You have recently been promoted to the position of manager for a small organisation in the health industry where the primary role of workers is...

You have recently been promoted to the position of manager for a small organisation in the health industry where the primary role of workers is patient care. The PCBU has asked you to take on the responsibility for managing health and safety in the workplace as part of your role. The PCBU has admitted health and safety has not been a high priority in the workplace to date but a couple of recent near misses have made them think perhaps it should be.

Outline how you would establish and manage health and safety processes for this organisation.

You should explain, in detail, how you would:

collect relevant information about health and safety legislation and requirements and communicate it to stakeholders
collect, collate, present and use information on health and safety requirements, trends and risk controls
implement and monitor processes for ensuring that health and safety records are accurately completed, Collected and stored in accordance with legal requirements and workplace procedures
review records and record keeping processes to ensure that legal requirements are addressed
put into practice consultative and participative processes to identify health and safety requirements in the context of the particular workplace and to ensure that work group members have an opportunity to contribute to decisions that could affect their health and safety
promptly resolve issues raised through consultation
develop and implement health and safety action plans and monitor and update them as required
provide information and feedback from consultation to workers in readily accessible and understandable formats
ensure that record keeping procedures act to capture the necessary information and to hold it in useable forms
ensure hazard, incident, and injury reporting and investigation processes are in place and contribute effectively to the development of risk controls that are consistent with the hierarchy of control and are monitored to ensure they achieve what they are intended to achieve
put processes in place to identify and address any health and safety implications of either proposed or implemented changes to the workplace, work processes or organisation of work
access the knowledge and skills of experts
provide suitable induction and training for all workers using the skills of health and safety and training specialists as required
support the involvement of all stakeholders in continuous improvement processes