Use your healthcare experience to drive smarter workforce decisions

Have you worked in a hospital, health service, or government health agency—where workforce shortages, budget pressures, and planning challenges are part of daily life?

We’re looking for a Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor who understands the complexity of healthcare staffing and wants to make a broader impact. Join Health-e Workforce Solutions (HeWS) and help hospitals and health services plan and manage their workforce with greater precision utilising HeWS unique software.

About Health-e Workforce Solutions

We work with health services across Australia to improve how they manage their workforce. Our software and consultancy services support frontline and executive leaders to:

• Build staffing profiles
• Align rosters and budgets
• Model service changes
• Identify workforce risks and opportunities

We’re a small, expert team with deep healthcare and IT knowledge, and we’re growing fast.

The Role

Location: Ballarat CBD (Victoria)

Hours: Flexible – 24 to 38 hours per week

Salary: Up to $140K depending on experience

You’ll work directly with health services to deliver workforce modelling, budgeting, and strategic insights. You might help a Director of Nursing understand the cost of adding a new ward, assist a CFO in balancing FTEs with budget, or support a project team to implement safe staffing ratios.

This is a hands-on role for someone who gets how hospitals operate—and wants to help them work better.

Key Focus Areas

Workforce Profiling & Scenario Planning
Build staffing models based on activity, service levels, and budget constraints.

Workforce Budgeting & Cost Analysis
Analyse and forecast staffing expenditure across departments and programs.

Strategic Advisory
Provide data-driven advice to managers and executives on workforce options.

Software Implementation & Client Support
Support training, configuration, and rollout of HeWS software in health services.

Reporting & Dashboards
Create high-impact reports for executive teams and service managers.

We’d Love to Hear from You If You Have:

Experience in a hospital or health service in workforce, finance, operations, or HR

Strong skills in Excel and data interpretation

Understanding of clinical staffing models, budget frameworks, or safe staffing ratios (e.g. NHPPD, NMTPR)

A collaborative mindset—able to engage with NUMs, planners, and executive

Qualifications in Health Management, Finance, HR, or a related field would be advantageous, but not required.

Why Join HeWS?

Make an Impact – Your insights will directly support safer, more sustainable staffing in healthcare.

Work in Health, Differently – Use your experience to support multiple services, not just one.

Flexible Hours – Ideal for clinicians or planners looking for part-time or flexible work.

Strong Purpose, Small Team – Join a mission-led team focused on improving healthcare workforce management.

Apply Now

If you’ve worked in health and know that better workforce planning can make or break a service—we want to hear from you.
Apply now and help build the future of healthcare workforce strategy.