What it does: The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for 150 years.
Vision: The Royal Children's Hospital, a great children's hospital, leading the way.
Mission: The Royal Children's Hospital improves the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents through leadership in healthcare, research and education.
Size and presence: Over 4000 employees.
Best known for: We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatric and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria. Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The RCH is the only provider of heart transplant services and CAR T-cell therapy for paediatrics in Australia. RCH is an effective advocate for patients and their families with a particular focus on vulnerable children and increasingly, mental health in young people. The hospital also supports many health promotion and prevention programs. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.
The Division of People and Culture is responsible for developing and implementing strategies that focus on enabling our people to create an engaging and high performing work culture that delivers world-class care to children.
The People and Culture team is focused on working in partnership and collaboration to deliver high strategies, quality services and projects through a number of primary functions. These include;
The following process outlines the recruitment journey that job applicants generally go through.
The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation (RCH Foundation) was established in 1989 to manage the fundraising and philanthropic activity of The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH).
For over 30 years, the RCH Foundation has managed and distributed funds raised by the Good Friday Appeal (GFA), Auxiliary groups, the Uncle Bobs Club (UBC), and many others who continually support excellence in care, treatment, research and training that improves the lives of young people and their families.