Working with us

At St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, we’re looking for employees and volunteers who share our values and are passionate about providing holistic care and support for our patients and their families. We’ll take care of you, too, because you mean the world to us.

Learn more about:

Our employee rewards and benefits
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment
Our Mission, Vision and Values

Rewards and Benefits

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital offers employees a great range of benefits, from discounts on financial services and insurance to workplace incentives and family and lifestyle provisions. Some of these are detailed below, and we’re always looking for new ways to make working with St Andrew’s a rewarding experience.

Staff benefits

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Staff benefits

Finance, banking insurance
- Everyday living expenses
- Personal loan payments
- Private health insurance premiums
- Aged and disability care services
- HELP (formerly HECS) repayments
- Meal Entertainment expenses
- Accommodation and venue hire
- Novated motor vehicle lease
- Disability and income protection insurance.
Health Insurance Discounts

Our corporate health cover partnerships enable you to access discounted health insurance. We have partnerships with:
Staff Admission Hospital Discount

If you or your immediate family members covered under the same health cover, are admitted to a St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital or another UnitingCare hospital, you can receive a refund of up to $500 per annum against any excess or co-payment payable under your health insurance policy. For employees without health insurance, you and your immediate family may also be eligible to receive a discount to a maximum of $500 per year against the hospital self-insured charge rate.
Lifestyle and family

Paid parental leave
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital offers eight weeks’ paid parental leave for full-time and part-time employees who have worked for St Andrew’s or another UnitingCare hospital for 12 or more months and are the primary caregiver of their newborn child.
Flexible working arrangements
We understand that juggling work and personal lives can be a challenge, so if you need flexibility with your work hours, you may be able to make an arrangement that suits you and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital. If you’re approaching retirement, or have recently retired, we’d encourage you to consider flexible working hours so you can extend your career with St Andrew’s.

Purchasing additional leave
As a permanent employee, you may make a request to purchase an additional one or two weeks of annual leave each year for recreational purposes.

Annual leave at half pay
In certain circumstances, you may elect to use annual leave at half pay. For further details see your Enterprise Agreement.
Workplace support

Employee Assistance Program

Volunteers, employees and their immediate families may access up to three free confidential counselling sessions, plus access to a range of online self-support tools and resources as part of our Employee Assistance Program.

Pastoral Care

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital provides employees the opportunity to seek pastoral care support and guidance through our onsite Chaplains.
Reward and Recognition

Innovation and Excellence Awards

Our Innovation & Excellence Awards provide the opportunity to formally recognise outstanding individual and team performance in quality and service delivery across our organisation. The awards are designed to help improve clinical and non-clinical performance, practices, capability and results; to facilitate communication and sharing of best practice information within UnitingCare hospitals; and recognise and support leaders in quality improvement.
Education and learning
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital offers a range of professional development opportunities including:
- Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management.
- Management and Team Leader skills development courses.
- Staff professional development courses.
- Clinical Specialty Programs.
- Clinical Education.
- Traineeships/Apprenticeships.
Health and wellbeing

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital offers staff a range of health and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year.

Free flu vaccinations

All employees may access FREE flu vaccinations each year. Flu vaccination clinics are held every year in March/April.

Staff gym

We are pleased to offer staff access to fully equipped hospital gyms for personal fitness.

Professional development and clinical education

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Professional Development and Clinical Education

Leadership development
We align all our leadership development activities with the UnitingCare Values-Based Leadership framework. Our leadership development programs include:
- The UnitingCare Graduate Certificate Leadership and Management (in partnership with Griffith University Business School).
- A biannual Leadership Development Institute for all managers.
- The Management Skills Development Series.
- The Team Leader Skill Set.
- Executive and Leadership coaching
Non-clinical professional development

To compliment your technical training, we offer workshops and eLearning modules to enhance your communication and interpersonal skills.
E-Library

UnitingCare hospitals have a dedicated Librarian who undertakes information searches for staff to keep them informed in their area of clinical interest. Our self-service E-library provides access to a large range of online databases to assist with research or to inform evidence-based practice at work. The Librarian can perform online services and document delivery for Visiting Medical Practitioners.
Clinical Education
Clinical Education is offered at each UnitingCare hospital. Clinical Educators support nursing staff in each department.

Our hospitals partner with major universities to provide clinical training to graduates, nurses and allied health professionals, including in service programs and skills labs. We have affiliations with:
- University of Queensland
- Queensland University of Technology
- Griffith University
- Central Queensland University
- Australian Catholic University
- Charles Darwin University
- University of Southern Queensland
- University of the Sunshine Coast
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital offers undergraduate clinical placements across all health disciplines and takes the responsibility of teaching very seriously to ensure a positive experience for students as they work towards becoming a professional.
Medical Education

For more information on the broad range of educational opportunities offered across UnitingCare, please see the UnitingCare Clinical School page.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment

At St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, we are committed to ensuring our team represents the communities we serve. Our Reconciliation Action Plan highlights our commitment to provide more jobs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander team members throughout UnitingCare’s hospitals and actively develop their careers within the organisation. We have established cross-cultural training programs, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander events calendar and a dedicated Indigenous Liaison Officer.

There are a range of opportunities to become a valued member of the St Andrew’s team, across many areas of our operations. So whatever your passion, we have a role that’s right for you.

For more information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment at UnitingCare hospitals or assistance with your application, please email us.