About This Role
RFDS SA/NT is recruiting a full-time permanent Line Pilot based in Port Augusta to support aeromedical aviation across South Australia and the Northern Territory. The role works as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare crew delivering emergency aeromedical services, inter-hospital patient transfers, healthcare personnel charter flights and routine patient transfers in regional, rural and remote Australia. RFDS SA/NT operates a fleet of Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24 aircraft.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Deputy Head of Flight Operations, the Line Pilot will conduct flight operations for aeromedical evacuations, inter-hospital patient transfers and healthcare personnel charter flights across the Northern Territory and South Australia.
- Duties include providing emergency aeromedical flight services in the outback, transporting primary healthcare personnel and associated equipment, and completing routine patient transfers while working alongside health professionals serving regional, rural and remote communities.
What We Offer
The package includes a generous salary, superannuation, retention payments, salary packaging and a 3.5% Non-Capital City allowance.Salary packaging includes up to 15,899 towards loans, rent and bills and an additional 2,650 through a meal and entertainment card.Benefits also include a guaranteed $5,000 annual retention bonus, six weeks of annual leave, relocation assistance, comprehensive ground school with a state-of-the-art flight simulator, Employee Values Awards, a Reward and Recognition program, a Learning Management System and an Employee Assistance Program.
Requirements
- The role requires a CASA CPL (A), a current IPC with three renewals, at least 2,000 total flight hours, at least 1,500 hours in command, 100 hours of night flying experience and recent single-pilot IFR experience within the past two years.
- Applicants must be able to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Preferred qualifications include experience operating aircraft in remote areas, experience flying PC12 or PC24 aircraft, knowledge of rural and remote Australia, experience and training in emergency retrieval practices, and experience operating turbine-engine aircraft.
- RFDS SA/NT also has mandatory vaccination requirements, and applicants may be subject to pre-employment checks including police and Working with Children clearances, medical assessment and functional capacity evaluation.