Staff benefits

From health and wellness programs to professional development resources, financial perks, and retail discounts, our benefits are tailored to meet diverse needs. Whether you’re looking to enhance your skills, maintain a healthy work-life balance, or enjoy savings on everyday expenses, Alfred Health provides comprehensive support to help you achieve your goals.

Physical Wellbeing

Fitness Passport

Fitness Passport is an exclusive gym membership program that provides Alfred Health staff with affordable access to a wide variety of fitness facilities. This program opens the doors to an extensive network of gyms, fitness centers and swimming pools across numerous locations. 

PS Fitness

Fantastic onsite fitness facilities are available at The Alfred. Service include access to a professionally managed gym, altitude training, personal training, group classes and massage facilities.

Active Travel

Our Active Travel Zones at The Alfred allows staff who use active forms of transport to access secure and equipped facilities including bike parks, lockers, showers including towels and change rooms accessible via electronic access. Caulfield Hospital has free secure bike parking, within close proximity to staff-only shower and change room facilities.

Healthy Choices

Eating well is key to good health, however it can sometimes be difficult when working in a face paced environment. Our 'healthy choices' food labels in the retail spaces and vending machines across Alfred Health help us make the healthier choice. These labels are coloured green for 'best choice', amber for 'choose carefully' and red for 'limit consumption'.

Staff Immunisation and Exposure Management

Our staff immunisation clinic offers vaccinations and pathology tests in line with employment pre-requisites along with annual vaccinations for influenza. 

Dietary Support (via Assure)

As part of our Employee Assistance Program, Assure provides coaching and resources to improve your diet, manage weight, and health issues.

Financial support

We provide our staff with a variety of financial options, and our financial wellness component is all about giving our staff satisfaction with their current and future financial situations. Staff at Alfred Health can access the following financial benefits.

Employee Assistance Program (Assure) financial coaching

Staff can receive free, confidential financial coaching support through our Employee Assistance Provider (Assure). 

Professional development fund for nurses

The Alfred Health professional development fund for nurses is a fund established for registered nurses to donate a nominal subscription each pay period to financially contribute to their own (and their colleagues) professional growth and development. 

Salary packaging via Maxxia

We offer all staff the opportunity to participate in salary packaging with our external provider Maxxia.

Salary packaging allows you to pay for certain expenses, like the everyday costs of living, with your money from your salary before tax. This reduces your taxable income, meaning you could potentially pay less tax and increase your disposable income. Maxxia offers basic salary packaging, car leasing and meals and entertainment packaging, all available through our payroll. Find out more on the Maxxia website.

HealthSmart pharmacy discount

Alfred Health employees can receive discounts at the HealthSmart Pharmacy located onsite at The Alfred by showing their ID pass.

Superannuation

All employees are paid superannuation. Various funds offer additional supports such as advisers or information sessions on topics such as retirement. 

Emotional Wellbeing

We recognise that our staff lead busy lives, and often the nature of our jobs can impact us emotionally.​​​ ​Your health and wellbeing us just as important to us as those of our patients. We provide our staff with the following emotional and mental health initiatives, to help us cope with life and create satisfying relationships.

Assure (Employee Assistance Program)

Assure is a confidential counselling, coaching and wellbeing support service, for challenges you’re facing both professionally and personally, led by specialists to assist you and your family at no cost.

​Schwartz Rounds​

These sessions address how our experiences with patients and their families can shape our emotional responses, how they can affect our wellbeing and influence the care we provide.

Treat app

Developed by Alfred Health staff specifically for healthcare workers, TREAT has over 30 guided meditations ranging from 40 seconds to 40 minutes.

​Family violence support

We provide 20 days of family violence leave to staff experiencing family violence. Visit our Family Violence page for more information. If you need urgent assistance, please contact the Police on 000.

Allied Health Clinical Supervision 

Clinical Supervision can be a useful mechanism to support Allied Health worker wellbeing and ability to practice effectively within this fast-paced hospital setting. Clinical Supervision provides Allied Health workers the opportunity to reflect on their own practice in a safe, confidential, and supportive environment which can reinforce staff wellbeing and patient care (Victorian Allied Health Supervision Framework, 2019). 

Psychological First Aid

The online learning package, Introduction to Psychological First Aid, is available on our online learning platform. This course was developed by Alfred Addiction and Mental Health Services, Workforce Development and Education Team, and aims to provide healthcare workers with a basic understanding of Psychological First Aid.

Environmental Wellbeing

We recognise​ the impact​ our environment can have on our wellbeing. Did you know, our connection with nature can reduce our risk of disease, improve happiness, wellbeing and our productivity? Here at Alfred Health, we encourage staff to spend time in pleasant, stimulating environments and take advantage of the environmental initiatives we have on offer.

Environmental Sustainability​

Our environmental sustainability strategy ​vision is to engage, educate and empower our staff to create an environmentally suitable workplace. 

Green Teams

Our green teams are staff-led groups dedicated to improving environmental sustainability in units and departments across Alfred Health.

Smokefree Environment

We are proud to be a totally smokefree health service. Smoking or vaping is not permitted in any indoor or outdoor areas on any of our sites. We provide support to staff and patients that are considering stopping smoking. 

New Parents Room

Dedicated private spaces for staff to breastfeed, chest feed or express human milk are available at our three main sites.

Open Spaces

We highly encourage our staff to get outdoors when possible. At Alfred Health, we have a range of open spaces for staff to enjoy their lunch, or hold informal meetings across our three main campuses.

Social Wellbeing

Social and cultural wellbeing is about providing our staff with a sense of connection, belonging and a well-developed support system. Find out how Alfred Health can contribute to your social and cultural wellbeing.

The Alfred Resident Doctors' Society

The society aims to help create an enjoyable and safe workplace for members. Membership benefits include regual social events, free lunches, education sessions and much more.

Creatives@Alfred

The Creatives@Alfred are a group of individuals across disciplines, teams and campuses that share interest, appreciation and pursuit of creativity across diverse mediums, approaches and situations. The group comes together to inspire, share and collaborate with each other - often for specific projects and initiatives.

Reconciliation Action Plan

Alfred Health's vision for reconciliation is one where all Australians are equal and have equal opportunities, where we trust each other and move forward towards a shared vision for Australia.

Awareness Campaigns

We support and promote a range of different awareness campaigns including Crazy Socks 4 Docs, 16 Days of Activism, R U OK Day and others. As a major beneficiary of Dry July funds, Alfred Health encourages staff to get involved and raise money during July by going alcohol free.

Safety

We aim to provide our staff with a safe, harm-free workplace. We have the following initiatives in place to help protect, and keep our staff safe.

Family Violence

We provide support and up to 20 days of paid leave to staff experiencing family violence. Visit our Family Violence page here for support options. If you need urgent assistance, please contact the Police on 000.

Manual Handling Training and Equipment

We offer education, advice and guidance for employees on proper manual handling techniques and manual handling equipment.

Managing Workplace Injuries

We aim to support staff members to get back to work as quickly and safely as possible, improving outcomes for all parties.

Work Station Assessments

Our Occupational Health and Safety experts are available to conduct safety and ergonomic checks on work stations and work areas to ensure we are always providing a safe workplace.

Sit-To-Stand Desks

We aim to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace. There are now over 1,000 sit-to-stand workstations across Alfred Health as well as sit-to-stand meeting rooms.

Vaccinations

Our staff immunisation clinic offers vaccinations and pathology tests in line with employment prerequisites along with annual vaccinations for influenza.

Occupational violence and behaviours of concern

We actively support zero tolerance towards violence and aggression in the workplace, and offer extensive resources and training on identifying the types of occupational violence and aggression, as well as  behaviours of concern and frameworks for the prevention and management of clinical aggression.

Bullying and harassment

We're serious about the issue of bullying and harassment and we have a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviour in our workplace.​​​​​ Where warranted, bullying and harassment matter can be investigated by the Human Resources team and are subject to disciplinary action where necessary.

Health and Safety Representatives (HRS)

Alfred Health values HSRs who can make a real difference in achieving better health and safety outcomes in our workplace.

Spiritual Wellbeing

Spiritual wellness is all about expanding a sense of purpose and meaning in one's life. We encourage our staff to find what they love to do in their lives outside of work, so we provide the following spiritual avenues for staff to take part in at Alfred Health.

Pastoral and Spiritual Care

Spiritual Care describes a broad range of support for existential, emotional and spiritual distress, supporting and affirming someone through a difficult period while they are in hospital. We are also available to support and facilitate religious ritual and guidance. We have professional Spiritual Care practitioners in the hospital during the day, and an after-hours emergency service which is covered by the local denominational clergy and on-call chaplains.

The chapel at The Alfred is a sacred space for all people to have access to, offering a quiet space for contemplation. An Islamic prayer space is available each day, with a dedicated space for both men and women to pray.

The sacred space at Caulfield Hospital is also available for contemplation, religious ritual,  silence and solitude 7 days a week during hospital hours, with a Spiritual Care practitioner available on Tuesday and Friday.

Our Sandringham Spirituality and wellbeing room is available for staff and a Spiritual Care practitioner is available on Monday.

Treat App

Building on mindfulness sessions and developed by Alfred Health staff specifically for healthcare workers, Treat has over 30 guided meditations ranging from 40 seconds to 40 minutes.