Safety and Risk Officer - Facilities Management | Full-time Temporary

Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 6
Salary: $95,746 - $109,072 plus superannuation
Position No: 50366 - 02GCB
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 21 February 2024
Contact Officer: Shannon Keevers on ***************@act.gov.au. or 0402 962 ***

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

Infrastructure and Health Support Services, a division of Canberra Health Services, are responsible for:

• Capital Project Delivery.
• Facilities Management.
• Minor Works Team and Off-Site Maintenance.
• Safety and Risk.
• Domestic and Environmental Services.
• Food Services.
• Sterilising Services.
• Security Services.
• Fleet Management.

The Facilities Management (FM) Branch are a dedicated team that covers a diverse range of functions. The Branch is responsible for planned and reactive maintenance, asset management, minor works upgrades, Safety and Risk management, utilities management, and contracts and leasing for the Canberra Health Services property portfolio.  The Facilities Management branch will also be responsible for all planned and on demand maintenance activities.

The Infrastructure Safety and Risk Section provide specialised advice and oversight on all areas of construction work undertaken on behalf of CHS. This includes planned and reactive maintenance as well as minor and major construction projects on both brown and greenfield sites.
The Infrastructure Safety and Risk Section is involved at all stages of construction from concept, through design, delivery, commissioning, and demolition. Frequently, this is undertaken in an operating health care environment with many inherent, complex challenges.

The role of the Safety and Risk Officer is to apply their Safety and Risk expertise to support project and maintenance works to meet relevant Legislative, Australian Standard and CHS requirements. This includes (but is not limited to) site surveillance and monitoring of compliance on nominated construction sites. The Safety and Risk Officer will also be expected to assist with the implementation and maintenance of Safety and Risk management systems and processes that align to the strategic goals and objectives set by the Division.

By fulfilling the ISAR Section responsibilities, we ensure that CHS staff, patients, volunteers, visitors, and contractors have the safest possible built environment. In addition to ensuring projects, repairs and maintenance are undertaken to the highest safety standards to keep CHS at the forefront of modern medical facilities.

For more information regarding the position click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of 3 months with the possibility of extension up to less than 12 months and/or permanency.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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This is a temporary position available for a period of 3 months with the possibility of extension up to less than 12 months and/or permanency.

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