Wellbeing and benefits
Wellbeing@Work
Our Wellbeing@Work program is a thoughtfully designed wellbeing program to support you in your professional and personal life across six dimensions.
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Financial wellbeing — learn to manage your finances and achieve your long- and short-term goals with the help of visiting expert speakers.
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Mental wellbeing — develop resilience and find balance, whether it’s through personalised counselling, informative workshops, peer networks or online resources. We provide the tools and support you need and we’re dedicated to fostering a healthy, happy and productive work environment.
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Occupational wellbeing — develop your career in a way that is meaningful to you in a supportive working environment.
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Physical wellbeing — benefit from fitness classes, wellness challenges, nutritional guidance and ergonomic workspace assessments, ensuring you stay active, energised and comfortable at work.
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Community engagement — participate in volunteering, community outreach and charitable initiatives. By fostering a culture of giving back, we create a stronger sense of purpose and unity as well as promoting social responsibility.
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Belonging — help to create a workplace where every individual feels valued and connected. Through a blend of engaging social activities, a robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion framework, ongoing feedback mechanisms, and genuine recognition, we strive to foster a sense of belonging for all.
A learning culture
We care about your learning and development at Healthdirect Australia. Our teams are encouraged and supported in growing both technically and professionally.
You'll work with your manager to create a targeted development plan encompassing new experiences on the job combined with access to on-demand and formal learning activities that will keep you up to date and moving forward in your career.
As an employee, you'll have full access to the LinkedIn Learning library to help you continually develop your technical and professional skills and knowledge.
We also partner with the Australian Institute of Management to provide our leaders with learning opportunities that will grow their leadership capability.
Flexible working
Our culture at Healthdirect Australia supports and encourages a healthy work-life balance, ensuring staff feel valued and rewarded for their work.
We offer flexible working arrangements to employees that assist them in balancing work and other life responsibilities. These arrangements include a required 2 days per week in the office, pro-rated for part-time staff.
Parental leave
Healthdirect Australia recognises that becoming a parent is a significant event in a person's life and that families need support to balance parenthood and work.
Our Parental Leave Policy is designed to recognise the benefits of both financial and non-financial assistance in supporting parents and families, including 14 weeks' parental leave for both parents.