**_Is safety your passion? Make a genuine difference to workplace safety and worker wellbeing. _**
**Your New Role**
The Safety and Wellbeing Coordinator is part of the People and Culture team and shapes the safety culture across the organisation, and reports to the Director People and Culture.
With appointed responsibility for the efficient coordination of Seymour Health's safety improvements and interventions to mitigate risk, you will work with key stakeholders to drive safety culture across the organisation.
This role is pivotal in proactively engaging health and safety initiatives and fostering and supporting a proactive health and safety culture. You will coordinate and advocate for safety management, managing risks, and developing and implementing plans to increase workplace safety.
You will work across the organisation, working with Managers and Directors, our people Leaders and Health and Safety Representatives - you have the opportunity to make an impact!
Along with a professional attitude and a commitment to help Seymour Health achieve its vision and values, the successful applicant must have:
- A working knowledge and understanding of the OH&S; regulatory framework, principles and practices with the proven ability to investigate workplace incidents or hazards and make recommendations to remove or minimise risks.
- Demonstrated initiative and flexibility in approach to work, combined with the capacity to challenge, looking for improvement in processes and outcomes.
- Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven ability to initiate and improve Injury Management and Return to Work plans and systems.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering in-house presentations and learning interventions.
**Ideally you will possess**:
- A relevant Health and Safety qualification OR equivalent relevant experience
- Experience in a similar role, within a complex sector such as health
- Ability to build relationships - from frontline staff to Managers and Directors.
- A genuine desire to make safety improvements and enhance worker wellbeing
**In return, Seymour Health offers**:
- Two types of generous salary packaging
- Free on-site parking
- Flexible working arrangements
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- Competitively priced staff meals
- Employee Assistance Program
- Staff Social Club
- Annual Scholarship program
**About Seymour Health**
Seymour Health (SH) is a leading small rural health service. At our campus in central Seymour, over 350 staff deliver a breadth of health and allied services across our Seymour District Memorial Hospital, Urgent Care Centre, Ambulatory Care Centre, and Barrabill House.
SH services include an Urgent Care Centre and 30-bed public hospital that provides public and private Acute medical and surgical, renal dialysis and day procedures. SH's breadth of services extends to post-acute care, palliative care, sub-acute ambulatory service, oral health services, District Nursing and community services. Barrabill House is a 40-bed residential aged care service that provides highly rated residential aged care.
The campus is conveniently located an hour north of Melbourne via the M31 Hume Freeway and V/Line train service.
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