Pre-Hospital Retrieval Registrar NT February 2026
Pre-Hospital Retrieval Registrar NT February 2026
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Job Description
- Exciting opportunity for senior critical care doctors to use their skills and work within the aeromedical sector
- Competitive remuneration salary packaging benefits
- Positions Available (February 2026
- Registrar pay grades range between $134190 $197760
About CareFlight
We respond above and beyond!
CareFlight is an Australian for purpose aeromedicalorganisationvoted consistently as one of Australias most trusted brands. Our mission is to save lives speed recovery and serve the community through delivering our charitable social purpose.
Proudly a 2023 HRD 5 Star Employer of Choice we operate across Australia with major base locations in NT and NSW. Our specially trained Doctors Nurses Paramedics and Aircrew use helicopters turboprop aircraft aeromedical jets and patient transport vehicles to provide critical support to over 8500 patients each year. We also deploy medical professionals and aircraft in support of defence government and commercial contracts and energy and resource sector sites.
CareFlight has an enviable position of having senior educators in Anaesthesia Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care with our education program being second to none. We are considered leaders in aeromedical innovation and undertake novel researchWe believe this all makes CareFlight the natural choice for those seeking a unique clinical experience unavailable anywhere else in the world.
For those working overseas CareFlight also take the hassle out of coming to Australia by assisting with visa applications college accreditation and Australian medical registration requirements.
The role:
Based in Darwin your role will involve both high and low acuity transfers within the Top End of Australia interstate and internationally. Working from bases in Darwin and elsewhere you will experience many transfers from remote Indigenous Communities.
Each role is fulltime and based in Darwin. These opportunities are available for 6 or 12month placements which are accredited by ACEM ANZCA and CICM. Start dates align with NT medical terms in February and August annually.
Our Training:
Previous retrieval experience is not required as CareFlights comprehensive induction program will build on the critical care knowledge that you bring with you to this job.
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 other techniques.
Our ongoing biweekly education program includes formal teaching sessions guest speakers scenariobased training as well as onsite teaching in other locations throughout the Northern Territory.
CareFlight is also an accredited training site to undertake the Associateship in PreHospital and Retrieval Medicine (DipPHRM) administered by the Conjoint Committee of PreHospital and Retrieval Medicine (CCPHRM).
Essential Criteria:
To be successful in this role you will:
- be registered (or be eligible for registration) with AHPRA to practice in Australia;
- have completed your primary exams;
- have a minimum of five years postgraduate with critical care experience highlevel airway and resuscitation skills;
- have 3 months experience in ICU (or critical care rotation);
- have 36 months experience in Anaesthetics;
- have 6 months experience in Emergency;
- have 6 months experience in Paediatrics (or 12 months mixed rotation);
- have the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team with excellent communication skills;
- have completed ETM EMST or equivalent;
- successfully complete the CareFlight functionality (fitness) assessment;
- be prepared to successfully undertake Helicopter Underwater Escape Training;
- hold a current passport (plus visa if required); and
- hold a current drivers licence with the ability to drive when on scene (if required).
The following will also be desirable:
Experience in obstetrics.
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 acurrent resume a cover letter that addresses the roles essential criteria and your medical degree and registration. Applications for this opportunity will remain open until 30 April2025. Applications submitted postApril will only be considered via the recruitment email address and at CareFlights discretion.
For additional information please contact us at or phone.
CareFlight values diversity in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
All employees must comply with CareFlights 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 CareFlights immunisation and vaccination policy.
CareFlight: The next life we save could be yours
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
