Specialisation Overview .
The Princess Mary ’ s Royal Air Force Nursing Service pledges to deliver the highest standards of care that will have a positive and lasting impact on the lives of those individuals to whom we are committed at home , in the air and on operations .
Nursing Officers provide the highest standards of patient care and lead teams in a variety of clinical environments . You will contribute to the development and delivery of cutting-edge military medicine and will adapt your practice to deliver nursing care in a wide range of challenging environments . Nursing Officers will be given the opportunity to undertake Aeromedical Evacuation training to ensure that they can operate in the often clinically challenging conditions that exist in aircraft .
The RAF employs its Nursing Officers in a wide range of general and clinical specialities . Professional training is available to continue to develop your practice in either specialist or non-specialist areas .
Dependent on Service need , you could work in many and diverse areas including Primary Health Care , Occupational Health , Emergency Medicine , Critical Care , Burns and Plastics , Operating Theatres , Medical and Surgical speciality wards , Infection and Prevention Control and Mental Health .
Wherever you work , you will be leading a highly motivated team of registered nurses and work as part of a multidisciplinary and often tri-Service team .
To ensure you professionally broaden and to make the best of your qualities you can expect to have several assignments . All Nursing Officers can expect to deploy on operational tours to provide care not only to RAF colleagues , but to those in other Services and often other nationalities .
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