Broaden Your Horizons

Line up your new life and career with us at Barwon Health in Australia

• Join the region’s largest employer & truly make a difference to the community  


• Become part of a team who enjoy an exciting, challenging & meaningful work life


• Multiple positions available – flexible work arrangements

About the facility 

Barwon Health’s Central Resource Unit (CRU) provides emergent and non-emergent nursing staff replacement for all bed based services. We provide staffing resources to meet every day operational needs of clinical units for nursing and support staff for bed based units across Barwon Health. Health care workers will work across two campuses, The University Hospital Geelong and the McKellar Centre.

About the role 

We are currently recruiting Health Care Workers (HCW) at Barwon Health in response to a high demand. If you currently hold a certificate III in individual support ‘age care’ we would love to hear from you. 

As a HCW you will work under the direction of the Registered Nurse to provide holistic patient centred care. This role is variable and may involve supporting the nursing workload by providing basic nursing care to those people who need it, such as those experiencing difficulty with cognition.

About the culture

We are a highly functioning, dynamic but supportive team who provide an organisation wide response. We promote professional development in the workplace and as a team are focused on quality patient centred care.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements


• Professional development


• Access to employee wellness facility


• Salary packaging


• Social club


• Relocation and sponsorship support options

Geelong Region

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne, Geelong is becoming recognised as a creative city-region, adaptive and enterprising. The local government has also placed a great emphasis on innovation, employment and economic growth in the Geelong region.

To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at  CRURecruit@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

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This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and meet the requirements of the Barwon health immunisation policy.