Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Captain

 

Main characteristics

Location

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Company

First Military Recruitment Ltd

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Automotive / Aerospace

Job summary

MB510: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Captain
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Competitive
Working Hours: 40 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Generous holiday allowance , Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance, Free private medical insurance, Free loss of licence insurance, Comprehensive sick pay allowance, Employee share scheme , Employee shopping savings portal, Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave , Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement, Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic International Defence business who are looking to recruit a Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Captain on a permanent basis due to growth to be based at Cambridge Airport.

As a Cambridge Captain youll have a role thats out of the ordinary. Operating HEMS and Air Ambulance in support of the East Anglian Air Ambulance

Duties and Responsibilities:

Day to day youll operate multi-pilot HEMS and air ambulance missions, both by day and utilizing NVIS for night operations.
Liaison as required with HEMS SP, engineering staff and third-party agencies to assist in reacting to operational and training requirements.
As this role is full time and based onsite at Cambridge Airport, the successful candidate would be required to reside within forty-five minutes/twenty-five miles of Cambridge Airport.

Essential experience of the Cambridge Captain:

Either:

One thousand hours pilot in command of aircraft of which five hundred hours is pilot in command on twin turbine helicopters; or
One thousand hours as co-pilot in HEMS/Police operations of which five hundred hours is as pilot in command under supervision and one hundred hours pilot in command of twin turbine helicopters.
Two thousand hours minimum total helicopter experience.
Five hundred hours operating experience in twin turbine helicopters in an operational environment like the intended operation.

In addition to having:

Twenty hours VFR at night as pilot in command.
Fluent English, Driving License, Passport, Right to Work in the UK.

MB510: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Captain
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Competitive
Working Hours: 40 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Generous holiday allowance , Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance, Free private medical insurance, Free loss of licence insurance, Comprehensive sick pay allowance, Employee share scheme , Employee shopping savings portal, Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave , Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement, Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity