Overview

NSW Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Registrars — Exciting opportunity for senior trainee and junior Specialist Critical Care Doctors to use your skills and work within NSW Aeromedical Services.

CareFlight is an Australian for-purpose aeromedical organisation, with a mission to save lives, speed recovery and serve the community through delivering our charitable social purpose.

Remuneration and benefits

- Competitive remuneration + salary packaging benefits
- Registrar base salary pay grades range between $137,000 – $166,000 per annum (consolidated penalties are in addition)
- Iconic Australian Not-For-Profit organisation
- Recruiting for 2027 positions

The role

We are currently running our annual campaign for Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine Registrars. If you are a Senior Trainee or Specialist in Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Intensive Care, this could be the exciting opportunity you are looking for to launch your career as a Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Doctor. You will manage the most critically ill and injured patients in New South Wales.

Recruitment processes for these roles are aligned with NSW Health recruitment guidelines. Each role is full-time and based in Sydney. These opportunities are for 12-month placements with at least 6-months training time accredited by ACEM, ANZCA and CICM. Start dates align with NSW medical terms in February and August annually.

We have two opportunities for Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Registrars in New South Wales. One is based at Bankstown airport with rotation to the regional helicopter base in Orange, 300km west of Sydney, with access to patients via winch-capable helicopter, road and fixed wing. The other is an integrated Pre-Hospital and hospital-based Trauma Fellowship position on the CareFlight Rapid Response Helicopter based in Westmead and Westmead Hospital (Emergency or Anaesthetic Departments). This role involves both paediatric (medical and trauma) and adult (trauma)



rapid response, with research involvement in a new Pre-Hospital research program.

Our Training

Previous retrieval experience is not required as CareFlight’s comprehensive induction program will build on the critical care knowledge you bring to this role.

This package includes a place on our Pre-Hospital Trauma Course (PHTC), training in interhospital and international retrieval medicine, and aviation training including Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) and winch procedures.

Our ongoing weekly education program includes formal teaching sessions, guest speakers, scenario-based training, and onsite teaching in unusual locations. Training opportunities include envenomation at The Australian Reptile Park, canyon and cliff-edge rescue in the Blue Mountains, Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine, and safety and rescue at the Transport Training Centre.

CareFlight is an accredited training site to undertake the Pre-Hospital Associateship in Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine AACEM (PHRM) administered by the Conjoint Committee of Pre-Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (CCPHRM).

Essential qualifications

- Final Year Advanced Trainee, Provisional Fellow, or Specialist in Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Intensive Care
- International applicants must be Senior Registrars or Consultants in Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine or Intensive Care. UK applicants – completion of ST4
- Registration with the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA) or eligible for registration
- Completion of ATLS / EMST / ETM or equivalent




- Experience in the care of critically ill patients (including trauma), and ability to adapt clinical practice to work independently in both the pre-hospital and interhospital workplace
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role and work at heights (including helicopter winching) and in water
- Willingness to complete Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) with Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS)
- Hold a current passport and Drivers Licence (plus visa if required)

In order to be successful in this role, all candidates are required to complete a pre-employment fitness assessment. For local candidates, fitness assessments will be held on Saturday, 18 July 2026 and Sunday, 19 July 2026. Alternative arrangements will be made for interstate/overseas candidates.

How to apply

If you want to work with the most advanced integrated Aeromedical Service and one of the most reputable charitable organisations in Australia and value unity, excellence, integrity and service, then we want you on our team.

Please ensure you attach a current resume and covering letter that addresses the role’s essential criteria. Applications for this opportunity will remain open until Monday, 6 July 2026 at 11:30pm.

Further information about the role can be found on our website:

For additional information, please contact our recruitment team at

CareFlight values diversity in the workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

All employees must comply with CareFlight’s Drug and Alcohol Management Plan (DAMP) as required by CASA and may be subject to random workplace testing. Criminal Record and Working with Children Checks also apply. All employees must comply with CareFlight’s immunisation and vaccination policy. CareFlight: “The next life we save could be yours”

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