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Aero Med operates S-76 helicopters in a single pilot IFR environment.   Michigan's only flight-physician staffed air medical transport program, Aero Med is wholly owned by Spectrum Health.

Aero Med transports individuals from the scenes of accidents and community hospitals to Spectrum Health. The helicopter is staffed with physicians and nurses who perform in-flight emergency care. There is an aircraft in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that's available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and a second aircraft in Big Rapids that operates part time during peak hours.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of nine hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, a state of the art children’s hospital that opened in January 2011, and 180 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and West Michigan Heart, physician groups totaling more than 600 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with 625,000 members. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with more than 17,800 employees. In 2011 and 2010, Spectrum Health was named a Top 10 Health System by Thomson Reuters.

Schedule: Full time, 72 hours per two week pay period including every other weekend.

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Pilot Qualifications:   Operates the Aero Med Spectrum Health helicopters, and maintains authority for decision making regarding acceptance of flights as it relates to safety, mechanical and weather conditions.  Assists and supports the Manager of Flight Operations in all aspects regarding corporate policy and actions. 

o          FAA Commercial Rotorcraft / Helicopter License with Instrument endorsement

o          2000 hours helicopter flight experience,

            1500 hours Pilot in Command with at least

            200 hours unaided night, as Pilot in Command

o          Current Class II FAA physical

o          Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate preferred, with ratings for Rotorcraft-Helicopter

o          EMS experience preferred

o          FAA part 135 experience preferred

Applications are accepted online:      http://careers.spectrum-health.org/