Manager - Work Health and Safety
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Posted 4 days ago
Role details
The Work Health and Safety Unit at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
- The Manager of Work Health and Safety serves as the key specialist advisor for the Mackay Hospital and Health Service on all matters related to the Work Health and Safety Unit (WHS Unit) within the People and Culture Portfolio.
- This role encompasses accountability for core health, safety, and wellbeing systems and practices, employee rehabilitation from both work-related and non-work-related injuries, effective return-to-work strategies, and strategic development.
- The Manager is responsible for ensuring continuous improvement in the health and safety management and practices of the Mackay Hospital and Health Service, with a focus on achieving optimal performance and outcomes.
- Engage in and support the commitment for ensuring and improving the physical and psychological health, and safety of workers and others.
About the Team
The Work Health and Safety Unit, part of the People and Culture Portfolio, supports various health, safety, and wellbeing systems and frameworks. This unit is dedicated to enhancing the safety culture and fostering strong partnerships and engagement with broader teams, managers, and employees of the Health Service. Their goal is to ensure the safety of workers, patients, and the public.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
About Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.
Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.
What do we do?
Every day in Queensland Health:
• $29.980 million is spent on public health services
• 603 women are screened for breast cancer
• 1,309 people receive residential care in 20 aged care facilities
• 120 babies are born in acute public hospitals
• 760 callers are given clinical advice by qualified nurses through 13HEALTH
• 70 health services provide clinical consultations using state-wide videoconference technology.
• 6400 patient meals are served every day in Brisbane’s public hospitals alone.
• And much more!
In addition, $7 billion is being spent to build and expand our hospitals and health services for communities across the State, creating 40,000 construction jobs.
For a full list of our services, please visit http://www.health.qld.gov.au/about_qhealth/default.asp
Queensland Health also works with the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) to deliver quality health services to Queenslanders. DOHA's responsibilities cover general practitioners, Medicare, immunisation, aged care, implementation of the National Health and Hospitals Network, private health insurance, pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), mental health, after hours GP helpline, and a range of other initiatives. More information on what DOHA does can be found here: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-overview.htm
To provide better patient outcomes, Queensland Health links with a number of organisations, community groups, and General Practitioners. Queensland Health is committed to providing a range of services aimed at achieving good health and well-being for all Queenslanders. The Health Services Information Agency’s (HSIA) role is focused on delivering and sustaining critical information services and innovative technology solutions to support delivery of healthcare services for Queenslanders. The Agency is currently transitioning to become a commercialised business unit within the Department of Health. The core behaviours of our team are based on collaboration, innovation and customer focus. Queensland Health’s Health Services Information Agency is one of the largest Information Communication Technology (ICT) operations in the state. In particular, we deliver: - Reliable access to Queensland Health's major information systems through a wide variety of desktop computers, laptops, personal computing devices and telephones. - Leadership and guidance in identifying and resolving the information and technology implications of changes in healthcare. - Innovation and ICT solutions and programs such as eHealth. - Leadership in the development and implementation of information management and ICT strategies, policies and standards. - Facilitation of governance to ensure the greatest health care value is obtained from investments that leverage information and ICT.
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