Health, Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner
Hands-on, business partnering opportunity focused on helping our leaders lead, and equipping them with the tools, insights and support needed to meet safety obligations and improve health, safety and wellbeing outcomes. Reporting directly to the Group Director, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, you are responsible for supporting the Eastern and Camberwell sites in the operational delivery of health and safety initiatives.
The role contributes to the development of a positive safety culture, ensures legal and internal compliance, and gives expert advice to the hospital teams. It is responsible for preparing monthly site-based Health, Safety and Wellbeing reports, conducting risk assessments, supporting the operation of the site Occupational Health, Safety Committee and site Emergency Planning Committee.
As a key member of the Group Health, Safety and Wellbeing team, the Business Partner actively participates in group-wide projects, shares learnings across sites, and contributes to the continuous improvement of safety systems and practices. Through the implementation of Epworth Groupwide systems, conducting inspections and audits whilst promoting safe work practices you ability to support or lead incident investigations, training, induction, and awareness campaigns is second nature.
Qualifications
You will make an impact by:
- Contributing to the development and review of safe work procedures, protocols, safety alerts and other safety management system activities.
- Conduct site inspections, audits, and incident investigations to identify risks and assist leaders in developing effective risk management strategies.
- Supporting the operation and effectiveness of the Eastern and Camberwell Occupational Health and Safety Committee.
- Ensuring timely and accurate reporting of incidents, hazards, near misses, and injuries in line with organisational procedures.
Position Description Inherent Requirements
Additional Information
At Epworth, it’s a community.
It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation and a team that works to make sure that every patient matters. In addition to this, you will have access to:
- Salary package up to $15,900 pre-tax annually, leading to greater take home pay
- The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
- Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
- Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth
- Relocation assistance is available for approved candidates
At Epworth, we care.
We care about our patients and we care about our people. We care about keeping everyone safe. We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers. And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. This includes First Nations peoples, people with disability, mature-age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, and individuals from all cultural backgrounds. We are committed to providing an equitable, inclusive, and barrier-free recruitment experience for everyone.
If you need support during the application process or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments, we encourage you to let us know what you need to participate fully and confidently. We understand that sharing your needs can feel daunting, so please know that any information you provide will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and respect.
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It is a condition of employment with Epworth HealthCare, subject to reasonable exemptions, that you have had an annual Influenza vaccination, where this is required under Epworth policy.
As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and may be required to hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).
At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all – across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care.