Take the next step in your career with this exciting opportunity within the Forensic Pathology and Coronial Services. Join our hard-working team and draw on your psychological skills, mental health expertise, and knowledge of organisation functioning to provide specialist advice to senior leadership and implement well informed programs with the overall goal of contributing to the wellbeing of Forensic Pathology and Coronial Services staff.

Job details

As the Wellbeing Officer, you will work collaboratively with existing workplace safety and wellbeing services providing leadership in the development, delivery and evaluation of health promotion and prevention strategies, psychoeducation on staff wellbeing and resilience and short term evidenced based psychological intervention for teams across FPaCS.

What you'll do

• Utilise high level clinical and organisational skills to provide expert strategic and operational advice to senior leaders and managers on workforce management matters including best practice approaches to staff support and wellbeing and addressing psychosocial hazards in the workplace.
• Provide regular reports to FPaCS leadership team on initiatives addressing and supporting wellbeing of staff.
• Utilise high level psychological skills in assessment, formulation, intervention planning, implementation and outcomes evaluation in application to team level and organisation wide staff wellbeing concerns.
• Lead the design, development and implementation of FPaCS wellbeing strategies, initiatives and projects to foster a culture of trauma-informed service delivery, self-care and wellbeing.

About you

We are searching for someone with:

• High level of understanding of trauma-informed practice frameworks,
• High level of psychological clinical expertise and skills within an organisational setting to provide specialist advice and input for the wellbeing of staff working within the context of the provision of coronial services,
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills including staff engagement and consultation, conflict resolution, negotiation and influencing.
• Ability to plan and prioritise to effectively manage staff wellbeing initiatives in alignment with the overall strategic plan of FPaCS,
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use a range of IT systems including use of applications to support effective communication of ideas and concepts,

Why work with us?

Work alongside passionate professionals in a supportive and inclusive environment that values people and prioritises employee success and wellbeing. This includes

Competitive salaries

• 12.75% superannuation
• 17.5% leave loading

Employee wellbeing

• Access to 24/7 confidential employee support providers and counsellors including for immediate family members
• Additional flexibility to support your work life balance including access to generous leave entitlements, such as purchased leave, domestic violence leave, reproductive health leave, cultural leave, study and examination leave.

Professional development

• Career progression with more than 300 diverse career pathways and career support to take you further!
• Access to a variety of programs and initiatives to support training and career growth.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion 

At Queensland Health, our work environment is inclusive and supportive, and we value our employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all cultures, abilities and backgrounds. Our commitment to cultural safety, equity, diversity and inclusion means we understand some people may need changes to the recruitment process. If you need support during the recruitment process, such as meeting with the panel virtually instead of in person, please reach out to the hiring manager. We value diverse candidates and your need for adjustments will not affect our hiring decisions. 

Ready to apply?

For further information on how to apply please review the attached Role Description.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies which may include an alternative employment basis such as temporary, full time or part time. 

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• QH Information for Applicants (PDF, 938KB)
  Application Kit
  
  QLD 638592 Wellbeing and Organisational Support Officer RD (PDF, 404KB)
  Role Description