Laura Turner catches up with specialist Rural and Remote Physician and former military officer – Dr Jamie Phillips, who has spent most of his career pushing medicine to the extreme.

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As a commando trained medical officer, Jamie spent the majority of his career as an embedded doctor and medical commander within elite military units.

Tasked with providing advanced point-of-wounding care on combat and counter terrorism operations around the globe, he learned to lead in the most challenging environments on the planet.

Seeking to transfer the lessons he learned in combat to a new environment, Jamie started working in remote communities in Australia and Papua New Guinea. It was while working in Remote Medicine

that he met the founders of a workplace safety and wellbeing company and learned about their mission. Dr Jamie is deeply passionate about ensuring patients can access quality medical care when and where they need it.

Recognising these shared set of values, he joined the team as Medical Director.

Listen to his fascinating career, including some of his most recent observations on the connection between financial wellbeing and workplace wellbeing.

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