Global minimum for $frac{2(q - 1)(q^k + 1)}{q^{k+1} + q - 1}$, if $q geq 5$ and $k geq 1$

Let $q$ be a prime number, and let $k$ be an integer.

THE PROBLEM

Does the function
$$f(q,k) = frac{2(q – 1)(q^k + 1)}{q^{k+1} + q – 1}$$
have a global minimum, if $q geq 5$ and $k geq 1$?

MY ATTEMPT

I tried asking WolframAlpha, it was unable to find a global minimum for $f(q,k)$ in the domain $q geq 5$ and $k geq 1$.

I then computed the partial derivatives (still using WolframAlpha):

Partial derivative with respect to $q$
$$frac{partial}{partial q} f(q,k) = frac{2q^{k-1}bigg(q^{k+1} – k(q – 1) + qbigg)}{bigg(q^{k+1} + q – 1bigg)^2} > 0$$

Partial derivative with respect to $k$
$$frac{partial}{partial k} f(q,k) = -frac{2(q-1){q^k}log(q)}{bigg(q^{k+1} + q – 1bigg)^2} < 0.$$

Does this mean that we can have (say)
$$f(q,k) geq f(5,1) = frac{48}{29} approx 1.65517?$$