General Practitioner / Nurse Practitioner

About Us

Kerikeri Retirement Village is a charitable organisation providing the full continuum of aged care services — from independent living to rest home, hospital and dementia care — all within a strong community setting.  Located close to Kerikeri’s town centre in the beautiful Bay of Islands, the Village is home to around 200 residents and employs more than 140 staff.

About the role

GP services are required to provide medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing management for residents in an aged care setting.

This is done with RN support organising which residents when.

Ideally provide 5 hours a week which can be done via teams link, and once a month onsite visit plus two phone clinics on Monday and Friday at 15 mins each.  Open to further discussions around what might work for both parties.

Key responsibilities

• Assess residents medically — diagnose illnesses, investigate changes in condition, and decide on treatment
• Prescribe and review medications — including checking whether medicines are still appropriate and managing changes
• Provide routine medical reviews — residents need medical assessment/review in accordance with the ARRC requirements, as well as when their condition requires it
• Manage chronic conditions — things like heart failure, diabetes, COPD, pain, Parkinson's etc.
• Make medical decisions — investigations, referrals, hospital transfers, treatment limitations and end-of-life medical management
• Support palliative/end-of-life care — prescribing anticipatory medicines, symptom management and working with the nursing team and family
• Document the medical plan so the RN team knows what is being treated, monitored and escalate