Broaden your nursing skills with this large organisation in the areas of operating theatre care, aero-medical evacuation, outpatient care and much more.
Job Details
Undergraduate, Officer, Graduate
The primary aim of nursing within the RAAF Health Service is to provide nursing care that maximises manpower effectiveness during peacetime or in deployed operations. Registered nurses applying to join the Air Force must be prepared to work in a variety of nursing environments ranging from fixed health facilities at operational bases to field deployable health facilities at expeditionary air bases. The Nursing Officer is required to exercise a high degree of initiative and flexibility in adopting to the dynamics of a remote locality, especially when employed in aeromedical evacuation duties, operational deployments, exercises and disaster situations. At both the RAAF hospital and Base Health Services Flights / Health Squadrons, nursing duties generally equate to those practised at a community level.
Listed below are the areas in which Nursing Officer's skills could be employed:
- General nursing duties;
- Outpatient care;
- Operating theatre;
- Health promotion;
- Aeromedical evacuation;
- Operational deployments;
- Medical assistant training in the training school and on-the-job continuation training;
- Nursing administration; and
- Alcohol rehabilitation and education program.
Graduate (Reserve)
Nursing Officers in the Royal Australian Air Force Active Reserve are trained in preparation for their role in one of the Air Force's Health Units. These units may include expeditionary health facilities and or the air transportable hospital, higher command headquarters, and health service flights. Nursing Officers are posted to Reserve squadrons, which organise their training and employment either within the member’s squadron or in another Australian Defence Force organisation.
The primary aim of nursing within the RAAF Health Service is to provide nursing care that maximises manpower effectiveness during peacetime or in deployed operations. Registered nurses applying to join the Air Force Reserve must be prepared to work in a variety of nursing environments, many of which are not experienced in the civilian health service. The Nursing Officer is required to exercise a high degree of initiative and flexibility in adopting to the dynamics of a remote locality, especially when employed in aeromedical evacuation duties, operational deployments, exercises and disaster situations. At both RAAF hospitals and Base Medical Flights nursing duties generally equate to those practised at a community level.
Reserve Nursing Officers can be employed in the following areas:
- General nursing duties;
- Outpatient care;
- Operating theatre (if qualifications are held);
- Health promotion;
- Aeromedical evacuation; and
- Operational deployments.
The operational role of Nursing Officers will require knowledge of and the ability to work within a deployed health facility and to develop the specialised Ground Defence skills and knowledge needed to perform their duties in an operational environment.
Specialist Reserve
The Health element of the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve (RAAFSR) is designed to provide a broad range of health services which complement and supplement those maintained in the Permanent Air Force (PAF).
Nursing Officers in the Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve are trained in preparation for roles in one of the Air Force's Health Units. These units may include expeditionary health facilities and or the air transportable hospital, higher command headquarters, and health service flights. Nursing Officers are posted to Reserve squadrons, which help organise their training and employment either within the member's squadron or in another Australian Defence Force organisation. All RAAF Specialist Reserve (Health) members are sponsored by the Air Force's senior health officer who determines training requirements and is responsible for the overall provision of health services to the Air Force.
The primary aim of nursing within the RAAF Health Service is to provide nursing care that maximises manpower effectiveness during peacetime or in deployed operations. Registered nurses applying to join the Air Force Specialist Reserve must be prepared to work in a variety of nursing environments, many of which are not experienced in the civilian health service. The Nursing Officer is required to exercise a high degree of initiative and flexibility in adopting to the dynamics of a remote locality, especially when employed in aeromedical evacuation duties, operational deployments, exercises and disaster situations. Specialist Reserve nurses are expected to perform with a high degree of skill in their specialist area and are expected to remain current and competent in that area of practice to stay in the Reserve. At both ADF hospitals and smaller health facilities, nursing duties generally equate to those practised at a community level.
Vacancies may exist within the specialities of :
- Critical Care (including ICU, emergency and retrieval nursing);
- Perioperative; and
- Mental Health.
