BluGibbon Bites
Career insights and conversations with Doctors within the Blugibbon Community & Network
Locum Doctor Couples: Abi and Jack
Abi and Jack have been Blugibbon locum doctors for some time and are one of several couples that work through us and set off together on adventures across Australia. Blugibbon’s Managing Director Sam Whitaker recently went deeper on their experience and found out more...
Locum 4WD Solo Adventure: Dr Nathaniel
It takes courage to set off across Australia solo, as one of the Blugibbon locums can attest to. Dr Nathaniel took his adventure seriously and invested in a solid vehicle before setting off, a 2010 Toyota LandCruiser Prado complete with a rooftop tent to keep you away...
Working as an offshore locum doctor Offshore/vessel Locum Job
Recently one of our adventurous Blugibbon locums, headed off to work for one of our clients on a large offshore construction vessel as a ship doctor. He kindly journaled about the experience and shared his notes with us, so we...
Locum Doctor in the Spotlight – Dr Priya Patel
Dr Priya is one of Blugibbon’s locum doctors that somehow finds the time to hold a weekly yoga class for our team and any doctors that want to join. A keen traveller, including embarking on a few sailing trips across some beautiful parts of Europe, she hails from the...
Locum Doctor Career Interview – Dr Helen Fry ACRRM (Rural GP/ED)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSYu8Fy16VY Tremendous insight to Helen's career as a rural emergency doctor supported by ACRRM and her friends at Blugibbon. This video is worth its weight in gold if you are thinking of working Down Under (Australia) in a...
Locum Doctor Bishan Rajapakse Interview
Blugibbon meets Locum Doctor Bishan Rajapakse Bishan or “Bish” as he likes to be called, kindly gave Blugibbon his time for a frank discussion on all things emergency medicine, wellbeing, why locums are important and being accosted by a humpback whale, an incident...
Starting a new Locum Doctor Job: Emma’s Experience
I’m a British doctor ED moving to Western Australia to do Locum Doctor Job with Blugibbon. This is my experience of getting out from the UK to Australia during peak Covid-19 restrictions. Visa application The first thing you need to look after, when you want to do a...
Sports Doctor and Yoga Teacher meet the accomplished Cheryl Martin
At Blugibbon sometimes our relationships come full circle, and this today is the case with the subject of our next “Blugibbon Bites”, the amazing career of Dr Cheryl Martin. Cheryl had previously worked with our “Head Gibbon” Sam several years ago when she first came...
Humanitarianism and Public Health with Dr Lai Heng Foong
Getting beyond the exterior and superficial is part of Blugibbon’s DNA and intent. So we are delighted to introduce the next of our “Blugibbon Bites”, a chat with Dr Lai Heng Foong. Malaysian-born Lai Heng came to Australia in 1996 to study medicine (and established a...
Healthy time with Dr Kieran Kennedy
Welcome to the next edition of “Blugibbon Bites”, a series chatting with some of our Doctor friends, delving beyond the clinical facade and showcasing the human behind the stethoscope. Up this week is Dr Kieran Kennedy, a Psychiatry Doctor and health advocate, that...
Bees, Beers & Wheels with Dr Vera Sistenich
Dr Vera Sistenich is one our most cherished and longest-serving locum doctors, so it was a given we were going to include her incredible story on "Blugibbon Bites" Vera has seen and experienced it all, growing up in Hong Kong, studying in England and interning in...
Dr Jack Dascalu – Working on the Most Remote Island on the Planet
There are not many Doctors that can claim to have worked on one of the top 3 remote islands on earth. Dr Jack is one of them and as soon as we could lock him down we had to find out more about the man behind the stethoscope. Joe caught up with Jack while he was in...