Why join our team
As part of the Hunter New England LHD workforce, you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive team, united by one goal – providing safe, comprehensive and compassionate care to our communities.
Join over 18,000 health professionals providing services to over 920,000 people including 23% of the state's Aboriginal population. We provide care and support across 25 hospitals, 7 mental health inpatient facilities, and over 60 community health services.
We offer work locations in diverse a mix of metropolitan, regional, and remote facilities across the Hunter New England region. You'll be challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Explore our region.
With opportunities to learn from leading clinicians, develop your skills in rural settings, increase your knowledge and achieve professional growth we can cater to opportunities at whatever stage you are in your career.
Hunter New England LHD offers a range of incentives in our regional and rural facilities part of NSW Health’s Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.
Packages start from $5,000 up to $20,000 depending on the position and its location.
Learn more about our rural incentives on offer.
Eligible Hunter New England LHD employees are entitled to NSW Health salary packaging options of up to $9,009 per year on a range of items including living expenses - bills, mortgage repayments, novated leases and meal entertainment expenses.
If you have permanently relocated, there may be costs related to your move that you can salary package.
We offer a flexible working environment to help you maintain a good work life balance, including:
- monthly accrued day off (ADO's) for full time employees
- a range of flexible options including full time, part time, casual, secondment opportunities and flexible days and hours (depending on the role).
- Childcare services for Hunter New England LHD employees working at the John Hunter Hospital, Tamworth, Moree and Lake Macquarie (subject to availability).
- Staff library service access.
- Corporate uniforms, renewed once a year.
We are proud to celebrate the work of our dedicated healthcare staff. The Hunter New England Health Excellence Awards are a way of formally recognising outstanding staff members and/or teams and acknowledging the work they do for others, day in, day out.
They awards celebrate clinical excellence, quality, innovation, improvement and outstanding achievement across the District.
We offer a range of mentoring programs for professional development, building leadership skills and career progression, including:
- the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with experienced clinical and non-clinical professionals
- ongoing support and in-house training with MyHealth Learning.
Your health and wellbeing is important to us. We provide a range of health and wellness programs including:
- Fitness passport – an affordable gym membership
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free counselling and support services.
- Free annual vaccinations and immunisations.
When you join one of our regional or rural facilities, you'll get access to many other benefits, not available in the city including:
- exposure to all facets of hospital care, such as emergency department experience, so you can grow your career faster
- supporting our NSW rural communities by delivering quality care and world class services where they are needed most.
Common questions about rural incentives
The incentive packages, valued at up to $20,000 can include:
- additional base salary
- additional personal leave
- professional development
- computer/internet reimbursement
- relocation benefits
- return airfare home
- compassionate travel
- family travel assistance
- reimbursement of utilities
- transfer incentives
- study assistance
- cash bonus.
In addition to the incentive package valued at up to $20,000 Hunter New England LHD provides existing incentives for most hard to fill or rural positions including:
- Accommodation Assistance - Employees may receive free accommodation in a hospital owned, or hospital leased property at no cost. Where a hospital owned or hospital leased property is not vacant for the required period, general rental market accommodation may be organised by the hiring manager for a pre-determined period
- Paid travel - ‘normal hours’ for travel time to and from their home base to the hard to fill position
- Meal allowance (up to $110.15 per day)
- Mileage allowance (payment for use of your private vehicle – 28.8 cents per kilometre)
- Great award entitlements e.g. paid parental leave and allocated days off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Ongoing training and development
- Cultural emersions.
Incentive packages are to be negotiated between the hiring manager and the eligible incentive recipient. If you have been successful for an incentivised position and you wish to finalise your incentive package, or you simply want to know more before you apply, please speak with the position's hiring manager.
The incentives packages are pro-rata for part-time positions and paid fortnightly to employees.
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We would love you to stay for 3 years – as this will solidify your training and satisfy service needs, however we don’t want to miss out on your skills and experience. We ask that you stay for a minimum of 18 months, that way you’ll get access the full incentive package up to $20,000. If you leave before 18 months you will have to pay back a component of your incentive package.
At the conclusion of 2 years’ incentivised service, employees are eligible to receive further incentives associated with another incentivised role at any eligible location.
Employees who complete a minimum three years of service in an eligible role and location may receive approval for a ‘right of return to their substantive position’ or a ‘priority transfer’ to their preferred location following their completed incentivised service.
Find a position you are interested in on our vacant positions portal and apply. If you have any questions about the position or the incentives we offer, please contact the hiring manager of the advertised position.
Our initiatives
Leaders in sustainable healthcare
Help us deliver sustainable healthcare and reach our goal of becoming carbon and waste neutral by 2030.
We want to leave behind a truly healthy legacy for our current and future generations.
Under our industry-leading initiative Sustainable Healthcare: Together Towards Zero, we're making significant investments over the next decade in solar power, water sustainability and energy efficient practices to reduce our carbon footprint.
Safe and supportive culture
Delivering health care brings many emotional demands and people working in health usually manage the impact of stressful events well, but sometimes they need assistance.
Our Acute Incident Response (AIR) delegates are here to ensure our staff feel safe and supported by providing them with:
- an empathetic listening ear
- one-on-one psychological first aid
- the ability to identify colleagues at risk to themselves or others
- group AIR safety huddles.
AIR Support
AIR Support enables clinical and non-clinical staff to feel safe, connected and supported.
Our region and lifestyle
From spectacular beaches to wineries to scenic regional towns, the Hunter and New England region has it all and more. Whether you’re seeking space to raise a family or want adventure or fun, our towns and cities deliver a lifestyle to match. Find the space to be you. Our unique region boasts a rich tapestry of heritage, culture and beautiful scenery.
You'll enjoy a rewarding career with an enviable lifestyle with more time to pursue the things you enjoy.
“There’s still a small-town community feeling in Newcastle, despite it being the second largest city in NSW."
Newcastle beach - Destination NSW
Hunter Wetlands National Park. Photo: Susan Davis/OEH
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