Training Practice
Scaffolding the learner: "it takes a village"
The supervision of learners at all levels is a whole-of-practice endeavour.
A high quality training experience will build trust and connection, greatly increasing the likelihood of the trainee staying or returning to the practice once fellowed.
The registrar who feels valued and well supported during their placement typically credits this on the relationships they have formed with everyone in the practice – from their main supervisor and practice owner through to the reception team, nurse, non-supervising clinicians, and of course their patients. At the heart of this is their relationship with the practice manager, whose role is central to setting expectations, enhancing the registrar’s understanding of the business of general practice, and building trust through open and transparent communication.
Priorities for negotiating employment arrangements
It’s important to prioritise business sustainability… It is not greedy to strive to be profitable! A key responsibility for all businesses under section 95A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) is to make profit and remain solvent at all times.
As registrar wages are largely funded through the fee-for-service model, training practice sustainability relies on the registrar being supported to manage adequate patient numbers to cover their wages and associated on-costs.
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GPSA, in collaboration with General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA), is responsible for the biennial review and ongoing administration of the National Terms and Conditions for the Employment of Registrars (NTCER).
This minimum set of employment standards for doctors employed by practices while training under the AGPT is a core focus for us; but in our work as the peak organisation for GP training we have developed a number of tools to complement the NTCER Agreement, which you can access by clicking through the links on this page.
We have also compiled (and continue to update/ add to) this list of the webpages designed to assist with whole-of-practice scaffolding of the registrar and make the employment process less stressful!
SUBSIDIES & ALLOWANCES
MEDICARE PROVIDER NUMBERS
Click here for MPN information.
COMMON EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
BULLYING & HARRASSMENT
Click here for resources to help you implement a zero-tolerance culture for bullying and harrassment in the general practice workplace.
To streamline your processes around registrar employment, GPSA has created 3 key tools, noting these are updated for each training semester.
Please log into your free GPSA Community account to access these downloadable templates valid specifically for Semester 2 of 2024 (2024.2):
Date reviewed: 26 July 2024