An opportunity exists for a GP to join a modern, fully-accredited practice in the vibrant midlands town of Campbell Town, located 45 minutes south of Launceston and 1.5 hours north of Hobart. Ideally the position would suit full time but sessions are negotiable. The practice operates as a satellite to the Oatlands practice (approximately 30 minutes away) with two full time doctors sharing responsibility for both practices. The successful candidate will be expected to reside in the small rural community of Campbell Town (pop.n 900).
The purpose-built surgery is situated within the recently refurbished Campbell Town Hospital.
The Campbell Town Surgery at a glance:
AGPAL accredited
Modern, purpose built facility
Fully computerised using Medical Director
Well equipped procedure room
2 consulting rooms
Fully bulk billing
Own X-ray and developer for simple X-rays on site
Further X-rays to Launceston
Pathology every day pick-up
Telehealth facilities
Nursing home and hospital attached VMO coverage expected
Normal consulting hours are Monday to Friday 9.30-12.30 and 1.30- 5.00. Saturday and Sunday 10.00-11.00
Practice Nurses (3 part time)
Full time Practice Manager
Other clinical services available in the community
Physiotherapist (2 days/ week)
Pharmacist
Visiting Occupational Therapist
Drug & Alcohol Service (fortnightly)
Child & Family Health Service
Community Nursing
2 Social Workers
Diabetic Educator
Psychologist
Continence Nurse
Optometrist
Podiatry
Psychiatrist at Oatlands
About the Position The position offered may be on a short term or a long term basis, either full-time or negotiable part-time. After hours cover is 1 in 3, with triage by nurses.
The successful candidate will be expected to reside in Campbell Town (pop.n 900).
When is the Position Available The practice is seeking to fill the vacancy as soon as possible.
About Campbell Town With a population of 900 and located 67 km south of Launceston and 132 km north of Hobart on the Midland Highway, Campbell Town is one of those extraordinary historic towns which make the journey between Tasmania's two largest cities such a special experience. This remarkably beautiful town, with its wealth of early nineteenth century buildings, its ducks on the banks of the Elizabeth River, and its warm red bricks, is more reminiscent of an English village than a small Australian town.
Campbell Town came into existence in 1821 as one of a number of garrison towns linking Hobart and Launceston. It was, and is, the centre of the sheep-farming region of Tasmania. Campbell Town's Saxon merino sheep were introduced over 150 years ago, but the historic Winton estate even pre-dates that.
There is an impressive collection of colonial buildings such as The Grange (the local wealthy doctors house built in the late 1840s), the Foxhunters Return (1834), St Lukes Church (1939) and the Red Bridge (1836).
Campbell Town was the birthplace of Harold Gatty, the navigator on Wylie Post's first-ever round-the-world airplane flight, and the Gatty Memorial recalls this feat.
Other historic markers include the Campbell Town railway station, site of the first telephone call in the southern hemisphere, and the showgrounds, which are part of ongoing history - the Midland Show is the oldest continuous one in Australia.
