General Practitioner

Gore Medical Centre - located in the Gore District, in the heart of Southland, New Zealand

• We have a vacancy for a permanent GP to support our vibrant primary health care practice.

• District population of 15,000 servicing a large agricultural heartland. The town of Gore is family friendly and welcoming, with a superb range of recreational and leisure facilities for all ages. These include a short course, 8 lane indoor swimming pool, leisure pool, toddlers pool and hydrotherapy pool. A four court, indoor event centre. An Olympic short course ice rink.

• The well known Dolamore Park is situated about 15kms from Gore. The Park includes many walking tracks, a mountain biking track and outstanding botanical collections. There are also several parks in the Gore township.

• Gore has a range of retail outlets, branches of the four main New Zealand banks and a host of other service providers for the agricultural sector. It has a wide, open streetscape.

• We are a short distance from world-renowned attractions such as Queenstown, Fiordland National Park and Catlins Coast, with access to outdoor activities including skiing, hiking, surfing and mountain biking.

• Supportive of GPs developing special interest areas.

• We offer competitive remuneration, assistance with relocation/housing, NZ Medical Council registration and a collegial and supportive working environment.

The practice would consider employing a doctor with a minimum of 4-5 years broad post graduate experience who wishes to pursue General Practice as a career. As a teaching practice, we willingly support Doctors through the New Zealand GP training programme.

About us

The practice has two GP Directors, five part-time GPs, a dedicated team of 10 nurses, six clinical support staff, Practice Manager and Finance Officer.

The practice has multiple consulting rooms, telephone triage and after-hours clinic access. We host a Health Improvement Practitioner and Health Coach and are well equipped with ECG, spirometry, Butterfly US and a minor surgery suite.

We are a Cornerstone accredited practice using Indici PMS.

We have 8200 enrolled patients and ongoing commitment to under-graduate education. We host House Officers, 5th year medical students, GP registrars and nursing students.

We offer competitive remuneration, 15 minute appointments with a maximum of 10-12 patients/session, assistance with relocation/housing and help with the Medical Council registration process. Candidates must be from countries with comparable health systems to New Zealand.

For more detailed information visit www.goremedical.co.nz, www.gorenz.com, www.moh.govt.nz and www.ero.govt.nz.

If you have any questions or wish to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please contact the Practice Manager, Susan Jones, by clicking the Apply button.

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