Senior WHS Partner

* Minimum **Diploma in Work Health & Safety** (Degree highly regarded).* **5+ years’ experience** in WHS leadership within healthcare, aged care, or complex multi-site environments.* In-depth knowledge of WHS legislation, codes, and standards.* Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results.* Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and coaching skills.* **ICAM Lead Investigator** qualification and valid **driver’s licence**.* WHS Auditor qualification or Cert IV Training & Assessment.* Experience managing WHS in large-scale health or community service organisations.* Competitive remuneration and **salary packaging benefits up to $15,900 p.a.*** **Flexible work options** and national exposure across multiple facilities* A supportive, high-performing team and leadership committed to wellbeing* Career growth through **learning and professional development programs*** A meaningful role in an organisation driven by compassion and purposeFor a confidential chat or to know more about the role, please contact James Tamblyn- National Director, Work Health Safety and Wellbeing via email at james.tamblyn@svha.org.au or Joshua-Talent Partner on 0421 668 332.* Proactively identify opportunities for improving WHS processes and risk mitigation controls.* Providing ongoing, timely and accurate WHS support and advice to St Vincent’s facilities.* Identifying and implementing WHS initiatives in order to meet strategic objectives.* Driving engagement with key decision makers to ensure that effective processes are in place to provide and maintain high levels of safety.* Contribute to the design and implementation of the WHS Management System.* Delivery of competency based WHS related education programs.* Conducting WHS audits and gap analysis and identify required improvement actions.* Preparing facilities for WHS and accreditation audits.* Provide expert advice on risk management activities in line WHS legislation and industry best practice.* Visit workplaces across the portfolio to gain insight on safety issues faced by our frontline workers.* Undertake and/or facilitate investigations for significant WHS incidents.* Foster a positive and collaborative relationship with HSRs and WHS Committee members.* Provide advice and information as requested executive teams in a timely and objective manner.* Conduct periodic and planned assurance activities including inspections, audits and other governance activities.* Support sites through WHS issues raised by consultation forums, industrial representative bodies including unions and safety regulators.* Review hazard, incident & injury data on ongoing basis for the purpose of generating determining incident and risk trends.* Promote safety processes across the organisation and encourage consistency and standardisation of safe practices where applicable.* Maintain site WHS Risk Registers ensuring corrective actions are progressed, and follow up reviews are conducted ensuring effectiveness of control measures implemented.* Monitoring the incident and hazard reporting system, updating and correcting data, and ensuring investigations are completed by managers within assigned timelines.* Provide expert WHS advice across all levels of the organisation and departments.* Provide guidance to ensure the WHS consultation arrangements including designated work groups, health and safety representatives and WHS Committees are maintained.* Develop safety work instructions and guidance material.* Undertake and facilitate operational and task risk assessments.* Provide WHS training and information, as required, across all levels of the organisation.* Any other duties as assigned that are relevant to the role and within capability.* Ability to identify and foster productive, professional relationships with key stakeholders.* Change management and communication skills and ability to empower individuals through an adaptive and flexible leadership style to enhance the culture of safety in the organisation.* Demonstrated ability to deliver results and capture opportunities efficiently whilst upholding professional, ethical and legal standards.* Ability to proactively identify and evaluate issues, use sound judgement and expertise to implement practical solutions.* Expert knowledge of WHS legislation, and related codes, standards, and industry practice.* Highly developed communication and conflict resolution skills that have delivered successful outcomes.* Expert in relationship management, fostering partnerships and working with others to achieve organisational objectives.* Customer focus with a highly developed ability to engage, maintain collaborative and effective relationships in order to facilitate change and improve processes and systems to achieve measurable outcomes.* High level computer literacy.* A minimum 5 years’ experience in a WHS role.* Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects and actions at the one time.* Ability and flexibility to work across multiple work sites.* High level written communication skills.* Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor.* Demonstrated ability to manage the WHS function across a health service or similar industry* Experience in a WHS role within a large, complex organisationsFounded by the Sisters of Charity more than 180 years ago, St Vincent’s is a clinical, research and education leader delivering private hospital, public hospital and aged care services across NSW, VIC and QLD. Our founder, Mary Aikenhead’s vision, commitment and inspiration lives on in us and the work we do.From modest beginnings, St Vincent’s Health Australia is today the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, offering services in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, including public and private hospitals and aged care facilities. The St Vincent’s family comprises 22,000 outstanding nurses, researchers, cooks, doctors, executives, administrators, cleaners, volunteers and more.
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