Metropolitan Area - Ambulance Transport Attendants (Casual)

Make a Difference in Your Community

Join the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and play a vital role in delivering compassionate, high‑quality patient care. As an Ambulance Transport Attendant, you'll support people in your community by providing safe, professional non‑emergency patient transport-helping patients move comfortably between home, hospitals, and specialist appointments.

About Us

Since 1928, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has delivered vital aeromedical, emergency and primary health care across Australia. Through our Patient Transport Service, we provide non‑emergency patient transport in Victoria and New South Wales, supporting patients with safe, compassionate care as they travel between home, hospitals and specialist clinics-on the ground and in the air.

About the role

Flying Doctor Patient Transport is seeking motivated and caring Ambulance Transport Attendants to join our Bairnsdale team. This full-time role offers flexibility, structured training, and the opportunity to work alongside experienced clinicians in a supportive environment-without the pressures of emergency response work.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Perform patient assessment and clinical interventions during road transport
• Deliver safe, compassionate care aligned with RFDS clinical guidelines and NEPT regulations
• Monitor patients and evaluate responses to treatment en‑route
• Work collaboratively with a partner clinician in a team‑based model

Qualifications and experience required:

• Current or previous experience as an Ambulance Transport Attendant, or
• Hold a Diploma of Paramedical Science (Ambulance), Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic), or other equivalent qualification for Ambulance Officers recognized by RFDS or DHHS
• And Evidence of successful completion of required clinical placements and a Clinical Skills Assessment, completion of a minimum of 400 hours operational stretcher experience under the direct supervision of a clinical instructor, successful completion of clinical skills assessment (e.g. stage 8)
• For Registered Nurses Only: Must have AHPRA nursing registration, and Evidence of completed nursing graduate year or documented work history within a hospital setting (Emergency Department, Cardiac Unit, High Dependency Unit, Intensive Care, Theatre) or Evidence of 400 clinically supervised hours within another registered ambulance service
• Hold a full driver's licence, be confident driving in both metropolitan and regional conditions, and have flexible availability to work shifts across seven days when required

Our Benefits:

• 1:1 staff to patient ratio
• Work within a clearly defined scope of practice
• Lower‑acuity, less stressful environment than ED or ward‑based roles
• Salary packaging, penalties, allowances and EAP support

Mandatory vaccination policy:

As part of the application process, you will be required to provide evidence of the following vaccinations:

• Hepatitis B 3x doses + serology
• Chicken Pox
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella
• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis
• Annual Influenza

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. Please note all applicants require the right to work in Australia.