Working at Mater Health Services

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Mater Health Services care for more than half a million patients each year. Mater is a not-for-profit organisation comprising seven private hospitals—three of which provide public health services. It offers compassionate service to the sick and needy, promotes an holistic approach to health care in response to changing community needs and fosters high standards of health-related education and research.

Mater's seven hospitals comprise:

• Mater Adult Hospital
• Mater Children's Hospital
• Mater Children's Private Hospital
• Mater Mothers' Hospital
• Mater Mothers' Private Hospital
• Mater Private Hospital Brisbane
• Mater Private Hospital Redland

Mater hospitals are at the forefront of clinical excellence and are always developing new methods, practices and techniques for better patient outcomes. Mater hospitals have a reputation of international acclaim for world-leading health care advances and the individual hospitals are regularly acknowledged for their outstanding contributions to health care.

Taking advantage of on-site research and education facilities, staff at Mater hospitals have access to the most advanced and innovative techniques for management of illnesses and disease, as well as information about cutting-edge techniques in medical and surgical procedures.

 

Advantages of working at Mater Health Services

Mater offers a broad range of medical, surgical, outpatient, emergency and community health services across the spectrum of clinical specialties, and is constantly upgrading the services offered to the community.

In addition to being a part of a workplace nationally recognised for its innovation and high standards of patient care, you will also have access to research support through the Mater Research Support Centre and the Nursing Research Centre.

Mater offers a broad range of additional benefits to its nursing staff including:

• a 38-hour working week
• flexible rostering
• five weeks annual leave per annum, with 14 per cent annual leave loading
• three days paid professional development leave per annum
• one accrued day off per month
• Access to salary packaging that is only available for "not for provit, public benevolent institutions" which lowers the amount of tax you pay, thereby increasing your take home pay.

And it doesn't end there! As a Mater team member you will receive discounted car parking within all Mater Car Parks (intranet), discounted membership at the EFM Staff Health Club, Mater's onsite gym, subsidised meals at all Mater staff cafes (intranet), and much, much more!

January 19, 2010 EAST. Webmaster

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