Staff Development

Kareena Private Hospital has a strong commitment to support our staff with their learning and development requirements and career aspirations. As part of the Ramsay Healthcare group of hospitals in Australia, UK and Indonesia, our staffs have additional opportunities for career advancement across this large group of over 60 hospitals.

Internal Training And Development Programs
We are committed to promoting and encouraging personal and professional development by offering over internal education programs ranging from clinical training to management and administration skills. Examples of this training include; advanced life support, wound management, computer training, recruitment and selection, and management development. We produce a monthly Training & Development Program which is distributed hospital wide.

Hospital Orientation Programs
At the commencement of employment, all staffs are required to attend a one-day Hospital Orientation Program. This Program is conducted generally monthly and includes a number of compulsory education programs such as: Customer Service, Basic Life Support, Fire & Emergency, Manual Handling / Health & Safety and Workplace Diversity.

In addition to the Hospital Orientation Program, all staff are provided with a comprehensive orientation to the area or department in which they are employed.

External Education Attendance
We support applications for external course attendance. This includes training programs, seminars/workshops and conferences that attract a fee and are conducted by external organisations or higher education at TAFE/University.

In addition, we annually offer External Education Grants to our employees to provide them with alternative external education opportunities.