Careers I St Vincent’s Private Hospitals

As a leading provider of private, tertiary health services in Australia, we offer you the opportunity to work within a professional environment across a diverse range of medical, surgical and critical-care disciplines.

We place great importance on delivering compassionate care within a positive and supportive work environment. We also value research, emphasise learning and development, and provide all our staff with excellent facilities, competitive remuneration and a healthy work-life balance.

If you want to make a difference working for a not-for-profit organisation, we invite you to apply to join our St Vincent’s Health Australia family.

Equal Opportunity

We embrace and celebrate diversity and inclusion. We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.

St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions, as well as to express interest for any future positions. For further information, visit our reconciliation page or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au.

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Our staff are at the heart of our organisation. We value our staff and St Vincent’s Private Hospitals are dedicated to offering a range of benefits to their teams.

Salary Packaging

Salary packaging can reduce your income tax by allowing you to pay for certain expenses with pre-tax dollars. You could be able to salary package expenses such as your:

• Mortgage

• Rent

• Gas or electricity bills

• Groceries

• Leasing a car and so much more

Essentially, salary packaging reduces the amount of tax payable, and increases your take home pay.

Salary packaging is available to all of our full time, part time, and eligible casuals, through our salary packaging provider, Smart Salary. You can find out more by visiting their website.

Employee Wellbeing

We recognise the importance of work-life balance and caring for the wellbeing of every St Vincent’s employee.

Employee Assistance Program: Our employee assistance program is available to all staff and their immediate family. It offers free, high-quality, and confidential counselling services for work-related and personal issues.
Fitness Passport: You can sign up for a membership with Fitness Passport where you would be able to access over 1,300 facilities across Australia at a discounted rate for yourself and your family. Find out more here.
Flexible working practices: You may be eligible to apply for purchased leave, which allows you to accrue additional annual leave to use throughout the year, or explore flexible practices such as part time work.

Employee Health

In an industry where our staff are caring for others, St Vincent’s Private Hospitals are dedicated to caring for every member of our St Vincent’s family.

Discounted Hospital Admission: Eligible staff and volunteers can receive a discount on hospital admissions to any of the St Vincent’s Private Hospitals.
Workplace Safety: We are a safe workplace and comply with all of the work health and safety (WHS) strategies and requirements. We acknowledge that safety is everybody’s responsibility and our staff are committed to ensuring the safety of themselves, their colleagues and their patients.
Flu Vaccinations: Annual influenza vaccinations are provided to staff and volunteers for no cost to the individual.
Discounted Health Insurance: We have partnered with Medibank Private to offer eligible employees a 9% discount on private health insurance. Find out more here.

Professional development

As an employee of St Vincent’s Private Hospitals, you’ll enjoy ongoing education through peer-related national conferences, in-house training, and support for external professional development.

We also have a strong focus on internal development of staff for promotion and upskilling across roles and departments. We recognise our staff for their dedication and years of service with St Vincent’s Private Hospitals. It’s about so much more than just tenure, it’s an opportunity for the organisation to thank our staff and acknowledge their value and contribution.

Links with universities

We collaborate with various universities, including the University of Melbourne, Australian Catholic University, University of Tasmania, and the University of Notre Dame to provide a range of undergraduate clinical placements and post-graduate studies in:

Intensive care
Perioperative
Anaesthetics
Midwifery
Plastics and reconstruction
Neurosciences
Orthopedics
Cardiac and interventional cardiology

Nursing Programs

We offer nurses at all levels the opportunity to continue developing their career, including:

Registered Nurse graduate program
Midwifery education
Post graduate clinical speciality programs for registered nurses
Enrolled Nurse Graduate Program
Enrolled Nurse speciality programs (eg Theatre nursing)
Please refer to the below hospitals list for more information for site specific nursing programs.

Sydney

The Graduate Nursing Program at St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney (SVPHS) offers two supportive 12 month programs. The programs are open to both Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses, and provide experience in a diverse and challenging range of specialty nursing environments.

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Melbourne

The Graduate Nursing Program at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne educates and supports new registered nurse graduates to develop confidence, professionalism and clinical expertise, whilst providing experience in a diverse and challenging range of speciality nursing environments.

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Positions vacant

If you’re looking to work for an organisation that truly makes a difference and provides a platform for job growth and security, see our current full-time, part-time and casual positions available.

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Become a volunteer

Our volunteers help us in a variety of important ways. Some interact directly with patients, their families and visitors. Others are active behind the scenes and assist with fundraising, marketing or clerical support.

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