Position Details
Reference Number 167048
Position Title Work Health and Safety Administrator
Employment Status Temporary Part Time
Program People & Culture
Location University Hospital Geelong
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 64
Position Summary
  • Be part of our friendly, professional and cohesive team in a diverse role
  • Grow your career at an organisation with ongoing training and development
  • Temporary Part-Time Role – 64 hours per fortnight (til 15/3/22)

About the facility

Barwon Health is the major regional health provider for the Barwon South West region. It is Victoria’s largest regional health service with one of the busiest hospitals in the state, University Hospital Geelong. We serve over 500,000 people through the efforts of over 6,500 staff and more than 1000 volunteers.

About the role

The Workforce Safety Department requires a personable, motivated and conscientious individual who is able to function in a team environment but also individually within a dynamic and significant role.

Duties of the Workforce Safety Administrator within the Return to Work/Work Cover team include:

  • Answering/responding to queries (phone, email and face-to-face)
  • Processing WorkCover payroll (including sick leave reversals)
  • Processing treatment provider accounts
  • Filing administration, scanning
  • Liaising with the claims agent and legal service providers
  • General record keeping and administrative support

Duties of the Workforce Safety Administrator within the Occupational Health and Safety team include:

  • Generating OHS statistical reports
  • Inputting training data
  • Secretarial duties for OHS committees
  • General record keeping and administrative support

About the culture

We are all dedicated to supporting the staff and organisation in achieving the goal of being Australia’s Leading Regional Health Service – Building a Healthier Community. Our team are successful, innovative and we have a 'can do' culture.

Barwon Health staff benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development
  • Access to employee wellness facility
  • Salary packaging
  • Social club

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed. At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

#Geelong

Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Completed VCE (or equivalent) and relevant training/certificate (or higher), eg: Certificate III in Business Administration, Certificate IV in Human Resources, or working to completion
Essential: High level administration and organisational skills.
Essential: Excellent computer literacy and skill, including highly proficient use of the MS Office suite.
Desirable: Previous experience in a WorkCover administrative role, preferably in the health services industry.
Contact Person Janet Matthew 
Contact Person Job Title Team Lead - Injury Management 
Contact Number 42150577 
Closing Date 18/03/2021
Position Description
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Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on closing date. Please ensure your application is added before then as we do not accept late applications.