Be rewarded

Our people are the most critical component of our long-term success. So it’s no surprise how much time and effort we put into creating a comprehensive benefits package for all team members.

Our benefits are designed to take care of you and keep you healthy, whether physically, emotionally, financially or socially.

Location

Barwon Health's main sites are located in Geelong, Victoria, 75 kilometres south west of Melbourne.

The region is characterised by the multi-award winning Waterfront overlooking Corio Bay, the picturesque Bellarine Peninsula, the Barwon River, You Yangs Regional Park, wetlands, beautiful parklands and wildlife sanctuaries.

Geelong is also the gateway to the world renowned coastline of south-west Victoria via the Great Ocean Road.

Find out more about the region here.

Career development

A career at Barwon Health offers a challenging, and rewarding experience where you have the ability to ‘Be your Best’. As part of our Strategic Plan, we aim to have our people at their best. We support aspiring employees from day one, through onboarding and development programs and opportunities; whether by moving you up through the organisation, or by expanding your skills and experience.

Three-month Onboarding Process

At Barwon Health we want to ensure you feel valued and understand every part of your job. It can be difficult transitioning to a new workplace and we want to ensure an easy transition. We are committed to providing staff with a three month onboarding process that will be valuable in broadening your knowledge of our organisation, understanding of how things are done here, where to find information, and how your role contributes to the overall success of Barwon Health.

Staff utilise GROW, our online learning management system, to access training and onboarding requirements, providing new staff with a substantive overview of Barwon Health, mandatory, organisational and department training, and a guide to the weekly face-to-face training that will occur with your supervisor or manager throughout the period of your Onboarding. Alternatively your manager will provide you with a three month onboarding paper checklist to complete and give back to Workforce at the end of the process.

As well as using this portal as part of your onboarding please take advantage of the many clinical and non-clinical training opportunities that we have made available to you. Utilise this portal as a benefit of being part of an organisation that is committed to professional development and training opportunities.

Regular Performance Development Reviews

Barwon Health's Professional Development Review (PDR) Framework has been designed to meet the needs of its employees with an emphasis on improving performance and identifying learning and development opportunities. In addition, it assists with fostering and promoting a culture of innovation, quality and high performance amongst its employees whilst aligning work outcomes to meet Barwon Health's strategic objectives and creates a high performance culture.

Our new PDR cycle has a strong focus on ongoing feedback and recognition throughout the year. It is a series of continuous events that include the following processes and benefits:

Goal setting:
Development planning
Feedback and recognition

Leadership Capability Framework (LCF)

At Barwon Health, we are all leaders. Leadership is about what you do, not just about your job title. Leadership is also about how you engage with others, how you approach your work, and how you bring all these elements together to achieve more every day. The Barwon Health Leadership Capability Framework has been designed to embed the four leadership capabilities across all levels of our people.The curriculum also continues to grow and develop as out employees do.

Flexible working arrangements

Looking for work/life balance? We offer staff the opportunity to balance their work and home lives, and still work in an environment they enjoy and want to be a part of. You can work full or part-time, casual or even night shift to achieve your personal and professional goals.

Accrued days off, paid paternity/maternity leave, mothers' room and some onsite parking are among the benefits of joining the Barwon Health team.

Salary packaging

Under Australian Taxation Legislation, Barwon Health is able to offer employees the opportunity to access tax concessions via Salary Packaging.

When Barwon Health employees salary package, they reduce their taxable income, therefore increasing their take-home pay, as Salary Packaging allows employees to pay for certain items from their pre-tax salary.

At Barwon Health, we offer a wide range of Salary Packaging options including:

Capped Living Expenses
Non-capped Living Expenses

Employees of Barwon Health can find out more about the Salary Packaging options offered to them by visiting the Salary Packaging website.

StaffCare

We are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff and provide a dedicated staff health care service. Prevention is an important focus with clinical services including:

Pre-placement health and vaccination checks
Vaccinations
General clinical services
Women’s health
Doctor’s health
Return to work support
Travel health
Management of needlestick injuries
Health checks
Smoking cessation support

StaffCare also delivers Barwon Health’s Employee Assistance Program with confidential support for work related and other issues.

Work Wellness

Staff Activities Club

Last Modified: Monday, 22 May 2023

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