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• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Noarlunga Hospital– Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit 
• Total Indicative Remuneration Package: $367,340- $621,001 MD02 (pro rata) 
• Ongoing Part Time Contract, 7.5 Hours Per Week 

Transform Lives as a GP Consultant - Mental Health Rehabilitation | SA Health

Join SA Health as a General Practitioner Consultant specialising in mental health rehabilitation, where you'll provide comprehensive medical care to clients with complex mental health conditions in our supportive Noarlunga facility. This part-time, ongoing position within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network offers excellent work-life balance whilst allowing you to make a meaningful impact on patient recovery and rehabilitation outcomes. You'll work alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team, benefit from competitive remuneration and professional development opportunities, all whilst contributing to South Australia's premier healthcare network.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Head of Unit, this role is responsible for promoting the health and wellbeing of persons undertaking Mental Health rehabilitation by providing responsive primary health care services, programs and activities which are based on social justice and harm minimisation principles. The GP Consultant will work in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. As a GP Consultant, the incumbent will contribute to the provision of safe, best practice medical primary healthcare services to patients of Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (MHRS). 

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing specialist clinical health assessment, case management, client centred care, health education and advocacy to patients in a clinic or community setting
• Ensuring the appropriate documentation of clinical care in patients' medical records and ensuring the timely provision of discharge summaries, written specialist opinions and requested medical reports,
• Applying and sharing expert clinical knowledge to improve patient/client care,
• Integrating contemporary information and evidence with personal experience to support the decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis at this level,
• Contributing specific expertise to medical practice through clinical guidelines and standards development,
• Providing strong leadership within clinical intervention and research, fostering an environment that inspires staff to undertake professional development and research

About you:

• Fellow of the RACGP or ACRRM,
• Appropriate Specialist Qualifications and registrable with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration,
• Demonstrated ability to lead, support change and engage a broad range of stakeholders and to foster a spirit of cooperation and collegiality with clinicians at a wide range of levels,
• An ability to develop a range of partnerships, networks and relationships with key stakeholders both within and external to the organisation,
• Proven ability to generate creative and original solutions/interventions to complex clinical problems and ability to initiate, lead and manage complex changing environment,
• Demonstrated ability to provide a high standard of clinical practice in the area of hospital avoidance and supported discharge,
• Experience in management of drug and alcohol issues,
• Experience in the management of mental health issues. 

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Dr Andrea Baas, Head of Unit MHRU, 8384 9599, andrea.baas@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 16 September 2025

Attachments:

• 912679 GP Consultant - Noarlunga Mental Health Rehabilitation Services- Role Description
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Applicant Information:

• Note: The Indicative Total Remuneration is inclusive of Award salary, Superannuation, and other monetary benefits.  We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 912679