Work Health and Safety Specialist

6 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Bupa Full time

**The opportunity**

We are seeking a dynamic and driven Work Health and Safety Specialist to join Bupa, supporting our aged care business.

In this role, you will provide site specific Work Health and Safety support services to all of our care homes across Australia, to reduce injury and illness and enable our people and leaders to continuously improve safe systems of work.

This will be a full-time permanent Melbourne based role with hybrid work arrangements available.

**How will you make an impact?**

Key responsibilities include:

- Support the Head of Safety Strategy in the delivery of overall strategic improvements through the development, facilitation, and delivery site specific WHS training and preventative safety activities across all care homes
- Review and track all incident and injury investigations and follow-up further action when necessary.
- Identify trends, improvement opportunities, and develop site specific WHS innovations and plans to facilitate proactive safety performance.
- Conduct WHS audits and drive the development and continuous improvement of the WHS Management System, ensuring Bupa’s compliance with all applicable legislation
- Contribute data to ensure timely and accurate WHS reporting and analysis.
- Assist in the WHS aspects of risk identification, mitigation, reporting and analysis

**Why work at Bupa?**

We keep our people smiling by helping them improve their lives in and outside of the office.

We’re a welcoming lot, no matter who you are or where you’ve come from. We welcome all talents and backgrounds and embrace our differences, so you can bring your true self to work.

We support our people to be the best version of themselves, physically and mentally. With a healthy work/life balance, leadership support, reduced private health cover, study leave, volunteering options and a commitment to promoting from within.

Our employees can access wide range of benefits: from our own products (incl. health insurance subsidies) to many other products and services via our partnerships program (like Apple, Samsung, JB Hi-Fi, plus gym and spa discounts to name a few). We reward our people and celebrate their success, provide initiatives that develop careers and look after our people’s health, wellbeing, and futures.

**What do I need?**
- Experience working within Work Health and Safety within Aged Care and/or Allied Health
- Problem solving and solutions-oriented mindset
- Sound analytical skills, and the ability to extract insights from information and provide an informed opinion on Health and Safety risks and the adequacy of controls
- Time management, excellent communications skills and a passion for continuous improvement
- Qualifications in Workplace Health and Safety (desirable)

**About Bupa Asia Pacific**:
Bupa is an international healthcare group which has been committed to a purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world for more than 70 years.

Bupa Asia Pacific operates in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, supporting about 6.5 million customers through a broad range of health and care services including health insurance, aged care, dental, medical, optical and hearing services. Employing more than 20,000 people in the region, we believe that we can make a real difference to the lives of customers through our values, purpose and the way that we deliver personalised care.

Our people reflect the diversity of our community. At Bupa, your wellbeing, identity and own story is respected and valued.

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