| College accreditation | RACGP |
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| Pathway | General |
Practice Information
| Number of doctors | 10 |
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| Number of supervisors | 2 |
| Number of rooms | 6 |
| Billing | Private |
| Allied health professionals | Physiotherapist, Podiatrist, Exercise Physiologist |
Nursing Staff
2 x Div 1 nurses job share one FTE treatment room role. 0.5 FTE Chronic disease management nurse and we are currently recruiting to bring this role to 1FTE or more.
Additional learning opportunities
| Clinical meetings |
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Supervisor Special Interests
Family medicine, chronic disease management, children’s health, skin and ultrasound guided injections.
Other practitioners within the practice have a strong interest in sports medicine, travel medicine and women’s health.
General Facilities/ Services
Training Expectations
| Practice opening hours | Open Monday 8am to 8pm, Tuesday 8.30am to 5.30pm, Wednesday 8am to 8pm but in the process of extending hours from 8am to 8pm for Tuesday and Thursday. Open for 2 hour clinic on Saturday mornings, 8.30am to 10.30am |
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| College Requirements | Full time training requires 38 hrs per week employed averaged over 4 weeks. Less than 38 hours per week employed is part time training. |
| Evening roster | See above |
| Saturday and Sunday work | Saturday roster currently one in 4, would be one in 5 with registrar. |
Public holiday work
Clinic is not open on Public holidays
| Key contact: | Jennifer Flakemore |
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| Address: | 311 Pakington Street NEWTOWN |
| Telephone: | 03 5221 5044 |
| Fax: | 03 5223 1706 |
| Email address for applications: | Jen@newtownmc.com.au |
| Website: | http://www.newtownmc.com.au/ |
Our Community
The Newtown Medical Centre is situated in Pakington Street Newtown with an abundance of cafes and shops within a few minutes walk. We are 5 minutes drive from Geelong’s CBD and a minute or so from the highway leading to Melbourne in one direction 1 hour’s drive away and the fabulous Surfcoast 20 minutes in the other direction. The area has an abundance of day care, kinder and schooling options including some of Australia’s best private schools only minutes away.
Geelong is an amazing region with activities for the bushwalker, the foodie, the cyclist, the surfer, the golfer, the theatre buff, the movie goer, the art lover, the wine aficionado and the list goes on including all the activities that a family could possibly want at your doorstep.
For more information on all our region has to offer:
https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/
https://www.visitgeelongbellarine.com.au/
Schooling
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