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  • Suitable for those with/Without MRCGP
  • Position closing soon
  • 2 hours from Brisbane
  • 50 minutes from Fraser, sunshine and Cooloola Coasts.
  • Family orientated city

GP is required for practice well known in the community which has been open for over 60 years. Caring for generations of the local community with a wide range of patients from newborn to aged care.

The Practice

  • 3 GP Partners and 2 GPs.
  • 3 Reception staff
  • 4 Doctors Assistants
  • 4 Part Time Nurses
  • 3 Enrolled Nurses
  • Diabetes Educator

The practice is popular not only in the community but with the staff and it shows as most have been with the practice for over 10 years!

Extremely friendly and supportive with flexible hours to suit your families needs.Structure your day around school hours and make the most of life/work balance with quality time with the family.  

The Location

The town and its surrounding areas have around 45,000 people calling it home and the area continues to grow in popularity with a range of schools, entertainments and activities available to suit all.

  • Situated in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland.
  • Famous for its gold field, the people who arrived in Australia in the mid 1800`s used the area for grazing purposes. A ten day festival in October celebrates the areas gold rush.
  • Gold mining still plays a key role in the areas economy along with agriculture, timber and tourism.
  • Railway from Brisbane to the north runs through the town with a regular train service connecting the city to Maryborough and beyond.

There is lots to see and do in the area. Spend your time in the Gold Mining and Historical Museum. Housing memorabilia from the early gold mining era, as well as displays showcasing military, rural, transport, communications and steam development in Australia. Other museums showing the development of Australia’s industry and progression include WoodWorks Museum, Valley Rattler steam train, the Mary River and the Mary Valley.

Other things to see and do

  • Subtropical rainforest & spectacular rocky creeks make the Mothar Mountain rock pools
  • Host of the Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival in March
  • Tin Can Bay where you can hand feed rare Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphins. The Strait is an important ecological area with marine turtles, dolphin pods, dugongs also known as mermaids, migrating Humpback whales and valuable roosting area for migratory birds.
  • Mothar Mountain Speedway.

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What Head Medical can do for you 
Arranging a position overseas is very exciting, but we understand that it can also be daunting and time consuming. We’re the UK's specialist in international medical recruitment and we‘ve helped many Doctors relocate since we first started out in 2008 (you can read what people have said about working with us on our testimonials page). We know it’s important to balance career opportunities with lifestyle and we’ll talk through your plans and will get to know you to make sure we find the right role in the right location.

Once we have secured a job for you, we’ll manage the Medical Registration and Visa application process, and support you (and your family) with the relocation itself.

 

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