HSW Specialist Geelong

Ready to make a real impact where it truly matters Healthscope is on the lookout for a passionate and experiencedHealth Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) Specialistto champion safety culture and drive meaningful change at The Geelong Clinic and across the portfolio.

This is your opportunity to step into a role where youll influence leaders empower teams and shape the future of workplace health safety and wellbeing across a dynamic mental health environment.

About the Role

As the HSW Specialist youll be the driving force behind the sites HSW Improvement Plan. Working closely with the Hospital Executive Team Department Managers Supervisors and the Health & Safety Committee youll lead guide and support the implementation of our HSW Strategy and Management System.

Your expertise will help ensure compliance strengthen safety leadership and create a culture where every person feels safe supported and confident at work.

What Youll Be Doing

• Build capability and ownershipacross leadership teams through coaching influencing and embedding best-practice HSW systems and programs.
• Lead from the frontwith visible proactive and field-based safety engagement.
• Drive safe systems of work quality investigations and strong safety leadership through education coaching and monitoring initiatives.
• Provide specialist adviceto Managers Supervisors committees and contractors to identify risks opportunities and innovative solutions. Work closely with Executive and Department Heads.
• Play a key role in risk managementfacilitating assessments supporting SOP development verifying controls and leading LTI investigations.
• Monitor and uplift performance preparing reports developing gap closure plans and supporting executive teams to track trends hotspots and achievements. You will have autonomy to implement practical safety improvements.
• Support regulatory complianceby participating in inspections and ensuring continual alignment with standards and requirements. Play a key role in accreditation and quality initiatives.
• Contribute nationally participating in state and national initiatives strategic programs forums and advisory committees.

Why Join Healthscope

When you join Healthscope you become part of ourCommunity of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role every dayour people make a differenceto the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia our sites are supported by our central Support Office enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

You Also Benefit from:

• Flexibility to work across one or multiplehospitals across our network
• Discounted health insurance(for noncasual staff)
• Continuous professional development education and support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working withtalented passionate and caringpeople to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. We support each other share learnings celebrate successes and face challengestogether.

Come and be the difference in our patients lives.

Applications Close: Friday 10th July 2026

To Apply:Please click on the Apply button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions please reach out to

More Information:Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients staff and visitors is our highest priority. We are also committed to child safety. We are committed to the safety participation and empowerment of all children. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.

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