Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Coordinator
Full time or part time
About us
The Yarram and District Health Service (YDHS) is based in Yarram, 220 kilometers south east of
Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway in rural Victoria. Yarram is 73 kilometers south west of
Sale and 62 kilometers south east of Traralgon.
We provide our community with acute inpatient services, dialysis, urgent care, aged care, respite care,
primary health, community services and an integrated healthcare centre. Our consumers and
community are at the core of every decision we make.
YDHS wants to attract and retain the best staff to provide an exceptional service to our community. We
promote and develop opportunities for people to contribute to and encourage innovation, leadership
and collaboration. We are committed making YDHS a Centre of Excellence in everything we do.
What’s on offer
The OH&S Coordinator holds senior specialist responsibility for the occupational health and safety
function across YDHS. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the position leads the development,
implementation, coordination, review and continuous improvement of the organisation's OH&S
management system — spanning physical and psychosocial health — in line with the Occupational
Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic), its Regulations, applicable Compliance Codes and relevant standards.
The position is the organisation's principal source of authoritative OH&S advice. It designs and
coordinates the systems, policies and processes that keep employees, consumers, contractors,
volunteers and visitors safe; drives a positive and just safety culture; ensures the organisation meets its
consultation and hazard-management duties; and administers the YDHS injury management and return-
to-work program so that workers are supported to recover and safely return to work.
About you
To be successful in the role, you will need:
- A tertiary qualification in occupational health and safety, or a related discipline, and/or
extensive relevant experience commensurate with a senior specialist OHS role.
- Demonstrated experience leading an OH&S function, ideally in a health, aged care or
comparably regulated environment.
- Contemporary, expert knowledge of Victorian OH&S legislation, regulations, Compliance
Codes and Codes of Practice, including the OH&S (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025
and psychosocial risk management.
- A demonstrated ability to design, implement and continuously improve an OH&S
management system, policies and procedures.
- Sound knowledge of workers' compensation, rehabilitation and return-to-work obligations
under the WIRC Act 2013 (Vic).
- Proven ability to identify hazards, assess and control risk, and lead incident investigation and
root-cause analysis.
- Strong consultation, influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to work with and gain
the commitment of staff at all levels.
- Ability to plan, prioritise and independently deliver key activities and projects, and to manage
assigned resources and budget.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, including report writing for
governance audiences.
- Competence with the Microsoft Office suite (including Outlook, Word and Excel).
- Current Victorian driver's licence.
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