At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide compassionate care during non-emergency patient transfers across regional areas.
- Company: Join the Royal Flying Doctor Service, a trusted healthcare organisation with a rich legacy.
- Benefits: Flexible casual opportunities that fit your lifestyle while enhancing your clinical skills.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive team that values reliability, care, trust, and safety.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives and improve healthcare access in remote communities.
- Qualifications: Must be a Registered Nurse with at least 3 years of acute nursing experience.
The predicted salary is between 55.8 - 68.2 $ per hour.
Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) Ground Registered Nurse | Casual Opportunities | Dubbo | Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section
Help Deliver Healthcare Where It Matters Most
At the Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section (RFDSSE), every journey matters. While our aircraft are recognised around the world, it's our people who make the difference. As a Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPTS) Ground Registered Nurse, you'll play a vital role in ensuring patients receive safe, compassionate, and professional care during their healthcare journey. This is a unique opportunity for experienced nurses who thrive in dynamic environments and are passionate about patient-centered care. You will work independently, make clinical decisions, and become part of an organisation trusted by Australians for over 95 years.
The Opportunity
As an RFDSSE NEPTS Ground RN, you will provide clinical care and support to patients during non-emergency ground transfers between healthcare facilities and airports, ensuring their safety and comfort throughout the journey. In this role you will:
- Deliver safe, high-quality clinical care during patient transfers
- Conduct patient assessments and monitor clinical stability throughout transport
- Recognise and respond to clinical deterioration appropriately
- Liaise with hospitals, the Operations Centre, the Aero-medical team and other healthcare stakeholders
- Maintain patient documentation and clinical standards
- Contribute to operational and administrative activities when required
- Work within a highly supportive and collaborative transport healthcare team
About You
You're an experienced Registered Nurse who remains calm under pressure, communicates confidently, and enjoys working autonomously while delivering exceptional patient care. To be successful, you'll bring:
- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
- Current ALS and BLS certification (or ability to obtain)
- Minimum 3 years post-graduate acute nursing experience
- ICU and/or Emergency Department experience
- NSW Driver License
- Ability to obtain required clearances and mandatory checks
What's on offer?
- Meaningful Work: Every shift directly contributes to improving access to healthcare for patients across regional, rural and remote communities.
- Flexibility: Casual opportunities designed to fit around your lifestyle while allowing you to maintain your clinical skills.
- A Trusted Organisation: Join one of Australia's most respected healthcare organisations with a proud legacy of delivering care to rural and remote areas where it's needed most.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and communities. Our Values of Reliability, Care, Trust and Safety shape the way we work as individuals, as team members and with the communities we serve. The RFDS (South Eastern Section) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The RFDSSE aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible.
Non-Emergency Patient Transport – Ground Registered Nurse – Dubbo employer: Royal Flying Doctor Service
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Contact Details:
Royal Flying Doctor Service Recruitment Team
