Please note: Our Cairns office will be per­ma­nent­ly closed from Fri­day 14 March 2025, and Ade­laide will commence oper­ation as our cen­tral hub. For any enquiries, please reach out to us directly.

Full-time / Part-time / FIFO General Practitioners

Other Health Care

Posted: 5 Mar 2025

Location: East Arnhem Land

Are you a passionate General Practitioner seeking a unique opportunity to create lasting change? Step into a world where your skills meet purpose, culture, and adventure.

  • We’re one of Australia’s largest providers of Abo­rig­i­nal healthcare.
  • Com­pet­i­tive salary of $280,000 per annum + 11.5% superannuation
  • Full time employ­ees maybe eli­gi­ble for a Reten­tion Bonus start­ing at $10,000

Shape Lives, Shape the Future — Join Miwatj Health!
Miwatj Health Abo­rig­i­nal Cor­po­ra­tion invites ded­i­cat­ed pro­fes­sion­als to pro­vide life-chang­ing health­care across breath­tak­ing remote com­mu­ni­ties in East Arn­hem Land, North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry, includ­ing the islands of Galiwin’ku and Milingim­bi. Are you ready to trav­el by small char­ter planes and make a mean­ing­ful difference?

We’re cur­rent­ly hir­ing now for:

  • 2 Full-time/­FI­FO posi­tions in Galiwin’ku (pop­u­la­tion 2500+, 3 doc­tors onsite)
  • 1 Full-time/­FI­FO posi­tion in Milingim­bi (pop­u­la­tion 1600+, 2 doc­tors onsite)

A Jour­ney Beyond Medicine

Liv­ing and work­ing along­side Yolŋu peo­ple in East Arn­hem Land offers an unpar­al­leled cul­tur­al expe­ri­ence. Immerse your­self in a her­itage where con­nec­tion to coun­try, art, lan­guage, and ancient tra­di­tions cre­ate a pro­found and enrich­ing envi­ron­ment. This is more than a job — it’s an oppor­tu­ni­ty to build rela­tion­ships, share sto­ries, and grow per­son­al­ly and professionally.

Why Choose Miwatj Health?

  • Flex­i­bil­i­ty for Your Lifestyle: Tai­lor your career with Full-Time, Part-Time, FIFO, and fixed-term place­ments.
  • Seam­less Relo­ca­tion Sup­port: We make your tran­si­tion easy with com­pre­hen­sive relo­ca­tion assis­tance.
  • Col­lab­o­ra­tive Com­mu­ni­ty: Join forces with exter­nal Health Ser­vice Providers and our pas­sion­ate, mis­sion-dri­ven team.

Excep­tion­al Rewards and Benefits

Com­pet­i­tive Com­pen­sa­tion:

    • $280,000 per annum
    • 11.5% Super­an­nu­a­tion
    • Access to $15,900 salary pack­ag­ing + $2,650 meal & enter­tain­ment card through CBB

Com­pre­hen­sive Leave Enti­tle­ments:

  • Enjoy Annu­al leave with leave load­ing, Miwatj Annu­al Leave Trav­el Assis­tance, Fares Out Leave, and Com­pas­sion­ate Leave.

Growth & Devel­op­ment:

  • Access pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment, study leave and con­tin­u­ous learn­ing support.

Sup­port­ive Pack­ages:

  • Mobile phone allowance.
  • Hous­ing and util­i­ty pack­ages.
  • Relo­ca­tion and repa­tri­a­tion assis­tance.

Reten­tion Bonus:

  • Eli­gi­ble Full-time employ­ees may qual­i­fy for a reten­tion bonus start­ing at $10,000

About Miwatj Health Abo­rig­i­nal Corporation

Since 1992, Miwatj Health has been an inde­pen­dent Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty-Con­trolled Health Ser­vice, deliv­er­ing cul­tur­al­ly sen­si­tive and com­pre­hen­sive pri­ma­ry health­care to more than 8,000 Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander res­i­dents. Togeth­er, we’re empow­er­ing health­i­er, stronger com­mu­ni­ties across the East Arn­hem region.

Essen­tial Requirements

This role involves work­ing in remote Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties, so appli­cants must demon­strate a com­mit­ment to Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Con­trol, self-deter­mi­na­tion, and an under­stand­ing of the unique chal­lenges faced by Yolŋu peo­ple. You must have:

  • A cur­rent Reg­is­tra­tion and Prac­tic­ing Cer­tifi­cate as a Med­ical Prac­ti­tion­er through AHPRA
  • Exten­sive expe­ri­ence in Gen­er­al Prac­tice or rural/​remote health­care settings

Vac­ci­na­tion & Immu­ni­ty Screening

At Miwatj Health, we pri­or­i­tize the health and safe­ty of our team and com­mu­ni­ties. Suc­cess­ful can­di­dates must adhere to our Staff Vac­ci­na­tion and Immu­ni­ty Screen­ing Pol­i­cy in line with NHM­RC guide­lines and Nation­al Safe­ty and Qual­i­ty Health Care Ser­vice Stan­dards.

Con­nect with us today and embark on a life-chang­ing journey.

For more details, please see the Job Descrip­tion or to Apply at https://miwatj.jobs.subscribe-… or con­tact Recruit­ment at recruitment@​miwatj.​com.​au.