Health, Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner

Part time opportunity in a hands on Health Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner role that is responsible for supporting the site in the operational delivery of health safety and wellbeing initiatives.

As a major contributor to the development of a positive safety culture and ensuring legal and internal compliance you are required to provide expert advice to the Geelong hospital teams 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 to implement Epworth Group-wide systems.

The role will be based at our site in Geelong 3 days a week.

You will make an impact by:

• Managing inspections and audits to promote safe work practices and support or lead incident investigations training induction and awareness campaigns.
• Actively participating in group-wide projects sharing learnings across sites and contributing to the continuous improvement of safety systems and practices.
• Contributing to the development and review of safe work procedures protocols safety alerts and other safety management system activities in support of the Group Health Safety and Wellbeing Systems Manager.
• Providing practical recommendations for risk mitigation and continuous improvement

Position Description Inherent Requirements

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role

• Certificate IV or higher in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Proven experience in a health safety and wellbeing advisory or business partnering role within a medium to large organisation to embed safety and wellbeing into operational practices.
• Demonstrated capability in leading incident response and investigations including root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
• Comprehensive understanding of Victorian occupational health and safety legislation codes of practice and regulatory frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead end-to-end incident investigations including root cause analysis stakeholder engagement documentation and implementation of corrective actions.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver training programs workshops and awareness campaigns across diverse teams.
• Proficient in interpreting safety data and analytics to inform decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.

Additional Information :

At Epworth its a community.

Its the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation and a team that works to make sure that every patient addition to this you will have access to:

• Epworths enhanced Not for Profit status (and not available in the public sector) provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15900 pre-tax annually leading to greater take home pay 
• The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
• Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth

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.

Ready to make a difference

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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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Part-time