Health and Safety Advisor

• Actively support managers, supervisors and employees to ensure that health and safety risks are monitored and managed through evidence-based practice and risk management approaches, that safe systems of work are implemented to ensure legislative compliance, and the highest practicable level of health and safety performance within the region is achieved.
• Facilitate the implementation of specific health and safety initiatives and activities within the region, through the provision of accurate and timely technical advice, in accordance with the QAS WHS management system, including but not limited to:
• Hazard and risk management, applicable to QAS operations.
• Periodic WHS inspections.
• Implementation and monitoring of risk controls.
• Investigations of workplace health and safety incidents.
• Worker consultation and WHS dispute resolution.
• WHS information, instruction and training.
• Function as the Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator for the region, including but not limited to:
• Working with managers and supervisors to ensure injured workers are contacted and provided with appropriate support in the earliest timeframe possible post injury.
• Providing guidance to injured workers and regional management in relation to Workcover processes.
• Liaising with medical practitioners to determine an injured worker's capability for duty and develop supportive return to work plans to return an injured worker to work in an appropriate timeframe.
• Providing case management services for injured workers who are unable to continue their substantive position.
• Providing advice and guidance to regional management on employee health policies and procedures, particularly those relating to fitness for duty, workplace rehabilitation and medical retirement.
• Work collaboratively with the regional management team and the Senior Health and Safety Advisor to drive improved performance of the region to ensure that organisational, industrial, legal, insurer and policy requirements are met.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of coaching, training and presentations to regional managers and supervisors to ensure that individuals possess the capabilities to achieve the required level of individual performance and safety leadership, across all aspects of their health, safety and injury management responsibilities.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of activities to develop, engage and facilitate the effectiveness of health and safety representatives (and/or other consultation mechanisms) in the region.
• Manage and review relevant data and contribute to analysis to devise actions to improve health and safety performance, including to reduce injury and illness, optimise employee health, minimise loss of productivity and reduce the impact of statutory and common law claims.
• Prepare timely and well researched briefings, submissions, presentations and correspondence in relation to health and safety matters as required and in consultation with key parties.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.