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 4 leadership capabilities across all levels of our people.The curriculum also continues to grow and develop as out employees do.

Clinical Education and Training Offerings

Barwon Health has committed to developing its identity as a teaching health service through the creation of an integrated Clinical Education and Training (CE&T) Unit. The unit is responsible for clinical education governance at Barwon Health and comprises teams who lead Nursing, Medical and Allied Health education. We aim to ensure that education and training is integrated:

• Across professions and work groups
• With business processes and planning
• With our organisational culture

The Clinical Education and Training Unit offers short courses, study days, scenario-based simulation training and other opportunities with the aim of enabling the healthcare workforce to maintain current skills and knowledge and foster professional development and expertise. All programs utilise the services of suitably qualified and vocationally experienced educators and clinicians and cover a wide variety of clinical and professional topics.

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 Human Resources/Salary Packaging link on the Barwon Health intranet site, or by going to the Salary Packaging website.

Staff care services

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 needle stick injuries
• Health checks
• Smoking cessation support

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

Staff activities club

Enjoy a range of social events with other Barwon Health employees in a warm and friendly atmosphere. We offer a range of activities for our employees to participate in outside of work to encourage socialisation and engagement between departments and each of the sites of Barwon Health.

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.

Work Wellness

Work Wellness is Barwon Health’s staff health and wellbeing program which supports you in achieving and maintaining good health so that you can enjoy your work and get more out of life!

Gym junkie?
We are able to offer corporate discounts at a range of local gyms located in Geelong.

Ride a bike?
There are bike storage facilities at each site including secure swipe card storage in the carpark under the Deakin Clinical School.