Principal House Officers

The Position

The PHO is an essential member of a multidisciplinary team providing high quality primary and secondary medical care to individual patients as well as population health service to the local community.

The role includes ensuring patient safety and continual development of your clinical knowledge and skills.

This would be a 12-month position starting in January 2025.

This position can be offered full time or at 0.5FTE

Clinical Responsibilities within the scope of practice of a Principal House Officer :

• Provide a high-quality medical service based on the principles of evidence-based medicine and best practice.  Manage patients to ensure that problems are fully assessed and identified; and develop comprehensive clinical care and management plans.
• Appropriate selection and arrangement of investigations.
• Assemble clinical information and the results of investigations to diagnose clinical conditions.
• Maintain appropriate comprehensive and concise clinical documentation including observations, opinions, diagnoses, other data and procedures undertaken.
• Maintain appropriate summary documentation, particularly when the patient is transferred, including discharge summaries and letters.
• Other clinical duties as required.

Health Service

Bayside Health Services offers this unique opportunity for Principal House Officers (PHOs) to experience working across each of three community-based healthcare centres at the new Redland Bay Satellite Hospital, as well as Wynnum Primary Care Centre, and Marie Rose Centre, Dunwich, Stradbroke Island.

The Location

Refers to a network of healthcare services that cater to the Brisbane Bayside region, which includes suburbs such as Wynnum, Manly, and surrounding areas. It provides a variety of health services, focusing on aged care, home care, and community health. These services are available across multiple locations, with particular focus on providing accessible healthcare to people living in coastal communities such as Wynnum and the nearby areas, extending to the communities on North Stradbroke Island (Dunwich).

Essential Criteria

The Package

About Skilled Medical

Skilled Medical is a leading international medical recruitment firm that delivers qualified medical professionals wherever they are needed in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. We are a quality accredited firm with years of industry experience supporting communities and assisting medical professionals in their work and careers. To learn more about Skilled Medical please visit us at www.skilledmedical.com

To Apply

For further information, please send your most up to date CV to Jonathan Gregory by selecting the 'Apply' button below, or please call a member of our permanent team in London on +44 (0) 333 444 2000 or in Australia on 1300 900 100.