Senior Work Health & Safety Advisor - NSW St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Job Description:

Position Title: WHS Advisor
Employment Type: Full Time, Maximum Term (until February 2025)
Hours per week: 38 hours
Position Grade: Health Service Manager Level 2/3
Salary: $106,142.00 to $139,559.00 base salary per annum
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Health Employees Agreement 2019
Department Name: Safety, Wellbeing and Recovery

About us:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

• Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff

• Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs

• Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields

• Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network

• Employee Assistance Program

• Work/Life balance

About the role:
We have an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic team leading our approach to the management of a range of health and safety risks. The primary purpose of this role is to ensure the ongoing development, delivery, operationalisation and improvement of work health and safety initiatives to prevent ill-health and optimise worker wellbeing. The role will work closely with the Safety, Wellbeing & Recovery Manager, team and the business to develop frameworks and programs, build capability of our workforce and obtain assurance to optimise outcomes and enable our workforce to thrive. This is a great opportunity to support staff in a values-driven organisation committed to the wellbeing of its workforce.

Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

About you:
You will have extensive experience in health, safety and wellbeing, a passion for helping others and the ability to drive change.

Application Instructions:
To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:
1. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia
2. Knowledge and experience in the development and implementation of best practice work health, safety and wellbeing programs
3. Qualifications, registration and professional membership relevant to this position (e.g. work health and safety etc.). Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS) Membership & Certification highly regarded. Current Driver’s Licence is required.
4. High level communication, influencing and negotiation skills and demonstrated experience in stakeholder management
5. Change and Project management: High-level organisational skills and proven ability to successfully implement change initiatives and projects within time, cost and quality parameters
6. Education, Training and Assessment: Knowledge, experience and qualifications in the assessment of capability, education delivery and contemporary approaches to building and sustaining capability
7. Incident, Injury and Illness Management: Knowledge, experience and/or qualifications in incident investigation, work and non-work-related illness and injury management requirements and first aid
8. Audit: Knowledge, experience and qualifications in auditing

Applications close on: 03 July 2024

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist:

Contact Details:

SVHNS Manager, SWR - pauline.dunn@svha.org.au

Alternate Contact:

SVHA WHS & Wellbeing Director - glenn.stewart@svha.org.au

Closing Date:

3 July 2024 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

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