Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

St John of God Geelong Hospital is the largest private hospital in regional Victoria providing a comprehensive range of acute services to the rapidly growing coastal city. The modern hospital has a busy accident and emergency department, a comprehensive surgical program supported by a critical/intensive care unit, rapidly growing cardiology, medical, rehabilitation, and cancer services. We also offer a high quality maternity service with special care nursery.

Your role at St John of God Geelong Hospital
The Human Resource Advisor will provide customer focused human resource services to internal and external customers including advice and support in relation to HR practices and processes, policies, current industrial relations legislation, enterprise agreements and workforce strategies.

The Position

• Provide generalist advice to Managers and Caregivers on Human Resource matters.
• Support and assist Managers by developing plans and strategies to deliver desired outcomes in developing culture, caregiver capability and an engaged and effective workforce.
• Collaborate with, coach and advice Managers on workforce issues and assist in the identification of improvement strategies.
• Provide advice and assistance to Managers on caregiver performance management and improvement strategies.
• Assist with HR and business analytics, working with Managers to develop, implement and support strategies that lead to improved performance and operational target achievements.
• Assist Managers in the oversight of caregiver non-work related 'Fitness for Work' activities and Workers Compensation Cases, including liaison with Group and Injury Management Teams on appropriate management.
• Assist and support Managers with interactions with Union Representatives on employee related matters in conjunction with the Group IR Advisory Service.
• Support and work with the Group IR Advisory Service in relation to various case management (including formal performance management, performance improvement plans, grievances, workplace investigations and non-work related fitness for work matters).
• Coordinate hospital visitations and education sessions from Union representatives, caregiver Salary Packaging providers, AHPRA and various other external service providers as required.
• Participate in Disability Recruitment strategies for the Hospital in line with Hospital Group objectives.
• Assist with Workforce HR projects and initiatives including research, workforce planning activities, and any special projects as identified by the Senior HR Business Partner and/or Director of Corporate Services that are relevant to Human Resources and workforce management activities.
• Participate in Aboriginal Engagement and Recruitment strategies for the Hospital in line with KPI requirements.

You will have a tertiary level qualification in Human Resources or a related discipline and will demonstrate a sound generalist HR knowledge with experience across a variety of HR functional domain areas. Experience in the healthcare sector is desirable, however, not essential.

To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate experience in the delivery of Human Resource Services in a complex work environment and possess advance organisational and analytical skills. You will be enthusiastic and committed in your approach, with a track record of building strong trust-based relationships with stakeholders.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Novated leasing
• work related expenses
• self-education and
• additional superannuation

• Salary: $99,730 to $110,852 per annum (pro rata), plus 11.5% superannuation
• Permanent part time role working 30.4 hours per week
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements

For general enquiries regarding the recruitment process (including access to the position description), contact Mel Schook, Team Leader Recruitment, on (08) 6116 0534.

For enquiries regarding specific details relating to the team or hospital please contact Stephen Roberts, CEO SJOGH Geelong on (03) 5226 8800.

If suitable candidates are identified, shortlisting and interviews may begin before the advertisement closes

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.