, drug and alcohol counselor, palliative care team and district nursing service.

Continuing education for all members of the practice is readily available via satellite broadcasts fortnightly, and many local Continue Professional Development activities conducted by General Practice Alliance - South Gippsland. Being within easy range of Melbourne, a full range of courses and programs is available to all GPs of the practice.

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Location
About the Area

Leongatha (population 6,500) is situated in the picturesque rolling hills of South Gippsland, 150 km south east of Melbourne. It is the second largest town in South Gippsland and is an important administrative and service centre for the region. It is a fertile agricultural area based on beef cattle and dairy farming and is developing an extensive agricultural base because of its ideal range of climates.

There is easy access (20 minutes) to the nearest beach at Inverloch, a popular tourist resort, and 1 hour travelling to Tidal River at the natural and beautiful Wilson's Promontory. The Latrobe Valley, with the Victorian snowfields beyond, is an hour away, so the area is literally "between the mountains and the sea".

The township is home to Murray Goulburn, producers of Devondale products. It is the largest co-operative in the country, producing milk-based products for Australian and overseas markets. The large processing plant runs 24 hour shifts and provides employment to a large number of the population. The town has excellent facilities, including several primary and secondary schools, a TAFE campus, varied sporting facilities including a first class velodrome and 2 golf courses, and quality shopping facilities, art and craft outlets, and government services.

Getting there:
Leongatha is 134 km south east of Melbourne, a 2 hour drive. Regular V-Line coaches connect Melbourne and Leongatha and other bus services connect Leongatha to nearby regional centres.