About Barwon Health

Working for Barwon Health means you are working for an organisation that has a clear strategic direction. Barwon Health’s Vision is to work with the community to build healthy lives, inspired by world class standards. With our consumers at the forefront through Education and Research our aim is to be at the pinnacle of health care and we can only achieve this with our staff being at their best.

We are an award winning regional health provider and Victoria’s largest regional health service with one of the busiest hospitals (The University Hospital Geelong) in the state. We serve the Barwon South West region with over 500,000 people through the efforts of over 6,500 staff and more than 1000 volunteers. We provide care at all stages or life and circumstance through a wide range of services from emergency and acute to mental health, primary care, community services, aged care, and subacute/rehabilitation. Care is provided to the community through over 21 key locations throughout the region.

About the Culture

You will work with innovative teams who maintain extensive knowledge and experience. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values, respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation.

We believe that working at Barwon Health is joining a culture where people strive to work to the full extent of their qualification, capability and experience with a working environment that enables this to happen.

You will work in a JMO culture where 80-89% of Interns, Residents and Registrars believe Barwon Health is:

“A Truly Great Place to Work”. Barwon Health Staff Engagement Survey, 2015. Best Practise Australia Pty Ltd

About the facility and role

Barwon Health’s Cancer Services is a multidimensional service, incorporating medical and radiation oncology, haematology and palliative care.

Our Cancer service is located in a purpose-built, comprehensive cancer facility, the Andrew Love Cancer Centre, serves a population of 400,000 people in Geelong and the wider Barwon South West region of Victoria. This catchment’s regional population accounts for 8.6% of the Victorian cancer incidence.

An active clinical research program at ALCC currently has approximately 40 trials in progress including Investigator Initiated, translational and pharmaceutical sponsored research, ensuring our centre is recognised for its achievements in clinical trial recruitment.

Barwon Health is the leading regional teaching hospital in Victoria and has established links with Deakin University.

Our partnership with Deakin University is now attracting competitive research grants further enhancing our reputation as a premier research centre.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
• Aboriginal Employment Plan
• Our Commitment to Child Safety

At Barwon Health we celebrate and harness diversity, and consider it a competitive advantage. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged to apply. Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all our consumers including children and appropriate rigorous reference and background checks will be undertaken. Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

Recruitment agencies should note that Barwon Health does not accept agency resumes. Barwon Health is not responsible for any fees related to any unsolicited resumes submitted by Recruitment Agencies.