Mobile Patient Care

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17 Apr 2025

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Proudly serving Australians since 1928, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) provides emergency aeromedical and allied health services for people in rural and remote Australia. We strive towards improving the health and wellbeing of our rural communities and believe in creating opportunities, so all Victorians have the choice to access essential primary health care services.

About the Program
Mobile Patient Care (MPC) offers Non-Emergency Patient Transport across Victoria and some areas of New South Wales. We work with a large fleet of ambulances and support our transport services with RFDS aircraft.
MPC provides clinical care for people travelling from home to hospital, hospital to hospital and hospital to home, as well as transport to and from specialist clinics.

About the Role
As a Registered Paramedic / Registered Nurse, you will provide high quality patient centred care and treatment during the transport of patients with a wide variety of medical conditions.

Key responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Perform patient assessment and intervention on-road
- Provide high quality patient care and treatment during on-road transport
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with patients and stakeholders
- Assess the effectiveness of any intervention in accordance with all RFDS MPC guidelines, NEPT regulations and within prescribed scope of practice
- Perform independently and problem solve within established policies and procedures
- Work collaboratively with other team members

To be successful, you will need:
- Qualifications as a Registered Paramedic or Division 1 Registered Nurse
- Hold current AHPRA registration (or pending approval for Paramedics)
- To able to drive in both city and country traffic conditions
- To be compassionate, professional, and dedicated to providing excellent service
- Experience working in the NEPT sector in an equal role desirable but not essential
- Satisfactory completion of safety screening including a current Full Drivers Licence, State driver history report,Working with Children's Check, National Police Check, and the right to work in Australia.
- Desirable: Knowledge of NSW NEPT service specifications

Our Benefits
- An ideal steppingstone if you are considering a career in pre-hospital emergency care or as a nurse or paramedic practitioner
- Generous penalties and allowances
- A less stressful environment than emergency/pre-hospital care
- Supported opportunities to work at different locations across the state
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Access to salary packaging options to reduce your taxable income for all employees, including our casuals
- Great parental leave benefits in addition to government parental leave.

Need more information?
For any enquiries, please email careers@rfdsvic.com.au
To access the position description and to apply please click the ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our Career Centre.

Mandatory vaccination policy:
As part of the application process, you will be required to provide evidence of the following vaccinations:
- Hepatitis B
- Chicken Pox
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella
- Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis
- Tuberculosis
- Annual Influenza

Please note that we are unable to accept applications submitted via email. Applications will be reviewed as received and interviews will commence immediately.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service, Victoria, is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals of underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including but not limited to, those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse and LGBTQI communities.

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