Queensland Health Employee Reviews in Gold Coast QLD

All about the budget so i would wait till the new budget . Otherwise you will be fighting to pick up shifts. Its a hard slug till you prove your worth

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Great place to work. Friendly staff

Biomedical Technician (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 27 February 2022

I left because of retirement and the fact that I downsized and moved house.They offered me part time but distance was a problem. So I had to leave the perfect job

Pros

Salary sacrifice

Cons

Hard to gain promotion

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Based on 5 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Feeling of personal appreciation
Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Support from manager
Overall satisfaction
General feeling of work happiness

This was very toxic work environment with continued back stabbing of fellow workers

Phlebotomist - Gold Coast Hospital (Former Employee) - Gold Coast Hospital (old site) - 16 May 2020

The role that I endured was such that I did not receive sufficient training to perform my duties well. The training was substantially left up to other colleagues to train me who each had a different view of their job responsibilities and work ethics. Management failed to take any responsibility for workplace issues.

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Professional intense working environment, well managed

Clinical Nurse Consultant/ Child Protection Liaison Officer (Current Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 16 January 2020

Managing staff, emails, writing guidelines/protocols. Researching information for other Government agencies and information sharing. Attending meetings, client/ process discussion. The most enjoyable part of the job is working for the safety and health of children on the Gold Coast.

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I enjoyed the work

Operational Services Officer (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 30 December 2019

Mainly preparing meals for patients, cleaning and restocking. Management need more people skills they were all female, they preferred to have female staff working there. Workplace culture is fair , hardest part of the job was remembering what jobs you had to do each day and where wards are. Nothing enjoyable .

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It was alright. I didn't find management particularly helpful when I had issues.

Registered Nurse Division 1 with post grad diploma in Mental Health. (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 14 December 2019

I was working casual and had several short contracts in different areas. I I found management could be tricky and at times obstructive and rude. Mostly I enjoyed working there. There was a problem with processing my application and it took about 6 months after acceptance of my application before I actually started working there.

Pros

Variety in my work with doing different contracts.

Cons

No stability or regular income in working casual.

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Good work place and career options

Mental Health Worker/Psychologist (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 22 September 2019

Gold Coast Health offered security of employment and the ability to work varying hours across multiple work sites including community and emergency departments. In my role I assisted people across the age spectrum who were diagnosed with varying mental illnesses and other acute issues including suicide risk requiring the need for acute management.

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Usless management

Tradesman Boilermaker Fitter (Current Employee) - Gold Coast QLD Robina - 24 January 2019

Nepotistic and short sighted management in engineering Poor pay for the effort. no future planning and no real maintenance being done. They like an outsourced model so continually push that on the permanent employees

Pros

2 days off a month

Cons

Management

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Awesome place to work

Operational Services Officer (Former Employee) - Gold Coast Universty Hospital - 1 October 2018

I found working for Queensland Health so enjoyable the staff fellow workmates and management such a pleasure to work with and so helpful. In my short time there i learnt so much worked in most departments and gained so much from theater,ICU, the wards,,A &E ups-killing and gaining my cert 111 age care (CHC30208) To me the hardest part of the job was having to leave and come back to NZ . And the best was putting a smile on patients and staff faces.

Pros

excellent super, meals, uniforms

Cons

car parking, and flat batteries on siegways

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Productive and fun environment

CASUAL ENDORSED ENROLLED NURSE (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 12 July 2018

Excellent training and professional development and access to public transport to the hospital. Opportunities to transfer to many departments and areas

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Excellent place to work

Midwife (Student) (Former Employee) - Gold Coast University Hospital - 9 January 2018

The learning and teaching at GCUH was excellent. I enjoyed being a part of the team. It was challenging and I learnt a lot. I enjoyed rotating through birth suite, antenatal clinic, maternity in patient unit and special care nursery.

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Good pay and conditions

Porterage Officer/Operational Officer (Current Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 2 August 2017

Good atmosphere. Secure Employment. Parking can be expensive but can be Salary Packaged. Well Managed good training. Penalty rates apply for weekends and shift loading.

Pros

Salary Packaging

Cons

Parking is expensive

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Large organisation with work available in many different departments.

Administration Officer - GCHHS (Current Employee) - Gold Coast University Hospital - 4 May 2017

Being part of the Administration Casual Pool has allowed me to experience many different types of administration roles from front reception to back office in different departments within most of the locations on the Gold Coast. Each assignment has varied in length and I have gained considerable experience, met numerous people and made some valuable contacts.

Pros

Gaining a good insite into working in health.

Cons

No job security

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Poor management, incompetent executive management

Casual Protective Services Officer (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 17 February 2017

The organisation lacks professional leadership. There appears to be lots of poor decision made by people who do not understand the day to day running of the place. There also appears to be a lot of wasted resources, time and money.

Pros

Fellow workers

Cons

Poor management

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Blame culture with no support or debriefing, 2 sets of standards.

protective services officer (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 25 November 2016

Horrible place to work. Definitely a top down management style from an ivory tower. Praise is non existent, criticism, back stabbing rampant. Looking after their staff is the lowest priority. Assaults against staff are often regarded as the staffs fault to appease the public. $90 per fortnight if you can afford it to park in the car park, or you park on the street and walk for miles to get to work.

Pros

Air conditioning, that's about it.

Cons

Expensive parking. Blame game management.

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Professional, caring work environment

Learning and Development Coordinator (Former Employee) - Gold Coast, Australia - 26 June 2016

I liked working in a multi-disciplinary environment with each day being different and the opportunity to learn new information and gain more skills. Each day in my team you had the opportunity to change someone's opinion, perspective or attitude with most staff wanting to improve their employability.

Pros

Good wages, flexible working hours

Cons

Lots of bureaucracy to get things done/changed

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Productive, team-oriented work environment with diverse workplace culture

Administration Officer AO2 (Former Employee) - Gold Coast QLD - 29 February 2016

A typical day at work consisted of using internal workplace systems for data entry and retrieval of information relevant to my job role. First point of contact for answering phone calls from both internal employees and external customers. Collected incoming mail and delivered outgoing mail. Required the use of systems such as SapHR, Springboard and Vader. Used Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel. Attended weekly meetings with my manager and other recruitment officers. Checked the fax machine for faxes received. Checked the inbox and categorised emails to recruitment officers. Processed Position Maintenance Requests and Organisational Unit Maintenance Requests. Sent through Application Kit Requests and Role Descriptions to Qld Health employees. Processed New Starter Paperwork for employees beginning a career in Qld Health. Processed Criminal History Checks for Qld Health employees. Processed Transfer at Level Applications for Qld Health employees. Processed Unsolicited Resumes for people looking to join Qld Health in areas such as environmental services, nursing and medical recruitment. Processed Invoices for clients such as Ricoh and Blaze, preparing GPVs. Processed Acceptance of Offers (ADHOCs and Packages) for Qld Health employees that have accepted their position within Qld Health.

Pros

Positive, team-oriented, friendly environment with helpful and supportive colleagues

Cons

High volume of work, understaffed, busy, high expectations from management

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Good Pay

Social Worker Homeless Health Outreach Team (Current Employee) - Gold Coast, QLD - 16 May 2015

In Mental Health you never know what you are going to get day-to-day. Some days full of outreach and assessments. Difficult to write up assessments as not enough computers per staff ratio Good team environment Good work-life balance Good opportunities for foreign workers Gold Coast is very multicultural in staff groups

Pros

Good Pay, ability for secondment

Cons

not enough resources eg computers, GPS etc

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team work, interesting job variation.

Aggressive Behaviour Management Coordinator (Former Employee) - Gold Coast - 9 April 2014

A fantastic job. Varied jobs and experiences. Enjoyed helping the public and fellow team members.

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Productive and enjoyible workplace

Assistant in nursing (Current Employee) - Gold Coast , Robina - 1 March 2014

I am doing 1;1 spesials , which described as looking after people with difficult behaviours , such as demented people . Team of people as co-workers and managment ia very friendly . The hardest part of job is communication with demented people , the most enjoybale part to be able to find the way to provide pleasant envaroment for this people .

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Worked for six years as an Administration Officer, where I have gained a lot of skills and knowledge regarding Community Health and Hospital structure

ADMINISTRATION OFFICER QLD HEALTH AO3 (Current Employee) - Gold Coast, QLD - 19 December 2013

Due to continual funding restrictions there are not too many permanent positions advertised at QLD Health. I am a very consciencous worker and I am looking to secure a permanent position to use my skills and allow myself to progress in my career. I have acquired so much knowledge during my temporary contracts over the last six years and enjoy interacting with staff members to work as a team member to deliver services with integrity and the high standard of work ethics I have. The hardest part of my job, is never being able to perfect a position as I have moved around so much. I am told that I do an excellent job but I would like to have a job to call my own instead of always learning new roles for short times. The enjoyable part is the opportunity to work with so many varied staff members.

Cons

At the end of each contract it is very stressful, (due to the uncertainty of getting another contract), I have only been without work for one week in 6 years.

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