- Provide high-quality patient transport care in your community
- Base rate of $31.04/hr plus additional benefits
- Join RFDS in a full-time Patient Transport Officer

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 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.

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 Patient Transport Officers to join our Bairnsdale/Sale 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 PTO role include:
- 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
- Perform independently and problem solve within established policies and procedures
- Work collaboratively with a partner clinician in a team-based model

Qualifications and experience required:
- A 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

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
- Varicella (Chicken Pox)
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella
- Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis
- Annual Influenza

Please note that we are unable to accept late applications, or applications submitted via email.
We aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close advert as soon as we have found the right candidate, and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to apply as early as possible.

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.