Flight Nurse and Primary Health Care Nurse

Aeromedical Nursing (Flight Nurse)

As Flight Nursing is a specialised field, RFDS are unable to offer graduate programs or work experience opportunities. To view information on Student Placements click here.

The current mandatory minimum requirements for Aeromedical Nursing (Flight Nurse) credentialing and scope of clinical practice are as follows:

• Registered General Nurse (RN) with Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) registration
• Registered Midwife (RM) qualification with AHPRA registration
• Minimum of 3 years recent experience in a critical care environment (five years would be highly desirable)
• Currency in adult and paediatric advanced life support certification (ALS 2 equivalent) within the last 12 months
• Currency in advanced neonatal resuscitation
• Post Graduate Emergency/Critical Care/Intensive Care Qualification would be desirable

If you do not currently have your midwifery qualifications you may be interested in looking at scholarship information for non-midwives. We have a number of options currently available for nurses at external organisations who are wishing to work for RFDS in the future. Please contact us for more information.

Primary Health Care Nurses

The RFDS provide a comprehensive range of primary health care services at a range of locations including rural towns, remote stations, mines, oil fields, national parks and island resorts.

PHC Nurses provide essential healthcare services through the delivery of RFDS Primary Health Care clinics, across the life span and includes antenatal care and education, child health development checks, parenting programs, chronic disease, immunisations, health checks and health promotion.

The current mandatory minimum requirements for Primary Health Care Nurses credentialing and scope of clinical practice are as follows:

• Registered General Nurse (RN) with Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) registration

Minimum requirements for PHC nursing with midwifery

• Registered General Nurse (RN) with Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) registration
• Registered midwife (RM) qualification and AHPRA registration
• Minimum of 4 years post RN registration experience with a minimum of 12 months experience within a community context or within a flexible delivery of care service e.g. general practice, indigenous health service, school nursing, clinic outreach service, community health, enhanced home visiting services, midwifery postnatal care home visiting.

Minimum requirements for PHC nursing

• Registered General Nurse (RN) with Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) registration
• Minimum of 4 years post registration experience with a minimum of 12 months experience in a community context or within a flexible delivery of care service e.g. general practice, indigenous health service, school nursing, clinic outreach service.

Minimum requirements for practice nursing

• Registered General Nurse (RN) with Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) registration
• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience including a minimum of 12/12 months experience as a practice nurse e.g. general practice, hospital in the home, home visiting, school nursing, clinic outreach service

Other considerations

• Currency in adult and paediatric advanced life support certification (ALS 2 equivalent) within the last 12 months.
• Currency in advanced neonatal resuscitation
• Post graduate experience/qualification may include: Midwifery, Child and Family Health, Women’s health, Immunisation, Public Health, Health Promotion, or Chronic Disease
• Current Immunisation endorsement in Queensland and Scheduled Medicines Rural and Isolated Practice would be looked upon favourably