General Practitioner | COONABARABRAN

General Practitioner | Coonabarabran Area Medical Centre

We are currently looking for an experienced General Practitioner to join a busy medical practice in Coonabarabran in Western NSW. With a population of approx. 9,500 residents, 5.5 hours from Sydney and 1.5 hours from Dubbo.

Level 1 or above supervision is available to the right applicant!

The successful applicant will deliver comprehensive, coordinated, and continued medical care to patients of all ages groups and be supervised by a well respected and experienced GP.

Our Practice
1 full time male doctor with VMO rights to Coonabarabran Hospital and Baradine Hospital, visits local Nursing Home, Hostel and Dementia Units.
1 part time female doctor visits nursing home, hostel and Dementia unit
Practice Manager
3 part time nursing Staff
2 part time office staff
Practice established 1997 with 1 Dr and 1 nurse/reception – since then has extended
Mixed billing practice
Pathology service in front of our building
Booked appointments and walk ins no one that needs to be seen gets turned away
Our closing hours depend on the community needs

Coonabarabran Health Service
We have a 21 bed hospital, with 24 hours and emergency coverage, Heli pad and ambulance service. The hospital also has radiology department and a visiting procedural GP who comes across for Gastroscopies and Colonoscopies. Coonabarabran also has a mobile sonographer who visits once a week and a private physiotherapist.
Baradine has a Multipurpose Centre with doctor coverage and Binnaway have a Community Health Centre.

Our town – Coonabarabran
Population: 9,380 (2016 Census)
Area: 12,380 sq kms
Towns: Baradine, Binnaway, Coolah, Coonabarabran, Dunedoo, and Mendooran
Villages: Bugaldie, Cobbora, Kenebri, Leadville, Merrygoen, Neilrex, Purlewaugh,
Uarbry, Ulamambri, Weetaliba and Yearinan
Localities: Rocky Glen, Goolhi and Denisontown
State Seat: Barwon
Federal Seat: Parkes

The Warrumbungle Shire is strategically positioned on the Newell Highway mid-way between Brisbane and Melbourne. A number of highways and main roads traverse the shire providing links with surrounding regional centres.

The landscape ranges from extensive plains to undulating hills, from the high basaltic plateau of the Coolah Tops in the east to the rugged mountainous peaks of extinct volcanoes in the Warrumbungle National Park, west of Coonabarabran.
The geography, flora and fauna of the Shire is where east meets west. The mountainous terrain of the Great Divide gives way to rolling hills then the inland plains. The flora and fauna of the wide open plains mix with coastal animal and vegetation progressively across the Shire. A striking example of this is on the eastern boundary of the shire we have the large grey kangaroo and on the western boundary of the shire the large red kangaroo.

The shire is also a meeting place for the nations of our traditional owners and custodian of the land. The northern part of the shire is home to the Gamilaraay people while the southern part of the shire is home to the Wiradjuri people. Also the nations of the Weilwan and Kawambarai (Werriri) come into the Shire on the western border. The history, traditions and culture are being recognised as an important part of the Shires history.

The stunning night skies, formed by a combination of low pollution, very low humidity and limited cloud cover have drawn astronomers and researchers to Coonabarabran in their search for what lies beyond the confines of the visual night sky.

Siding Springs Observatory, located 25kms from Coonabarabran is the site of a number of internationally owned and operated optical telescopes where major research has recorded amazing truths of the universe, supporting Coonabarabrans claim to the name Astronomy Capital of Australia.