Job Description
Line Pilot
Position: Line PilotLocation: StokenchurchJob Type: Full Time, PermanentHours: Up to 12-hour shifts - 4 On/ 4 Off rosterSalary: £80,325
About Them
Our client is one of the UK’s leading air ambulance charities. They’re here for people in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire when they need them most. Bringing hospital-level care by land and air.
They exist to give everybody in their community the best chance of surviving and recovering from an emergency. Their mission is to do everything in their power to protect, save and revive lives, with the best critical care at the scene and beyond.
Their charity is a place where people care for each other, provide support, and encourage everyone to be their best. As an innovative charity, they are continually developing and pushing the boundaries of patient care. All their staff live their values: they care no matter what, they go above and beyond, they do the right thing and together.
The role
The role will include flying single-pilot HEMS operations on our EC135 helicopter normally with a 2-person Critical Care Team, based at RAF Benson. Duties will include shifts, training and office duties, based on a 4 On/4 Off pattern. Further details are included in the Job Description.
HEMS Pilot roles are extremely demanding and, by regulation, require high levels of experience and the levels of independence and responsibility require the highest calibre of piloting, decision making, teamwork and captaincy skills. Their successful candidate will have all these qualities and more; they will also be highly committed to the wider aspects of the role – representing them to the public ‘in the field’, supporting their clinical colleagues, and assisting the fundraising and publicity activities of the Charity
About you
Working for the charity in the Operations Division is a job like no other. With a wide range of situations to be managed and a clear importance on visible leadership, this role is essential in strengthening the organisation’s operational capability and therefore their ability to help patients wherever and whenever they need it.
The successful applicant will join in sufficient time to be line qualified in September 2026.If this role sounds like it’s for you, they would love you to apply!
In return they offer a competitive salary and great staff benefits such as.
* 267 hours of annual leave, rising to 307 hours after five years’ service.
* Holiday Trading (Buy/Sell up to 5 days, pro rata for PT)
* Free annual Flu Vaccination
* Option to purchase a Blue Light Card
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Health Cash Plan scheme
* Company Pension Scheme
* Successful appointment to this post maybe subject to a DBS check
Vacancy Closing Date: Monday 2nd March 2026Interviews will be held week commencing 16 March 2026
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly
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