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HeliosX Group · 1 month ago

Medical Advisor (Telehealth Nurse Practitioner) – Australia

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

HeliosX is an international healthtech group operating telehealth platforms across multiple markets, now expanding into Australia with the launch of MedExpress. The Medical Advisor will guide the Australian launch by shaping the clinical, regulatory, and operational foundations of the telehealth model, ensuring compliance and identifying clinical requirements for an online prescribing service.

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Responsibilities

Assist in identifying the clinical requirements to identify how an online prescribing service could be launched in the local market. This would include:

Requirements of the medical team

Type of clinician, location, education, insurance, pay, contracting

Compliance with regulations and best practice

For the assessment of patients asynchronously, including

BMI validation

Requirements for sharing of data

Blood testing or other investigations

Validation of identity

Types of communication

Advertising of prescription medication and medical services

Key cultural and medicolegal considerations

Using a provided template in GoogleDocs, complete a report to enable the assessment of the required clinical model for an online asynchronous service prescribing GLP1 prescriptions for weight loss, and erectile dysfunction, in the local market. (4 hours)

Followed by a one-hour interview on Googlemeets (1 hour)

Qualification

Telehealth industry experienceGLP-1 prescriptions experienceNurse Practitioner licenseRegulatory compliance knowledgeClinical care awarenessCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Extensive experience of the local online telehealth industry

An acute awareness of the challenges of providing excellent clinical care in a competitive commercial environment

A keenness to remove barriers to care to enable more patients receive life-changing medication

Experience of GLP-1 prescriptions and erectile dysfunction treatments via online asynchronous consultations

Education Masters in Nurse Practitioner practice (AQF Level 9)

Licence (ideally) Full Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) registration as Nurse Practitioner

Prescribing authority under the relevant State/Territory Poisons Act for S4 medication

Good-standing No restrictions, investigations or suspensions on AHPRA register

Knowledge of guidelines and standards set by the relevant national organisations: Medical Board of Australia (MBA) – Good Medical Practice: A Code of Conduct (2020), AHPRA / MBA – Telehealth & Prescribing Standards (2020), Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) – GLP-1 Safety Updates, Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) – Australian Obesity Management Algorithm (2024), RACGP – Primary Care Guidance on Pharmacotherapy for Obesity / GLP-1 Use (2025)