Senior Project Role | Shape Safer Healthcare Workplaces

Drive impactful MSD prevention initiatives across a major health service.

Job details

Your new role:

This is a unique opportunity to lead and deliver strategic initiatives that improve musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) outcomes for staff, patients and services across Metro South Health. You will:

• Lead the planning, implementation and evaluation of MSD prevention and ergonomic improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary stakeholders to drive cultural and operational change
• Provide expert clinical advice to support safe patient handling and risk mitigation strategies
• Apply project management and service redesign principles to deliver measurable outcomes

About you:

You are an experienced allied health professional with a passion for safety, innovation and system-wide improvement in healthcare. You have:

• Demonstrated experience in project management, service improvement and clinical innovation
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and change management skills
• High-level clinical knowledge in MSD prevention, ergonomics or risk mitigation
• Proven ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About the Employee Health Safety and Wellbeing Team

Employee Health Safety and Wellbeing, part of Human Resources, provides services to support MSH employees delivering healthcare safety, with a focus on staff wellbeing.  The role sits within the Safety Systems Implementation Team and professionally reports to the relevant lead.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 Metro South Health:

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

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

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.

• MS04678938 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)