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    64%
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    Work/Life balance
    3.6(44 ratings)
    Career development
    3.3(44 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.3(44 ratings)
    Management
    3.0(44 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.5(44 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.4(44 ratings)
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    5.0
    Food Services Assistant
    Feb 2026
    Bendigo VIC 3550Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Great opportunity to expand your work career in the future.
    The good thingsI love this job, dealing with food and hygienes. Dealing also with people surround and love the work environment also workmates and supervisors, the manager are really nice.
    The challengesNothing much, its alright to me.
    1.0
    Administration
    Oct 2025
    Bendigo VIC 35502 to 3 years in the role, former employee
    Lack of team culture
    The good thingsWorking in healthcare
    The challengesThe culture, management, cliques, and lack of team environment needs to be improved in certain departments
    4.0
    Administration Role
    Oct 2025
    Bendigo VIC 355011 to 12 years in the role, current employee
    Do your research before applying for a job at Bendigo Health
    The good thingsWorking in the Public Health System
    The challengesCulture, different departments have issues, some good, some bad.
    5.0
    Nurse
    Mar 2025
    Bendigo VIC 3550
    Great place to work. Only left due to relocation, otherwise would have stayed.
    The good thingsGreat place to work. Great team environment and well supported.
    The challengesPublic health is a tough gig.
    1.0
    Registered Nurse
    Nov 2024
    Bendigo VIC 35505 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Poor management.
    The good thingsVery few, support of people in the same boat.
    The challengesManagement, management, management.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Administration Role
    Sep 2024
    Bendigo VIC 3550
    Higher level admin not valued
    The good thingsNice staff to work with.
    The challengesBudget cuts means less contracted hours, which means you have to apply for the job again. I applied for the same admin job twice. Because I'm a higher grade, they employed someone at a lower grade to save money. Experienced admin are not valued and are the first to go when the budget becomes tight.
    2 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Allied Health Professional
    Jun 2024
    Bendigo VIC 35503 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Overall great experience
    The good thingsThe people are work with are friendly and very supportive. Opportunities for upskilling and excellent supervisory support for junior AHPs
    The challengesChronically understaffed. Budget often does not allow for purchasing of required equipment
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Allied Health Professional
    Jan 2024
    Bendigo VIC 3550
    Great place to work
    The good thingsThe people and opportunities
    The challengesHigh demand for services
    5.0
    Manager
    Nov 2023
    Bendigo VIC 35509 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    Supportive team culture, putting patient/client care first. Collaboration is evident across departments.
    The good thingsOften see staff go above and beyond for patients/clients. Personally, feel very supported and respected in my role.
    The challengesWe can always 'do better', would love to see that culture across the whole organisation.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Prefer not to say.
    Nov 2023
    Bendigo VIC 3550
    I enjoy the work environment and individuals I work with but change for efficiency is always a challenge due to lack of clear communication.
    The good thingsAmazing new hospital to work in. Lucky to have a good manager that does not micromanage. Have learned a lot in a short period of time and trusted to do my work.
    The challengesStreet parking for staff. Despite having the right expertise, executive management as a team are not solid communicators which is concerning. also not too decisive. understaffed and overworked.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Communications Officer
    Oct 2023
    Bendigo VIC 35509 to 10 years in the role
    Great career progression, people and everyone passionate about their role
    The good thingsGreat culture and people, live the values
    The challengesGetting funding to buy new equipment
    2.0
    HSA
    Jan 2023
    They do not value HSA's hard work. Never offer permanent opportunity to casualls before advertise. No proper training for IT software, just learn yourself. Nurse Unit Managers only have clinical skills , no management/ people skill.
    The good thingsSalary packaging only
    The challengeschallenging Co workers. Poor quality People and culture (HR) team.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Supervisor
    Mar 2020
    current employee
    So many possibilities to grow and learn.
    The good thingsLots of opportunities. Great team work. Good pay and nice environments.
    The challengesBig work loads, big personalities and 24/7 open times means shift work
    2 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Social Worker Grade 2
    Mar 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role
    The pay was good but still not worth the stress.
    The good thingsThe pay. Flexibility.
    The challengesUpper management. Poor communication. Lacking safe Risk management protocols. Poor teamwork/unified approach.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Workforce Planning Role
    Nov 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Fantastic fixed term role!
    The good thingsGreat team, wonderful people to work with, great opportunity for personal development and career advancement.
    The challengesLots to learn but also lots of support.
    2.0
    Nurse
    Nov 2019
    Disappointed
    The good thingsMental health nursing
    The challengesManagement and the environment
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
    Nov 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Generally good if you just do your job and don't ask for help.
    The good thingsStaff in the hospital are generally friendly and happy to show new comers around.
    The challengesTrying to advocate for an aged care resident and being ignored. Felt it was due to being an EEN, not an RN. Also found no support when becoming a single mum and struggling to take shifts and care for children you have sole care of.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Administration Officer
    Nov 2019
    Disappointing culture
    The good thingsJob security and fair pay
    The challengesInteresting behaviors from Management
    5.0
    Registerred Nurse
    Sep 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    A great place to work as very supportive.
    The good thingsA great team environment. Very supportive
    The challengesNone really. For me the challenges generally involve knowing who is who particularly those in management.
    1.0
    Midwife
    May 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Unexceptional overall
    The good thingsSome excellent frontline staff Fine new building Good patient care
    The challengesDeskilled in spite of promises on commencement Inequitable workloads for casual staff Punitive corporatised culture
    2.0
    Unspecified
    May 2019
    5 to 6 years in the role
    Big gap between what Bendigo Health is and what it could be.
    The good thingsWas a great organisation that achieved an amazing thing three years ago. The facilities are absolutely amazing.
    The challengesSlipped downhill in the past couple of years. Opportunities for non-clinical staff have all gone and their contribution is not valued by the organisation at all. Culture of accepting mediocrity in senior management and executives. Also, loads of promises not delivered on. Management skills are not valued at all and are not developed by Bendigo Health. It is also accepted that Doctors can be rude and demeaning to staff and get away with it.
    5.0
    Nursing Role
    May 2019
    7 to 8 years in the role, current employee
    Bendigo Health is Big enough to have all areas of expertise small enough to care !
    The good thingsOpportunities to update skills in my area of health care
    The challengesTravelling long distances and having split hours in two areas
    3.0
    Prefer not to answer
    Apr 2019
    All in all, I wouldn't work there again. But friendly welcoming people and great work/life balance.
    The good thingsSuch lovely people in general, really friendly and great as friends. Good work/life balance
    The challengesSerious lack of experience in leadership, hard to explain as they really are such lovely people, but people are hired into roles they don't have experience with and unfortunately while that is ok in isolation of course, when it is in abundance it has lead to an extreme lack of experience across the organisation. Not so much technically at medical/nursing level, just at business and leadership level. Bad behaviours at the lower end are dealt with immediately, but the behaviours that were accepted at leadership level really shocked me, as did the way they managed budgets. Tax payers money absolutely wasted in my opinion. Also EXTREMELY change adverse.
    2 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Registered Nurse
    Feb 2018
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    What a win
    The good thingsRelaxed casual nice work environment
    The challengesClickey at first, manager slight preference for older staff members
    2.0
    Associate Nurse Unit Manager
    Nov 2017
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Disappointing
    The good thingsSalary packaging. New hospital building is very nice to work in now most of the teething problems have been worked out.
    The challengesWas promised a number of benefits which never eventuated, eg subsidised accommodation for first few months, free gym access. Chronically short staffed. Very little support from management. Mental health nursing is at least a decade behind NZ.
    2.0
    Registeted nurse
    Sep 2017
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Stayed for the staff left due to management
    The good thingsGreat staff, good equipment
    The challengesManagment and executives
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Administration Officer
    Aug 2017
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    Hard.
    The good thingsLunch is the only good thing .
    The challengesNo flexibility with working hours, even when they state they do.
    5.0
    Radiographer
    Aug 2017
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Great
    The good thingsBrand new world class hospital with excellent facilities.
    The challengesAncillary staffing issues
    5.0
    Endorsed Enrolled Nurse
    Jul 2017
    Amazing
    The good thingsBendigo health has a supportive colleagues and opportunity for career growth within the company. The pay is above award standard.
    The challengesThe challenges are learning new facilities like any new position.
    4.0
    Manager
    Apr 2017
    I have been supported to develop my skills across all areas of the service and am now in a position to take my career in the direction I had hoped for.
    The good thingsSupportive workplace, striving to get to 'great'. Opportunities to take my career in any direction. Regional and metropolitan linkages and networks and encouragement to develop both innovation and research.
    The challengesWorking in public health is always a challenge when it comes to allocation of sparse resources. Not a lot of alternatives as this is a major health employee in Bendigo.
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