Senior Health and Safety Partner - South Eastern Sydney Local Health District - HealthCareer

First listed on: 05 October 2021

 

Senior Health and Safety Partner


Employment Type
: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $100,107 - $118,735 per annum
Hours Per Week38
Requisition ID: REQ259152


What you'll be doing The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

This position acts as a focal point for Health and Safety (WHS) matters and provides leadership and advisory services to support managers, leaders, executives and all health workers across South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD), in meeting safety compliance obligations and strategic direction.  A key focus of this role is to collaborate and partner with our people to promote, implement, maintain, review and continuously improve the SESLHD WHS Management System.

SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

All NSW Health workers are required to have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by 30 September 2021 and two doses by 30 November 2021 or have an approved medical contraindication certificate. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.

  1. Relevant qualifications in WHS (minimum Certificate IV in WHS) or related discipline or relevant equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience
  2. Experience in developing, implementing and delivering training material and/or instructional/educational programs for an adult learning environment - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment is highly regarded
  3. Extensive working knowledge and experience in Work Health and Safety legislation, State Regulatory Authority Guidelines, Codes of Practice, and ISO 45001:2018 WHS Management System Standard, including implementing safety management systems
  4. Demonstrated high level experience and skills in leading and conducting safety incident investigations and safety management system audits, with completion of quality and/or safety lead auditor training
  5. Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others, and prepare a high standard of reporting, presentations and educational material at a management level
  6. Customer focused, high level negotiation and influencing skills, and ability to build and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to meet competing priorities and performance expectations
  7. Highly motivated, agile and resilient, with ability to work to tight deadlines, changing or competing priorities, within a challenging, complex environment, and varying stakeholders with differing perspectives and expectations
  8. Current drivers licence (with ability and willingness to travel throughout SESLHD, consistent with the demands of the position and customer needs)

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Jonathan Yu Han Lee on JonathanYuHan.Lee@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 17 October 2021