Why this role matters

CARED is building a new kind of primary care model: high-quality, proactive GP care delivered where people live, inside our vertical villages.

Our participants live independently in their own apartments, but many experience complex disability, chronic disease, communication challenges, and significant psychosocial comorbidity. They often attend external GP clinics frequently. We’re bringing consistent, relationship-based general practice into the community to strengthen continuity, reduce preventable deterioration, and support better day-to-day health outcomes.

This is an opportunity to practise meaningful, high-impact medicine in a model designed for:

• continuity and trust

• time with complex patients

• real multidisciplinary collaboration

• hospital avoidance and safer transitions of care

How the model works

• Assigned to a defined region as the consistent GP presence

• Regular weekly visits to the same participant community

• Approximately 15–20 consultations/day using a blend of:

  • clinic‑room sessions

  • targeted in‑residence reviews for higher‑risk participants

What you’ll do

Direct clinical care

• Acute presentations, triage and escalation

• Chronic disease management and preventive care

• Mental health and psychosocial complexity

• Capacity‑ and communication‑aware consultations

• Medication safety, review and post‑discharge reconciliation

Medicare‑eligible services

• Standard GP consults

• Health assessments

• Chronic condition management planning and reviews

• On‑site and clinically appropriate in‑residence consults

Team‑based care

• Work closely with allied health, support coordination, village operations and behaviour support

• Participate in case discussions where clinically relevant

• Provide practical, participant‑centred recommendations aligned with goals and support plans

Clinical governance contribution

• Support safe escalation pathways

• Identify and mitigate clinical risk

• Contribute to incident review where relevant

• Strengthen emergency and transition‑of‑care processes

What success looks like

• Participants have a regular, trusted GP

• Post‑discharge follow‑ups are timely and safe

• Medication regimens become clearer and safer

• Preventable escalations reduce over time

• Teams feel supported by timely clinical input

Skills & experience

Essential

• Current unrestricted AHPRA registration

• FRACGP (or equivalent) or advanced registrar with supervision arrangements

• Strong capability across chronic disease, mental health and complex cohorts

• Confident communicator with people with disability (ID, autism, ABI, communication impairments, psychosocial disability)

• Able to work autonomously within a structured hub schedule

Desirable

• Experience in disability, community/outreach medicine, aged care or trauma‑informed practice

• Strong multidisciplinary collaboration experience

Work conditions & support

• Dedicated consulting space within hubs

• Scheduling and booking support

• Clinical software access and workflows

• Mobile kit and basic equipment supplied

• Local travel within the allocated hub (reimbursed per engagement type)

Engagement

Independent contractor model. Part‑time employment may be considered where operationally appropriate.

Mandatory checks

• AHPRA verification

• National Police Check

• WWCC

• NDIS Worker Screening

• Vaccination evidence (as relevant)

• Driver’s licence