Director, Safety and Wellbeing

An exciting opportunity exists for a Director, Safety and Wellbeing to join us at the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. This position is a critical professional leadership role that provides authoritative strategic health and safety, respiratory protection fit testing, occupational violence, rehabilitation, injury management and wellbeing (including psychosocial) direction and advice to senior executives, senior managers and staff in the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service to ensure a continued commitment to safe systems of work and compliance with relevant legislation.

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

Key Responsibilities include:

Provide leadership and direction to the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service Safety and Wellbeing team inclusive of fostering and encouraging a workplace environment which is outcomes focused and instils a culture of continuous improvement through effective communication, training, and contemporary workforce management practices.

Provide authoritative strategic advice to members of the Executive and other leaders in the organisation regarding their safety and wellbeing obligations, areas of strategic risk and recommended strategies to address which recognise the service delivery context and wider resource management context of public health.

Provide strategic advice to the Executive Director Workforce and other members of the Executive, and work as a high-level business partner with Managers and other key stakeholders across the Health Service.

Ensure the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service alignment to the Department of Health's Integrated Safety Management System to achieve consistency of strategies, service delivery arrangements and performance outcomes evidenced through implementation and management of an operational plan.

Remuneration value up to $ p.a., comprising salary between $ $ p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (HSO). Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

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 Queensland Health 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.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here:

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

• A wellness program;
• Generous superannuation;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

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