UK General Practitioners – Relocate to Australia with the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Your Next Adventure Starts Here
Picture this: a clinical caseload that genuinely challenges you, communities that genuinely need you, and a life lived under wide open skies – a long way from a crowded waiting room in the UK.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section) is seeking General Practitioners from the United Kingdom to join our rural and remote primary care team across Far West and Western New South Wales, Australia.
This is broad-scope, high-autonomy medicine in places where you'll make a real and lasting difference – backed by one of the world's most respected healthcare organisations. And outside of work, you'll have access to a lifestyle that's hard to find anywhere else.
Why Join RFDS?
- Work with purpose in communities where you are truly valued
- Broad scope rural medicine with strong clinical autonomy
- Flexible permanent opportunities available
- Relocation and visa sponsorship support provided
- Join a supportive multidisciplinary team
- Experience the Australian outback, regional communities, and unique lifestyle opportunities
Locations
We are currently recruiting across:
- Broken Hill – Australia's first heritage-listed city: a storied outback mining town with a surprising arts scene, vivid red landscapes, and some of the clearest night skies you'll ever see.
- Gilgandra – A warm agricultural community in the central west, sitting at the crossroads of three major highways and on the doorstep of the dramatic Warrumbungle ranges.
- Warren – A close-knit cotton and grain farming town on the Macquarie River, where you'll quickly know your neighbours and be genuinely known in return.
- Condobolin – A proud and spirited community in the Lachlan Valley, known for its strong local identity and the kind of welcome that regional Australia does best.
What We Offer
Competitive Package & Benefits
- Attractive remuneration package
- Percentage billings model available
- Generous salary packaging benefits
- Visa sponsorship support
- Relocation assistance:
- Up to AUD $5,000 for singles
- Up to AUD $10,000 for families
- Housing support available
- Discounted Fitness Passport gym membership
Additional Broken Hill Benefits
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Up to AUD $25,000 annually in rural incentives and professional development support
- 10 days paid professional development leave
- Housing allowance up to AUD $30,000 per year or RFDS accommodation options
International GP Pathways
We welcome applications from UK-trained General Practitioners, including doctors holding:
Our team can support eligible candidates through:
- AHPRA registration pathways
- Visa sponsorship
- Medicare provider processes
- Relocation to Australia
About the Role
You will provide high-quality primary healthcare services to rural and remote communities across Western NSW.
Depending on location and service model, opportunities may include:
- Community-based general practice
- Rural and remote outreach clinics
- Telehealth
- Chronic disease management
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Collaborative multidisciplinary care
What We’re Looking For
- Specialist qualification in General Practice
- Eligibility for AHPRA registration
- Eligible for Medicare provider number
- Commitment to high-quality patient-centred care
- Interest in rural and remote medicine
- NSW Working With Children Check (or willingness to obtain)
Why Australia – and why now?
Australia has long attracted doctors looking for something more. More space. More scope. More balance. But a role with the RFDS in rural NSW offers something rarer still: the kind of medicine that reminds you why you chose this career in the first place.
Western NSW is dramatic, vast, and genuinely unlike anywhere in the UK. Red plains, starlit skies, tight-knit communities that look out for each other – and for the doctors who choose to be part of them. Towns like Broken Hill have a distinct character and culture you won't find in a city.
Beyond the landscape:
- Strong earning potential, often exceeding metropolitan salaries
- A slower pace outside of work, with room for family, adventure, and recovery
- A healthcare system that values GP expertise
- Pathways designed specifically for UK-trained doctors
If you've been thinking about making the move, this is a role worth considering seriously.
Ready to Learn More?
For a confidential discussion, contact:
Mark Muchiri
Manager, Workforce & Development
Royal Flying Doctor Service (South Eastern Section)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +61 468 894 688
About RFDS
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world, delivering essential healthcare to people who live, work and travel across rural and remote Australia.
Our Values of Reliability, Care, Trust and Safety shape everything we do.
RFDSSE is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay: From $220,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company car
- Housing allowance
- Housing provided
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Salary packaging
- Travel reimbursement
- Visa sponsorship
Work Location: In person
