Appointment of Senior HSE Advisor, Healthcare Organisation

At a Glance

• Sector – Healthcare
• Location – Melbourne, VIC
• Workforce – 1,100 employees
• Service – HSE Recruitment – Permanent
• Engagement – Permanent Recruitment

The Challenge

A healthcare organisation with 1,100 employees faced rising psychosocial hazard concerns among frontline clinical staff, an area its existing HSE Advisor had no specific expertise to lead, a gap increasingly common as psychosocial risk becomes a specific legal obligation, particularly in NSW and Victoria.

Our Approach

Civitas targeted candidates with specific psychosocial hazard management experience in healthcare or comparable high-pressure frontline environments, rather than general HSE advisory backgrounds.

The Solution

The appointed Senior HSE Advisor had led psychosocial risk assessments in a prior healthcare HSE role, beginning a structured risk assessment across clinical units within the first month.

Measured Impact

• Psychosocial hazard risk assessment completed across all clinical units within 6 months
• Formal support pathways established for identified high-risk teams
• Improved staff wellbeing survey results in the following review cycle
• Organisation positioned ahead of upcoming regulatory reporting requirements

Client Reflection

This wasn’t a compliance exercise for them, it genuinely changed how our clinical teams are supported. 

Why This Matters

Psychosocial hazard management has moved from an emerging concern to a specific legal obligation faster than many HSE functions have kept pace with, this appointment shows what a specialist Senior HSE Advisor hire looks like when an organisation gets ahead of that shift rather than reacting to it.

Related Civitas Service

HSE Recruitment