Location

Echuca

Job Overview

Provide high quality patient transport care in your community. Base rate $32.47/hr, plus additional benefits. Join RFDS in a fixed term full time role as a Patient Transport Officer.

About the Role

Join the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and play a vital role in delivering compassionate, high quality patient care. As a Patient Transport Officer, 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform patient assessment and intervention 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

• Minimum qualification of Cert III in Non Emergency Patient care, Diploma of Nursing, or equivalent. Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) students may apply on completion of second year subject units
• Experience working in the NEPT sector in an equal role desirable but not essential
• Full Victorian Driver Licence
• National Police Check, Working with Children Check and right to work in Australia

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

• Hepatitis B
• Varicella (Chicken Pox)
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella
• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Annual Influenza

Equal Opportunity Employment

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 under represented 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.