Team Leader - Work Health Safety
SA Health
Job reference: 934323 Location: - VARIOUS - Job status: Short Term Contract Eligibility: Open to Everyone
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING? Bring your Work Health & Safety knowledge and leadership experience to this exciting role as WHS Team Leader withing the Rural Support Service. Working under the Manager – Work Health & Safety and Injury Management you will be responsible for managing the mandated SA Health WHS&IM Framework across regional Local Health Networks and the Rural Support Service. The role provides leadership and support to Senior WHS Consultants, partnering with rLHN WHS teams to develop, implement, monitor and continuously improve WHS systems that identify, assess and control risk. You will help deliver operational WHS services to the RSS, including emergency management and security functions, working closely with the Injury Management team, the role supports initiatives to reduce work‑related injury, workers compensation claims and associated costs, while promoting best‑practice WHS and a strong safety culture.
WHO ARE WE? The RSS is a business unit in SA Health and provides services throughout regional South Australia to support the six regional local health networks (LHNs). It employs around 260 people who work in 37 regional, rural and remote SA locations, or in the RSS's three Adelaide offices.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK Many RSS staff enjoy working from home or remotely and benefit from the work-life balance this provides. They enjoy the freedom to further their career while remaining part of their local community and contributing to health care right across regional South Australia.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? How do you lead, influence and build effective working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across a complex organisation?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE? You will……….
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN? At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS? Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE? Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE! Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 934323), or reach out to Kelly Summers, Senior Return to Work Consultant on Phone: 0477 300 975 or via E-mail: kelly.summers@sa.gov.au To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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