Careers at EMHS

The East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) offers key positions essential for the delivery of "healthy people, amazing care" across various roles including:

Administrative, Clerical and Corporate

  • Administration, clerical, finance, procurement, health promotion, human resources, information management, information technology, librarian, public relations and secretarial.

Allied Health and Health Science

  • These staff work together with other healthcare professionals to support a patient’s medical care.
  • Roles include audiology, biomedical engineering, clinical perfusion, dietetics, exercise physiology, medical imaging technology, medical librarianship, medical science, medical physics, neurophysiology and nuclear medicine technology.
  • They also include occupational therapy, orthoptics, orthotics, prosthetics, pharmacy, psychology, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiation therapy, respiratory science, sleep technology, social work, sonographer and speech pathology.

Clinical Academics

  • These University of Western Australia employees are concurrently employed with EMHS, contributing to research, training of high-quality doctors and providing clinical service.
  • Fields include cardiology, clinical immunology, endoscopy, general medicine, geriatrics, paediatrics, psychiatry and respiratory.

Hospital Support Worker

  • Our hospital support staff include cleaners, cooks, couriers, food service attendants, gardeners, linen staff, mailroom staff, orderlies, laboratory attendants, patient care assistants, shop assistants, store persons, sterilisation technicians and transport staff.

Medical Practitioners / Doctors

  • Doctors are involved in direct patient care including consultations, attending emergencies, performing operations and arranging medical investigations.
  • They include interns, residents, registrars, consultants, surgeons and pathologists.

Nursing and Midwifery

  • These include clinical nurses, enrolled nurses, midwives, nurse assistants, nurse educators, registered nurses and nurse practitioners.

Security

  • Security officer.

Site Services

  • Maintenance services staff include carpenters, drillers, electricians, handy persons, mechanical fitters, painters, plasterers, plumbers and refrigeration fitters.

Researchers

  • As a centre of excellence for medical research and evidence-based clinical practice, EMHS has a long-standing association with the RPH Research Foundation.

 

Last Updated: 05/01/2026