Work­place well­be­ing is about cre­at­ing the con­di­tions that help peo­ple be healthy, safe and well at work. 

It is influ­enced by a workplace’s phys­i­cal envi­ron­ment, cul­ture, lead­er­ship, rela­tion­ships and the way work is designed and organised.

Our approach to wellbeing

South Aus­trali­a’s health­care work­force is fac­ing chal­lenges that affect work­force well­be­ing, sus­tain­abil­i­ty and the deliv­ery of high-qual­i­ty patient care.

That’s why the Com­mis­sion on Excel­lence and Inno­va­tion in Health (CEIH) devel­oped a sys­tem-wide approach to work­place wellbeing.

Our approach goes beyond sup­port­ing indi­vid­ual well­be­ing. It focus­es on strength­en­ing the con­di­tions that sup­port well­be­ing, reduc­ing risks to well­be­ing and embed­ding well­be­ing into lead­er­ship, gov­er­nance, work design and every­day practice.

Find out more in our Strength­en­ing health­care work­place well­be­ing in South Aus­tralia dis­cus­sion paper (PDF 2MB).

Sus­tain­able work­place well­be­ing framework

Sus­tain­able work­place well­be­ing requires shared respon­si­bil­i­ty and action across mul­ti­ple lev­els of the health sys­tem. This includes work­ers, man­agers, organ­i­sa­tions and sec­tor leaders.

The CEI­H’s Sus­tain­able Work­place Well­be­ing Frame­work (PDF 217KB) iden­ti­fies five areas for action:

• strength­en lead­er­ship and gov­er­nance structures
• bring peo­ple and resources together
• use data to guide improvement
• build capa­bil­i­ty for effec­tive and last­ing change
• iden­ti­fy and design solu­tions with teams.

Using the framework

Our Build­ing Work­place Well­be­ing Guide (PDF 6MB) helps health­care organ­i­sa­tions embed well­be­ing into their sys­tems, struc­tures and every­day practices.

The guide pro­vides a prac­ti­cal, step-by-step approach to imple­ment­ing the frame­work and helps:

• iden­ti­fy the fac­tors that affect work­place wellbeing
• pri­ori­tise oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve work­force wellbeing
• design and imple­ment effec­tive solutions.

Have a question?

Con­tact us at CEIH.​WorkplaceWellbeing@​sa.​gov.​au for more infor­ma­tion about our work­place well­be­ing work.