National Director Work, Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Job Description

National Director Work, Health, Safety and Wellbeing page is loaded National Director Work, Health, Safety and Wellbeing Apply locations NSW - Sydney, CBD, Inner West and Eastern Suburbs VIC - Melbourne, CBD & Inner Suburbs QLD - Brisbane, CBD & Inner Suburbs Time type: Full time Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago Time left to apply: End Date: February 4, 2025 (9 days left to apply) Job requisition id: JR140689 Job Description: Better and fairer care. Always. St Vincent's has been a leader in Australia's health and aged care landscape for more than 165 years. Since our founders, the Sisters of Charity, opened our first hospital in 1857, our services and nearly 30,000 people have been behind some of Australia's most important medical breakthroughs. We are a microcosm of Australia’s health and aged care system and are uniquely positioned to lead and respond to our rapidly changing environment. The Opportunity We are looking for a special kind of person - a St Vincent’s kind of person. Someone who puts excellence, compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do. Reporting directly to our Chief People & Culture Officer, the National Director WHS & Wellbeing will lead the safety experience at St Vincent’s. Forming part of the People & Culture Leadership Team, you will use your experience to build and lead an integrated and mature workplace health and safety culture across our diverse health businesses. We are looking for vision, expertise and passion to build safety capability to care for our people, so they can care for the patients, residents and consumers we serve in the delivery of our Mission. Key Responsibilities: Build and invest in relationships with St Vincent’s leaders to foster a partnership approach and embed a proactive safety culture in partnership with our operational areas. Lead St Vincent’s national WHS and wellbeing function aimed at creating a safe and healthy working environment to prevent workplace injuries/illness and promote worker wellbeing. Develop and drive implementation of a unified, consistent safety management system across St Vincent’s in line with applicable legislation and standards and best practice. Implement effective risk identification, mitigation and hazard control processes. Ensure injury and claims management programs and practices are established and monitored to promote efficient return to work following workplace injuries or illness. Negotiate with workers' compensation insurers and brokers to optimise policy structure, renewals, and claims management, aimed at minimising premium costs. Identify, consolidate, and promote health and wellbeing programs and resources. Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture, promote professional development, and ensure the team's alignment with organisational goals. Ensure compliance with WHS legislation while managing reporting and briefing the Board and National Executive Team on continuous improvement. About You Because you’re like us, you believe in our vision that every person, whoever and wherever they are, is served with excellent and compassionate care, by a better and fairer health and aged care system. Better for all our people, who work tirelessly to provide the highest levels of care and quality of life for our patients and clients. And better support for the local communities we play an important role in and continue to support. The successful applicant will have a minimum of 10 years' experience leading a WHS and wellbeing services team (with experience reporting to a Board highly desirable). This role has full autonomy to design, lead and deliver a safety strategy and function that is best practice for health. Pre-Employment Checks Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations. Equal Opportunity We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. How To Apply Please submit your application via the Apply button, including your resume and a cover letter outlining your experience and suitability. The closing date for applications is Monday 3rd February 2025. Respectfully, no recruitment agencies. Contact Details: Closing Date: 3 February 2025 11:59pm Reconciliation Action Plan: At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit or get in contact at Code of Conduct: View Code of Conduct #J-18808-Ljbffr