Company Profile
Company Overview
The RFDS employs over 400 people in Queensland with positions ranging from pilots, doctors, nurses, engineers, allied health professionals, and a variety of administration and support services roles including finance, marketing and human resources. With its Queensland head office located at the Brisbane Airport, the RFDS operates 20 aircraft from nine operational bases located in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Charleville, Mount Isa, Longreach and Roma.
The RFDS's emergency retrieval service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, delivering the finest care to more than 290,000 Australians each year, that's one person every two minutes. This iconic service has expanded to provide regular transfers of patients for life-saving surgery such as organ transplants and heart surgery, delivering critical support to those who need it most.
The RFDS also delivers a broad range of essential health care services to rural and remote communities, including general practice, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, child and family health, social and emotional wellbeing, women's health and health promotion.
Company History
Why is the Royal Flying Doctor Service needed?
Australia is a big place -- 7.69 million square kilometres big -- and with a relatively small population of @25 million people.
Two thirds of our population live around the regional coastlines and the remaining third live across rural and remote areas -- sometimes more than a 6 hour drive to the closest township.
Access to health services can be a problem. Services that are taken for granted in the city are routinely just not possible outside metro areas, and this creates real hardship for the families and communities living in the bush.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service works to reduce the disparity of health service access. We bring emergency medical and primary health services to those areas that don't have access. We make it possible for people to live, work and travel across this large continent.
Benefits
Aeromedical and frontline teams; As a specialist in our exceptional frontline team, you’ll embrace a unique professional challenge. You’ll use all the skills you’ve worked so hard to acquire, making a difference to people’s everyday lives and delivering vital care in emergency situations. And with a workplace spanning thousand of kilometres of regional and outback Queensland, well, you’ll see work and life like never before.
Behind the scenes teams; As a member of the amazing team driving the RFDS from behind the scenes, you’re making a powerful contribution. You’ll come to work knowing that your efforts are driving our work in helping people on the frontline. But critically you’re also helping ensure our organisation is efficient, effective and sustainable now and in the future.
Employee benefits
Competitive remuneration package
Salary packaging
Corporate packages for superannuation
Comprehensive orientation programme
Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
Relocation assistance
Paid parental leave program
Above and beyond program
Wellbeing program
Work life balance
Private health insurance
