Remote Aeromedical Retrieval Doctor – Part-Time

Royal Flying Doctor Service; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Housing allowance

Education allowance

Travel and accommodation packages

Free onsite parking

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Royal Flying Doctor Service SA/NT seeks retrieval doctors to support remote South Australia and the Northern Territory. You’ll provide remote emergency advice, coordinate primary retrievals, and deliver aeromedical emergency care from the Port Augusta base.

You may live in Adelaide and travel to Port Augusta every 4–8 weeks for a 4–7 day rotation as part of a skilled team. Ideal candidates are doctors with experience in emergency medicine and anaesthesia, with AHPRA registration and fellowships,

Qualifications

• Doctor with experience in emergency medicine and/or anaesthesia.
• Unrestricted Medical Practitioner registration with AHPRA.
• Fellowship with ACEM, ANZCA or RACGP/ACRRM with JCCA or GEMS certification.
• Minimum three years’ experience in Emergency medicine and/or Anaesthesia.
• Minimum 6 months training in a critical care environment.
• Experience in procedural skills, resuscitation and paediatrics.
• Good understanding of primary healthcare, allied healthcare and nursing colleagues.
• Experience supervising and mentoring consultants, registrars and medical students.
• Highly developed leadership, management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support remote South Australia & Northern Territory by providing remote emergency advice and clinical coordination of primary retrievals.
• Deliver aeromedical emergency care from Port Augusta base.
• Possibly based in Adelaide and drive to Port Augusta for rotations every 4–8 weeks (4–7 days).
• Contribute to responsive, timely emergency care for isolated communities.

Skills

Emergency medicine

Anesthesia

ICU experience

Leadership

Communication skills

Resuscitation

Pediatrics

Mentoring

Education

Unrestricted AHPRA registration

Fellowship ACEM/ANZCA/RACGP with JCCA or GEMS

Job description

Royal Flying Doctor Service SA/NT seeks retrieval doctors to support remote South Australia and the Northern Territory. You’ll provide remote emergency advice, coordinate primary retrievals, and deliver aeromedical emergency care from the Port Augusta base.

You may live in Adelaide and travel to Port Augusta every 4–8 weeks for a 4–7 day rotation as part of a skilled team. Ideal candidates are doctors with experience in emergency medicine and anaesthesia, with AHPRA registration and fellowships,