Safety Culture

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
**Remuneration**: $109,945.46 - $113,556.22 per annum
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ517151

**Applications Close**:18th September 2024

**What you'll be doing**

The Safety Culture & Disaster Coordinator will be pivotal in ensuring that ISLHD’s workplace has a focus on embedding behaviours and practices which minimise risk to its employees, patients, and visitors.
The position will provide support to the District Disaster Manager and District Hubs with emergency management arrangements, planned events occurring within the geographical footprint of the district to ensure that ISLHD can support a response to and recover from an incident affecting ISLHD and its community.
A key function of this role will involve communication and building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders both within and external to ISLHD.
The position will also lead and coordinate training and education and facilitate exercises and drills at local and LHD level, with a key focus on Code Black arrangements.
The position will provide operational support during activation of local, district and state emergency management plans and recovery processes as requested by LHD HSFAC/Disaster Manager.
The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated, self-directed, highly organised, an effective communicator and able to work within tight deadlines. On-call commitment is a requirement of this position.
**What we can offer you**

The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) provides you with an excellent career choice with many rewarding experiences. At ISLHD we are not just offering jobs, we are offering you the opportunity to excel in your chosen field and to experience a work life balance.

Work flexibility is very important at ISLHD and we provide our people with a range of benefits and conditions to assist with balancing the demands of work and personal life where possible. We offer:

- ADOs each month (for eligible full time employees)
- Study and development leave
- Access to in-house training, learning and educational opportunities
- Discounted parking
- Salary packaging options to reduce your tax and increase your take home pay (for eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - counselling for you and your family


Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.


**Talent Pool**


**Please note**: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.


Successful applicants to the role must provide certified documentation of vaccination history and pathology as part of their recruitment documentation. The applicant must be certified as compliant with Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases before employment can commence.



Selection Criteria
- Relevant post graduate qualifications (clinical or management) or working towards same; and/or extensive professional experience deemed appropriate by the Employer. Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Evidence of or working towards relevant emergency management education and training.
- Proven skills in the development and implementation of relevant policy, procedures, and guidelines.
- Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills including the ability to work in a consultative manner and negotiate with key stakeholders both internally and externally of the ISLHD.
- A sound understanding of risk management principles as applied to emergency management, and a sound knowledge and understanding of associated Work Health & Safety legislation and quality principles.
- Current NSW Class C Drivers Licence.


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