Safety Consultant

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing needs of the organisation are met, and their leaders are appropriately engaged in health safety and wellbeing.

• Receive and respond to a range of Health, Safety and Wellbeing matters to support practical solutions and accountability frameworks.
• Lead and/or participate in investigating incidents or allegations as directed and provide reports and recommendations.
• Coordinate and ensure high quality risk management across a range of diverse health and community sector risks in accordance with defined processes and as directed.
• Monitor and report on information management systems including safety inspections, health management, fire training, evacuation, hazardous materials and incident management.

Reporting into Manager, Safety Operations, this role will provide specialist advice and support for operational health, safety and wellbeing matters. This role will also support (and be supported by) both the Safety Operations team and the wider Health, Safety and Wellbeing teams.

The role supports safety operations across Metro South, including Bayside, Community and Oral Health (COH), Addiction and Mental Health Services (AMHS) and will be required to work at varying locations during the tenure of the temporary arrangement, dependent on the needs of the organisation.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights ( https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/humanrights ) and diversity ( https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/inclusion-and-diversity-commitment ).

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.