HEMS Captain

Job Title:             Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Captain 
Location:             Cambridge Airport
Compensation:   Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF51056

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) Captain at our Cambridge Airport site.

The role

As a HEMS Captain you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary; you'll be supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance, providing Helicopter Emergency Medical Services across the English counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire.

You'll operate Multi-Pilot HEMS and Air Ambulance missions, both by day and utilising NVIS for night operations, delivering enhanced emergency medical and trauma care across the region.

This role is full-time, and base onsite at Cambridge Airport. The HEMS Captain is required to reside within 45-minutes / 25-miles of Cambridge Airport, or make arrangements for accommodation at their own expense.

Essential experience of the HEMS Captain:

• Hold an EASA ATPL (H)

Either:

• 1000-hours pilot in command of aircraft of which 500-hours is pilot in command on twin turbine helicopters;

or

• 1000-hours as co-pilot in HEMS/Police operations of which 500-hours is as pilot in command under supervision and 100-hours pilot in command of twin turbine helicopters

and

• 2000-hours minimum total helicopter experience
• 500-hours operating experience in twin turbine helicopters in an operational environment similar to the intended operation
• 20-hours VFR at night as pilot in command

Other Requirements for the HEMS Captain:

• Clear, concise English language and communication skills
• Full Driving License
• Current / valid passport
• Hold, or be able to achieve SC security clearance 

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 4.5% of salary, with life assurance
• 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

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