Address- Permanent Full-Time position
- Competitive salary, base + super + salary packaging
- Darwin lifestyle suited to families with equal time on call shifts from home
- On-site parking
- CareFlight Support with professional development, eg. Flight Instructor courses
- Initial and recurrent training completed at Flight Safety International in the USA
CareFlight is an Australian “for purpose” aeromedical organisation voted consistently as one of Australia’s most trusted Brands. Our mission is to save lives, speed recovery and serve the community through delivering our charitable social purpose.
Proudly a 2023 HRD 5 Star Employer of Choice, we operate across Australia, with major base locations in NSW, and the NT. Our specially trained doctors, nurses, paramedics and aircrew use helicopters, turbo prop aircraft, aeromedical jets and patient transport vehicles to provide critical support to over 8,500 patients each year. We also deploy medical professionals and aircraft in support of defence, government and commercial contracts, and energy and resource sector sites.
The role
We currently have an opportunity for a full-time Gulfstream G150 Captain to join our International & Domestic Air Ambulance Jet operation, located in Darwin.
This dedicated service provides a medically configured jet with a Doctor and Flight Nurse to support aeromedical retrievals and inter-hospital transfers across domestic locations within Australia and Internationally into South-East Asia. This role would suit a candidate seeking to move into a challenging aeromedical role in a high performance and modern glass cockpit turbojet operating across remote areas and international locations.
You will have a unique opportunity to work with a team of dedicated professionals and be part of Australia’s only fully integrated aeromedical operation comprising of flightcrews, medical crews, engineering and logistics.
Key responsibilities include:
Reporting to the Fleet Manager the Captain will efficiently conduct, fixed wing aeromedical flights and flight operations to the highest industry standards of safety and professionalism, as well as:
- Actively participate in the processes used by CareFlight to organise and manage effective flight operations maintaining the highest standards of safety and efficiency in all operations
- G150 operations to include both regular domestic routes and adhoc international Medevacs.
- Maintain open lines of communication to supervisors, and other crew members
- Adequately prepare for all flights
- Maintain a high and consistent level of visual and instrument flight skills
- Resolve real, or practices, in-flight emergencies safely and efficiently
- During flight operations, comply with Company Procedures, and aviation regulations
- Maintain a high standard of procedural and regulatory knowledge
- Use effective communication techniques within the cockpit environment
- Maintain a high level of situational awareness during missions and recognises degradation
- Effectively brief medical team prior to flights, or evolutions within flights, and conducts debriefs
- Demonstrate a high standard of decision making and leadership in the conduct of flights
- ensuring maximum comfort and courtesy towards patients, passengers and clients; and
- maintaining a neat personal appearance when on duty
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess the following:
- Australian resident status, living in Darwin.
- An ATPL (A)
- Class 1 Aviation Medical.
- 4,000 hours total.
- 2,500 hours Pilot in Command. (PIC)
- 2,000 hours Multi-Engine Pilot in Command (PIC)
- 1,000 hours Turbine time
- 200 hours Night Pilot in Command (PIC)
- Instrument rating – multi-engine aeroplane.
- 5 x IPC renewals on aeroplanes.
- Two crew experience
- only apply if you meet the role’s essential criteria and have a work permit / residency / citizenship enabling you to be employed in Australia
The following will be highly regarded:
- Glass cockpit experience.
- Gulfstream G150 type experience.
- Jet experience
- Aeromedical retrieval experience.
How to apply
If you would like to be part of our team, you can apply using the link below. Please ensure you attach a current resume and covering letter that addresses the role’s essential criteria. Applications for this opportunity will close on 14th June 2024.
Successful applicants will be required to undergo a medical assessment and adhere to CareFlight’s Screening and Vaccination Policy.
For additional information, please contact ***********@careflight.org
CareFlight values diversity in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged to apply.
All employees must comply with CareFlight’s Drug and Alcohol Management Plan (DAMP) as required by CASA and may be subject to random workplace testing.
Criminal Record and Working with Children Checks also apply.
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