HSW Specialist - POW/ Sydney Clinic

The opportunity

We're recruiting for a HSW Specialist to join a prominent, national healthcare organisation who are applying innovation to everything they do. The position is a standalone role providing pure safety and wellbeing across 2 neighbouring sites.

Key responsibilities will include;

• Build capability and enhance accountability for safety amongst managers, supervisors, HSC members through coaching and influencing to implement and embed the HSW Management System and programs.
• Display and promote HSW practices through active field-based leadership and engagement.
• Drive safe systems of work, quality incident investigations and the delivery of visible and felt leadership through the implementation of education, coaching and monitoring programs.
• Consult with managers, supervisors, HSC, contractors and third parties on brownfield and operational safety issues and provide advice and assistance in identifying opportunities and solutions that enhanced HSW outcomes.
• Participate and contribute to risk management activities including facilitating risk and workplace assessments, contributing to the development of SOPs, conducting control verification, participating in assurance activities, and leading LTI investigations.
• Conduct performance monitoring activities such as preparation of site HSW reports. Develop, implement, and monitor gap closure plans in consultation with Site Executive Team.
• Monitor and review Site HSW performance with Site Executive Team to identify and act on trends, hotspots and celebrate success.
• Participate in regulator inspections pertaining to HSW.
• Participate and contribute to State and National delivery of strategic programs and initiatives, forums, and advisory committees to drive HSW improvements.

Why Healthscope?

When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our 42 sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only)
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.

Come and be the difference in our patient's lives.

To be successfully shortlisted – The following experience and qualification are required. 
This position will suit an energetic, collegiate, and contemporary health and safety generalist who can effortlessly influence at the senior leadership table AND make things practical for frontline workers.

A minimum Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety or higher with at least 5 years safety experience.

What's in it for you?
You'll get to work in a business with operations in every State and Territory, be at the forefront of embedding significant cultural change, collaborate with your peers across Australia, lend your expertise to projects AND work within a HSW function led by an innovative General Manager and executive safety leadership team.  Plus, there are great career opportunities beyond this role!