Careers search

• Salary: MDP2  / $89,253.00 - $144,291.00 p.a.
• Salary: MDP3 /  $148,753.00 - $154,702.00 p.a.
• Full Time / Term Contract (6-12 Months)
• 5950 - Adelaide Airport

About Us:

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.

We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.

Our Vision: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.

Our Mission: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.

Our Purpose: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

Our Values:

PATIENT FOCUSED: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

TEAMWORK: We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.

INTEGRITY AND HONESTY: We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

RESPECT AND COURTESY: We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

CHANGE READY: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: We will support leadership development for our people at every level

The Retrieval Fellow will work with an experienced Retrieval Paramedic or Nurse colleague to deliver high quality, patient focussed care to critically injured adults and children. Responding by helicopter, rapid response road vehicle or turbo prop fixed wing aircraft.

With support, the Retrieval Fellow will also participate in retrieval and transport clinical coordination, take a leading role in service Clinical Governance and quality assurance activities, educate and mentor less experienced medical staff within the service and collaboratively lead service pre-hospital and retrieval research activities.

What We Offer: 

• Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity.
• Giving back to the people of South Australia! Play a vital role in enhancing the well-being of our community.
• We take care of you! Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs!

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in Medical Retrieval and Clinical Coordination roster, providing high-level clinical advice and logistic coordination in collaboration with MedSTAR Retrieval Nurse Clinical Coordinators, SAAS, RFDS, and healthcare facilities
• Function as medical team member alongside paramedics or nurses to stabilise and safely transport critically injured and ill patients in pre-hospital and retrieval environments using road, rotary wing, and fixed wing transport
• Ensure appropriate healthcare facility destinations and critical care bed availability based on patient requirements, while coordinating with referring and receiving facilities
• Lead quality assurance processes including daily case review meetings, clinical data analysis, policy development using evidence-based principles, and coordination of relevant research projects
• Maintain clinical equipment readiness through regular checking procedures, troubleshooting issues, equipment restoration after retrievals, and evaluation of new clinical equipment
• Provide mentorship and training to less experienced medical staff during retrievals, complete comprehensive patient care documentation, and participate in counter-disaster activities and major incident responses

Application Information:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role. 
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/or additional relevant history screening that may be applicable and appropriate Immunisation screening. 
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job ref: 
Enquiries to: David Lacquiere, Head of Unit - Performance & Standards - david.lacquiere@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 29/10/2025 @ 11:55pm

Attachments:

 Retrieval Fellow P10878 [MDP2].pdf

 Retrieval Fellow P10878 [MDP3].pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines