• Full-time, Permanent Positions Available
• $118,000 + superannuation, salary packaging, annual retention payment, remote living allowances & CPI salary increases
• 6 weeks annual leave!

About the Royal Flying Doctor Service South Australia & Northern Territory (RFDS SA/NT)

Australia’s most reputable charity, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) provides 24-hour emergency, aeromedical and primary health care services to those who live, work and travel in rural and remote Australia.

Serving South Australia and the Northern Territory, the team at RFDS SA/NT exists to support happier and healthier Australians no matter where they live, work or play. We presently operate a total of 21 aircraft; 19 Pilatus PC-12s and 2 Pilatus PC-24 Medi-Jets across our bases in Alice Springs, Adelaide, Darwin and Port Augusta.

About this Opportunity

The Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Emergency Services Pilots are at the forefront of aeromedical aviation. Our Pilots are an integral part of a multi-disciplined crew in an organisation that prides itself in providing excellence in vital health care services to people living and working in regional, rural and remote central Australia.

Reporting directly to the Senior Base Pilot, as our next Emergency Services Pilot, you will be inspired to complete flight operations for aeromedical evacuations, inter-hospital patient transfers and healthcare personnel charter flights across the Northern Territory and South Australia.

You'll work with the latest technology in aviation and alongside the best health professionals to provide emergency and primary health care to people in regional, rural, and remote communities across SA and NT. This will include emergency aeromedical flight services in the outback, delivering charter flights for our primary health care team and associated equipment and complete routine patient transfers.

To find out more about what it is like to work as a Line Pilot with RFDS, click here!

To learn more about our fleet, click here.

About You

You are:

• Reliable and responsive with a can-do attitude
• An excellent communicator across verbal and written methods
• Computer literate with experience across the Microsoft Office suite of applications
• Self-motivated with substantial organisational and decision-making capabilities, particularly in high pressure/stressful situations
• Passionate about abiding to the RFDS values of care, integrity, collaboration, and innovation!

To be considered for the role you require:

• CASA CPL (A)
• Current IPC (3 renewals)
• Minimum 2500 total flight hours
• Minimum 1500 hours in command
• 200 hours of night flying experience
• 300 hours multi-engine or 500 hours turbine
• Recent single pilot IFR (within 2 years).

In addition to the above requirements, your application would be enhanced with:

• Experience in operating aircraft in remote areas
• Experience flying PC12 or PC24 aircraft
• Knowledge of rural and remote Australia
• Experience and training in emergency retrieval practices.

Our Benefits

As part of our team, you can expect to be provided with challenging, interesting work and be supported to achieve your best. The RFDS offers a supportive environment where our people are valued, and professional development is encouraged. In addition, we also offer:

• Remote housing allowance – additional $407 salary per fortnight
• $5,000 annual retention bonus guaranteed!
• Non-Capital City Allowance - Additional $7, 670 (6.5%) added to your salary per year just for working in Alice Springs!
• 6 weeks of annual leave per year
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Assistance Program
• Comprehensive orientation program for new starters
• Generous annual salary packaging options to reduce your taxable income including:
• packaging up to $15, 899 of your salary towards loans, rent and bills
• packaging of an additional $2,650 of your salary via a meal and entertainment card.

Further Information

To access the position description, please click here.

For a confidential discussion in relation to the position, please contact Michael Jarman, Senior Base Pilot via 0424 834 400.

For a confidential discussion in relation to the recruitment process, please contact peopleandculture@flyingdoctor.net

Applications close at 11:59pm on 1 December August 2023.

Please note that we are unable to accept late applications, or applications submitted via email.

The RFDS has mandatory vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Please note that as part of the RFDS recruitment process, you may be subject to several pre-employment checks, including a national police clearance, NT Ochre/Working With Children Check, medical assessment and functional capacity evaluation. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is an equal opportunity employer that fosters a positive culture and offers a diverse, safe and supportive work environment. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants are encouraged to apply.