Valuing diversity
We actively recruit people from diverse backgrounds to build a supportive and inclusive workplace. We take steps to ensure our staff have a sense of belonging, value and opportunity. There are many formal and informal community networks across eHealth NSW that provide both social connection as well as valuable advice and insights for our work.
Diversity helps us to:
- Attract great workforce talent and increase employee retention
- Deliver the best health outcomes
- Provide culturally appropriate and respectful healthcare
- And better understand our community.
Gender equality
As we continue to make progress in building a more diverse workforce, the number of women employed by eHealth NSW is increasing. Today, women make up 44% of our employees.
Made up of more than 350* members our Women’s Leadership Community of Practice runs multiple networking events during the year and supports eHealth NSW’s annual celebration of International Women’s Day. The community is a valued part of eHealth NSW’s diverse culture and essential to our gender equality action plan coming to life.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusion
eHealth NSW is committed to providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
By building a culturally safe and informed workplace, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colleagues can build their careers through opportunities such as the Aboriginal development program.
Our first Aboriginal Employment Plan 2017 – 2020, developed in partnership with HealthShare NSW, focused on Aboriginal employment and enhancing our staff’s knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture.
Our staff now have access to a range of training on cultural respect as well as resources to support indigenous recruitment including NSW Health’s Stepping Up program.
LGBTIQ+ inclusion
We work hard to ensure our culture enables everyone to reach their full potential regardless of gender or sexuality.
Our approach to LGBTIQ+ inclusion is underpinned by the NSW LGBTIQ+ Health Strategy 2022-2027. This strategy provides direction to all NSW Health organisations and staff, so that collectively we can deliver the best care to LGBTIQ+ people in the community as well as for the health, wellbeing and safety of our health staff who are LGBTIQ+. The strategy has been built on the voices, experiences and insights of over 1600 LGBTIQ+ people across NSW and more than 750 NSW Health staff.
Our LGBTIQ+ community connect through regular events such as IDAHOBIT, Wear it Purple and Mardi Gras as well as through our new Diversity Council.
Disability Inclusion
eHealth NSW is committed to achieving a barrier-free workplace for people with a disability. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the workplace.
Our new Diversity Council is in the development stages of the first eHealth NSW Disability Strategy. It will set out our decision to be an enabling organisation that is inclusive of people of all abilities, putting accessibility front and centre of everything we do. Staff from across the organisation are encouraged to participate, sharing their experiences to help us develop a renewed action plan for the future.
Living the Values
This award celebrates an individual who embodies our organisational DNA and core values.
In celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked some of our staff what advice they
The vibrant and festive spirit of Diwali was on full display at eHealth NSW - check out some of photos!
*Data correct as of June 2022