Careers

Eastern Health is a dynamic learning organisation focused on cultivating and creating an environment in which health professionals can develop, grow and perform at the highest level to deliver optimal patient experiences and clinical outcomes.

Eastern Health delivers education and training for future and current health professionals, providing opportunities for pre-registration and professional-entry students attaining basic professional certification.

Through positioning Eastern Health as a leader in industry-based healthcare education, the aim is to deliver on Eastern Health’s strategic intent:

• Great learner outcomes
• Great learning experiences
• A dynamic learning organisation

Key focus areas:

• Strengthen practice capability
• Grow the future workforce
• Build collaborative practice
• Develop lifelong learners

Partnerships

We have partnerships with Education Providers and support student placements in the following disciplines:

• Allied Health Assistance
• Art Therapy
• Audiology
• Dietetics
• Health Information Management
• Health Service Assistance
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Medicine (through Monash and Deakin Clinical Schools)
• Mental Health
• Midwifery
• Nuclear Medicine
• Nursing (Enrolled and Registered)
• Occupational therapy
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Podiatry
• Psychology
• Radiology/ Medical Imaging
• Social Work
• Speech Pathology

Education Provider Placement Requests

Any new placement requests should be made directly from Education Providers to student.placements@easternhealth.org.au and these will be forwarded to the relevant Profession Education Lead or Coordinator for consideration.  

New Partnership Opportunities

New partnership opportunity enquiries should be sent to Director – Learning and Teaching Pre registration and Transition to Practice Programs Michelle.rutherford@easternhealth.org.au

Interprofessional Opportunities

We also offer innovative interprofessional placements for students through a multi-university collaboration and opportunities for participation in interprofessional activities whilst on placement. For more details in relation to these opportunities, Education Providers may contact the Interprofessional Education Coordinator Anne.smart@easternhealth.org.au

Medicine placement requests

Please contact Monash /Deakin Medical Clinical School.

Work experience placement requests

We do not take enquiries from individual students or family members, please refer to your Education Provider and the Work Experience Page for more information