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Form of work Full time - Permanent
80 hours per fortnight including Monthly ADO
$74,448.4 - $83,657.60 p.a
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.
This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.
A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities.
Our communities are diverse – as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.
Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.
About the role
Health and Safety Advisors and Coordinators at Grampians Health are part of a great multidisciplinary team of specialists and generalists. Working with specific areas of the health service, our team bring expert knowledge and skills to support workers and managers achieve positive outcomes in all aspects of the workplace. The core duties are to:
Support and advise operational directorates on effective systems and process
Provide expert advice on technical health and safety matters
Engage in continuous improvement
Collaborate with the team and its stakeholders
Influence our safety culture
Qualifications & Experience
For Advisor role:
Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety or related discipline and/or substantial experience within the health and safety profession.
Experience in identification and assessment of hazards and incident investigation
For Coordinator role:
Willingness to obtain health and safety qualifications in the first year of employment
General:
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) or equivalent and/or experience in designing, coordinating, delivering and evaluating training programs/tools.
Demonstrated experience in initiating and managing projects.
Experience in a health care setting would be highly regarded.
How to apply
Click APPLY or contact Nathan Yates, Health and Safety Manager, on 0428 941 374 for a confidential discussion.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
Selection Criteria
Desirable : For Advisor role: Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety or related discipline and/or substantial experience within the health and safety profession
Desirable : For Coordinator role: Willingness to obtain health and safety qualifications in the first year of employment
Desirable : Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) or equivalent and/or experience in designing, coordinating, delivering and evaluating training programs/tools
Desirable : Demonstrated experience in initiating and managing projects
Desirable : For Advisor: Experience in identification and assessment of hazards and incident investigation
Desirable : Experience in a health care or related setting
Essential : Have you received three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.
Essential : The successful candidate must hold, or be prepared to undergo, an employee Working with Children Check (WWCC). Please advise if you currently hold an employee WWCC, if not are you willing to undergo one?
