About ADF Health Services

In partnership with Bupa, our ADF Health Services team provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia.

This includes providing defence-ready clinical and support staff across 40+ on-base locations, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care.

Make a real impact supporting Australia’s Defence personnel

Join Serco’s ADF Health Services team as an Aviation Medical Officer / General Practitioner and provide high-quality medical care to Defence members at Darwin Health Centre. You’ll work in a modern, well-equipped facility alongside a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

Why Serco?

We offer a great working environment with benefits designed to support your life and career, including:

Work-life balance – predictable hours, finish on time every shift
No BILLINGS! to worry about each month
Unique cohort or patients
CPD leave, volunteer, and reservist leave
Discounts on Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas & more
24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
Free uniform and parking
Why Join Us?

Serco is a trusted partner of the Australian Defence Force, providing integrated healthcare across 40+ bases. In this role, you’ll enjoy career stability, government-backed contracts, and a highly supportive team.

No Defence enlistment required – your job stays here, even if personnel are deployed

About Darwin Health Centre
Darwin Health Centre is located at RAAF Base Darwin, 6.5km north-east of the city sharing a runway with Darwin International Airport. Major exercises are held in the Northern Territory every year, with RAAF Base Darwin undertaking a major support role. The health centre has a routine dependency of approximately 520 members and surges up to an additional 1500 Australian and International Defence members twice a year for the Air Force exercises. The facility provides general nursing, mental health, physiotherapy and pharmaceutical services. Standard operating hours are generally 0730-1600 Monday – Thursday (depending on role requirements), and a half day 7:30 – 13:30 Friday.

Your Impact

We are seeking an Aviation Medical Officer / General Practitioner to join us in a part time capacity.

As a Medical Officer – AVMO, you’ll make a positive impact by:

You will be responsible for the delivery of medical services including aviation-based services such as fitness to fly assessments, aviation medicals and aircrew clinical health management to patients in accordance with professional standards, legislation, and Defence Policies and Procedures.
You will be required to provide medical technical advice to the Joint Health Unit (JHU) Commanding Officer (CO), Joint Health Command (JHC) Health Centre Manager and Commanders of units.
You may be required to provide the services in either an outpatient setting or as inpatient care within a hospital or medical centre
What You’ll Need

Unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Medical Practitioner
FRACGP, FACRRM, or Vocational Registration
Minimum 2 years’ full time (or part time equivalent) GP experience in the last 5 years
Australian Citizen – for Baseline Security Clearance requirements
Basic military aviation medicine course or equivalent - We will sponsor you to complete this if you do not currently hold any of the below:
Australian Defence Force Aviation Medical Officer Course;
United States Air Force Primary Aerospace Medicine Course, US Navy or US Army basic courses; or
equivalent military AVMED course as determined by Commanding Officer AVMED
civilian AVMED course, with appropriate military experience as determined by Commanding Officer AVMED