Job Description

Job title

: HEMS Summer Contractor Pilots

Contract

: March-September 2026

Hours

: Full time

Reports to

: Chief Pilot

Location

: RAF Northolt / Helipad, The Royal London Hospital, London

Salary

: Daily rate

Would you like to work within a high performing and motivated team of pilots, delivering HEMS to the people of London?

Our vision is to bring hope to every one of our patients across London, when they need us most, where they need us most. When patients in London suffer life-threatening traumatic injury, only our teams can provide them with the help they need, performing innovative medical procedures to save lives.


London's Air Ambulance have a small team of pilots who are dedicated in maintaining high standards of aviation in order to deliver HEMS to the people of London. We have recently changed our fleet to the EC135 T3H modernising our multi-pilot aviation environment.


During the summer, the longer daylight hours allow us to start earlier and end later, running two shifts each day. We are recruiting for summer contractor pilots to help us run our life-saving service from March-September 2026.

Suitable candidates must hold a UK CPL (H) + IR with circa 1000 flight hours and be available to commence training in January 2026.

It would be advantageous if you have current or previous EC135 type rating.


Our flights are short and mostly within the busy airspace of London, landing and delivering clinical teams to scene, with safety as our top priority. Where situations allow, once landed and shut down, pilots help clinical crews with logistics and also act as ambassadors for the charity.

How to Apply

To apply for this role please send a detailed CV to Recruitment@londonsairambulance.org.uk .

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Please note that the successful post-holder will be subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions. The successful post-holder will also be subject to obtaining security clearance at RAF Northolt.

Our Culture

London's Air Ambulance Charity continues to develop a supportive and enabling environment that gets the best out of our people. We promote a culture of progression and professional development.


We pride ourselves on our dedication to being an employer that values diversity, we firmly believe that each team member can provide a unique perspective and valuable contribution to the lives of the people we serve. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.


In addition, we are actively working to increase the diversity of our teams and in particular our aviation and operations teams. We actively encourage candidates from diverse groups to apply, should they meet our minimum criteria.

Who to contact

If you wish to have an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact our Senior People Partner,

Nicola Kennedy

via email at n.kennedy@londonsairambulance.org.uk or a member of the People Team on

07890 300837

Selection process and timetable

Please refer to the Vacancy pack for full details.


Download the application pack