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• Salary: MDP2 / $96, 569 - $152,533

• Full Time / Term Contract (Up to 12 Months) 

• 5950 - Adelaide Airport

About the Role:

The Retrieval Registrar will work with an experienced Retrieval Paramedic or Nurse colleague to deliver high quality, patient focused care to critically injured adults and children. Responding by helicopter, rapid response road vehicle or turbo prop fixed wing aircraft. The Retrieval Registrar will bring experience in a critical care medical discipline to patients in both the pre-hospital and inter-facility transport and retrieval environments.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Deliver Critical Clinical Care and Patient Transport
• Participate in Operational Retrieval Services
• Maintain Clinical Equipment Readiness and Safety Standards
• Support Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement Initiatives
• Ensure Compliance and Professional Documentation Standards
• Promote Service Excellence and Emergency Preparedness

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.

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!

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.
• Appointment is subject to you holding a current full Australian driver’s license that does not legally restrict your ability to drive an operational ambulance.

Job ref: 928576

Enquiries to: David Lacquiere, Head of Unit, Performance & Standards / Phone: 8274 5010 / Email: david.lacquiere@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 31 March 2026 @ 11:55pm

Attachments:

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines

 Retrieval Registrar P10875 [MDP2] V12.pdf