Health Safety and Wellbeing are looking for a Temporary Assistant Safety Consultant (Health Safety and Wellbeing) to join their Garden City Office Park team. The purpose of this role is to assist with the provision of Health Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) service delivery for management and staff across Metro South Health Distributed Care and Services (Addiction and Mental Health Facilities and Bayside).

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We are Metro South Health 

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to assist with the provision of Health Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) service delivery for management and staff across Metro South Health Distributed Care and Services (Addiction and Mental Health Facilities and Bayside). Support the HSW team through incident assessment and follow up. Assist with training, reporting, hazard assessments and liaising with clients to build the relationships necessary for a successful safety team.

Reporting into the Principal, Safety Operations - this role will also support (and be supported by) both the Distributed Care Safety Operations team and the wider MSH Health, Safety and Wellbeing team (refer to the team organisation chart below).

• Coordination and minute taking for the Health Safety & Wellbeing Committees under Distributed Care
• Assist in the development and delivery of training programs, workshops and presentations focusing on Health Safety and Wellbeing.  
• Ensure patients and other staff are treated fairly and with mutual respect and understanding, regardless of cultural, religious, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, gender, identity, ages or abilities.
• Liaise with the Safety team and stakeholders to gain an understanding of hazards and potential solutions to issues as they appear.
• Participate in local networks and engage with external agencies in relation to Health Safety and Wellbeing networks and engage with external agencies in relation to Health Safety and Wellbeing.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description. 

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.  

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 Metro South 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. 

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• MS07648197 (PDF, 398KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants