Graduate Health Management Program Trainee

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time until 29 June 2026

**Position Classification**: Health Mgr Lvl 1

**Remuneration**: 76152 - 102438

**Hours Per Week**: 38

**Requisition ID**: REQ322880

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Are you looking for a career as a future health care leader? Are you passionate about making a difference to the health and wellbeing of our community and staff across South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD)?

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic people to join our Graduate Health Management Program. Our 2-year Traineeship program offers you full time employment as you complete a Masters Degree in Health Leadership and Management. The purpose of the Graduate Health Management Program is to develop future skilled and committed leader and managers.

Our Tainees work full time, undertaking 3-6 month work placements across our organisation through areas such as hospital operations, finance, people and culture and our executive unit, plus an elective placement in their area of choice. Ongoing development and support is provided by placement supervisors, ongoing professional development activities such as workshops, seminars, coaching and mentoring opportunities and a dedicated program coordinator.

To complement the workplace learning and accelerate knowledge, our Trainees undertake a Masters in Health Leadership and Management part-time over the duration of the program.

**Where you'll be working**

You will be working with a range of teams and services, undertaking work placements across a number of our hospitals and services over the course of the program.

**What you'll be doing**

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is
**_'exceptional care,_**
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**_healthier lives'_**. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The purpose of the SESLHD Health Management Graduate Program is to develop future skilled and committed health leaders and managers. Participants in the program are titled Health Management Trainees. The SESLHD Health Management Graduate Program is a broad and comprehensive two-year program with two main components:
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**Workplace Component**:
Participants in the SESLHD Health Management Graduate Program work full-time for SESLHD, undertaking placements of 3-6 months duration through such areas as Hospital Operations, People and Culture, Finance the Executive Unit and an elective placement in their area of choice.
SESLHD participants are developed and supported through the program via a range of ongoing professional development activities, including workshop and training courses, attendance at conference and events, mentoring opportunities and a dedicated program coordinator.

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**Academic Component**:
To complement the workplace learning and accelerate their knowledge over the course of the program, Health Management Trainees undertake a Master’s Degree in Health Leadership and Management (or equivalent) on a part-time basis and in online mode.
Health Management Trainees are required to successfully undertake and complete all components of the program, as outlined above during the two-year program.

**_SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply._**

**_Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing._**

**_All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW._**

**_Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. Please provide proof of booster vaccination if available._**

**Selection Criteria**
- Demonstrated high level of motivation and commitment to a career in health service management.
- Demonstrated commitment to maintaining and role modelling a high standard of professional conduct and ability to exercise sound judgement.
- Demonstrated ability to show initiative and demonstrated ability to critically analyse issues and identify solutions to problems.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated capacity to build and maintain effective working relation