The position of Health and Safety Business Partner is part of our specialised in-house Occupational Health & Safety Team, which provides the organisation with both H&S advisory and Occupational Health clinical services. In this role you will report directly to the Manager, Occupational Health & Safety and will be based at Middlemore Hospital with flexible working options available. This is full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday.

Essential to achieving improved health and safety performance will be the ability to communicate effectively to develop and maintain a positive safety culture and a proactive approach to working with our service areas to support Managers and Employees.

If you are a current Health & Safety Business Partner looking for a new challenge or a Senior Health & Safety Advisor looking to advance your careers this could be the role for you. We’re looking for someone who can take on a leadership role within the Health & Safety team sharing their knowledge, skills and expertise and provide guidance and mentorship. Experience in undertaking projects, managing H&S documentation, risk assessments, root cause analysis investigation techniques, and internal audit experience would be preferred. Experience in a complex but sensitive work environment would be an advantage.

The ideal candidate will have a strong results focus attitude, combined with solid H&S knowledge and demonstrated ability to be innovative when looking at solutions. If you are passionate about working within a team that are focused on continuous improvement in the areas of hazard and risk management, incident reporting and investigation, and can hit the ground running to engage stakeholders and improve health and safety performance then this is a great opportunity for you to build on your career.

We provide a collaborative team environment focused on ensuring positive health & safety outcomes for our people here at Counties Manukau. We offer a flexible working environment with opportunities for professional development, diverse work and a supportive team.

To make an application please apply online at www.countieshealthjobs.com or to review the position description please “click here”. For more information please contact Tangi Namulauulu in the Recruitment Centre via email tangi.namulauulu@middlemore.co.nz 

Position Number: CMH202311069

Closing Date: 5th June 2023

This position requires any worker to be vaccinated for vaccine preventable diseases including Covid-19

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.