Senior WHS Consultant

Harrison McMillan Pty Ltd; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrison McMillan Pty Ltd in partnership with the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN) invites a Senior Work Health and Safety Consultant to join a new WHS team on a full-time, 12-month contract. Reporting to the WHS Team Leader, you will provide practical advice and lead WHS initiatives across an assigned portfolio within a healthcare setting.

You will work with managers, clinical teams and safety representatives to understand challenges, investigate incidents and implement effective

Qualifications

• Clinical background in healthcare settings.
• Experience providing WHS advice in a complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of WHS legislation and Australian Standards.
• Experience leading risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience in healthcare safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead WHS systems implementation and injury prevention initiatives within your portfolio.
• Build partnerships with managers, staff and health and safety representatives.
• Conduct inspections and risk assessments, including psychosocial risk assessments.
• Lead complex incident investigations, including SafeWork SA reportable investigations.
• Analyse safety trends and contribute to WHS due diligence reporting.
• Develop procedures, deliver education and support effective corrective actions.

Skills

Clinical background

WHS advisory

Risk assessments

Incident investigations

Communication

Healthcare environments

Education

WHS or allied health qualification

Job description

Turn your passion for safety into meaningful change at WCHN. Join a new WHS team protecting the people who care for women, children and families.

• Help shape a new WHS team protecting the people who care for others
• Bring your healthcare insight to work that makes a difference every day
• Grow your WHS experience in a full time, 12-month role with purpose

About the Company

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN) provides hospital and community services supporting women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.

WCHN is making an additional investment in work health and safety, creating new roles to strengthen its team and support workforce safety and wellbeing. This is an opportunity to join the team as it comes together and help shape practical improvements across hospital and community services.

Role Overview

Harrison McMillan is partnering with WCHN to recruit an AS06 Senior Work Health and Safety Consultant on a full time, 12-month contract, with the possibility of extension.

Reporting to the WHS Team Leader, you will provide practical advice and lead WHS initiatives across an assigned portfolio. You will work alongside managers, clinical teams and health and safety representatives to understand their challenges, investigate incidents and develop solutions that make everyday work safer.

Joining as the team comes together gives you the opportunity to contribute ideas, share your clinical perspective and help shape how the service supports staff. Your work will span risk assessments, investigations, education and local prevention programs, with scope to see improvements through from identifying an issue to putting effective controls in place.

About the Person

You bring a clinical background and a strong commitment to keeping people safe at work. You understand the pressures of healthcare and want to use that insight to protect the people delivering care.

You take an interest in how work happens, listen to staff and ask questions that help uncover risks. You are motivated to understand why incidents occur and what can be done to prevent them happening again.

Approachable and practical, you build trust through clear advice and follow-through. You can work through difficult issues with managers, explain what needs to change and help teams find workable solutions.

You will enjoy contributing to a team building its approach together, sharing your knowledge and learning from others. You bring initiative, sound judgement and the WHS experience to turn your commitment into action.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead WHS systems implementation and injury prevention initiatives within your portfolio.
• Build partnerships with managers, staff and health and safety representatives.
• Conduct inspections and risk assessments, including psychosocial risk assessments.
• Lead complex incident investigations, including SafeWork SA reportable investigations.
• Analyse safety trends and contribute to WHS due diligence reporting.
• Develop procedures, deliver education and support effective corrective actions.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• A clinical background, experience in a health environment and understanding of quality healthcare.
• Experience providing WHS advice and implementing safety systems in a complex organisation.
• Sound knowledge of WHS legislation, codes of practice and Australian Standards.
• Experience in incident investigation and applying risk management principles.
• Experience analysing safety data and preparing WHS due diligence reports.
• Strong communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.

No formal qualification is essential. Relevant qualifications in WHS, health, psychology, behavioural science or allied health, along with ICAM investigation and WHS education experience, will be highly regarded.

Culture of the business:

Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and Together for Excellence guide WCHN’s work. In this team, those values mean listening to concerns, sharing knowledge, offering solutions and taking responsibility for improvements.

You will help build a WHS service where staff feel comfortable seeking advice and confident their concerns will be heard. It is an opportunity to contribute to workforce wellbeing while supporting the services women, children and families rely on.

For more information please contact Joanne Murtagh on [e-mail]

Please note – all applicant resumes must be submitted in Word format only.

Applications close on Friday 13th November 2026 at COB.