Clinical Lead, Primary Care and Rural Generalism

  Date posted: 23 Sep 2026     Applications close: 21 Oct 2026
  Company: Royal Flying Doctor Service - South Eastern Section
  Location: Broken Hill, New South Wales
  Job Type: Full-time
  Contact: Nicholas Greval-Kendall     nick.g@orchardtalent.com.au
Description

The organisation
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section) delivers primary healthcare, aeromedical retrieval, mental health, dental and emergency services across rural and remote NSW. In Far West NSW, its primary care services include the Clive Bishop Medical Centre, 12 outreach clinics and telehealth.

The opportunity
This role combines hands-on rural generalist practice with clinical leadership across RFDS primary care services in Far West NSW.

Based in Broken Hill, you will care for patients in clinic, outreach and telehealth settings, support local clinicians as a clinical escalation point, and help strengthen registrar training and clinical governance.

The role is structured around 0.8 FTE in clinical leadership and service delivery and 0.2 FTE in training, governance and workforce development.

Key responsibilities:

  • Deliver comprehensive care across the Clive Bishop Medical Centre, outreach clinics and telehealth.
  • Provide clinical guidance to colleagues across RFDS primary care services in Far West NSW.
  • Supervise GP and Rural Generalist registrars through RACGP and ACRRM pathways.
  • Help develop RFDS’s Rural Generalist training model and education framework.

About you
You will bring:

  • Fellowship of RACGP or ACRRM (FACRRM or FRACGP-RG highly regarded)
  • Demonstrated experience delivering high-quality rural and remote medical care.
  • Interest in medical education, workforce development and rural generalist training.
  • Collaborative leadership style with a commitment to innovation, quality improvement and culturally safe care.

What’s on Offer

  • Work Monday to Friday with no formal on-call or weekend requirements
  • Full housing provided together with relocation assistance
  • Visa sponsorship and AHPRA support available for suitable international candidates