General Practitioner

• Part-Time, 1 day a week, Fixed-Term until June 2027
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
cohealth's Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service provides free, community-based support for adults aged 26+ experiencing mental health concerns, psychological distress, and co-occurring AOD needs in Melbourne's west. Operating as a multidisciplinary "front door" to care, the service delivers recovery-oriented, trauma-informed support close to home. The GP role focuses on short-term mental health, AOD, and physical health care within an integrated team, working collaboratively to provide accessible, coordinated support and connect clients with ongoing community services.

Please refer to the Position Descriptions below for more information.

Your duties include:

• Provide comprehensive assessment and brief mental health and AOD-related interventions
• Prescribe, review, monitor medications where appropriate, using best-practice and shared decision-making principles
• Assess and manage physical health needs that impact mental health
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, case reviews, and Client Planning Roundtables

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Fellowship of RACGP (or equivalent vocational registration).
• Current unrestricted registration with AHPRA.
• Accredited to prescribe Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) and other forms of pharmacotherapy.

Demonstrated experience or strong interest in addiction medicine

Application Process

To apply for this job click on apply now and you will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

Applications close on the mentioned date at 10.00 PM.
If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Grant Liptrot on Grant.Liptrot@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.