Work Health & Safety
The St George and Sutherland Clinical School aims to provide a health and safe work environment for all people who work, study or visit either the St George or Sutherland hospital location for which we manage.
The school is committed to meeting the requirements of the UNSW Health & Safety policy and implementing the aims and strategies. All UNSW Work Health and Safety Policies, Procedures and Forms are available on the UNSW H&S website.
This section will assist you with the School's and University's Health and Safety processes and provides links to various health and safety resources. Click on a link below to expand the relevant section.
Work Health & Safety
Health & Safety Committee
The Clinical School H&S Committee consists of the Head of School as Management representative, an elected Chairperson and worker Representatives for various areas.
Meetings are held quarterly. If you wish to raise a health or safety matter, please raise the issue with your local H&S Representative (see representative list below) or contact the Chairperson or the Secretary.
H&S Committee Representatives
| Representative | Name | Contact |
| Chairperson | Dr Lan Gong | Ext. 32975 |
| Secretary | Ms Marina Margarian | Ext.32036 |
| Management Representative: | Professor Michael Grimm, Clinical Associate Dean | Ext. 32992 |
| Worker Representatives: | ||
| Laboratory & research areas: | ||
| Biological Resource Centre | Ms Marcelle Dugo/Mr Ben Tuckfield | Ext. 32940 |
| Cancer Care | Dr Julia Beretov | Ext. 32974 |
| Gastroenterology | Mr Michal Szczesniak | Ext. 31159 |
| Haematology | Mr Feng Yan | Ext. 31915 |
| Immunology | Dr Jian Cheng Qi | Ext. 32405 |
| Laboratory Facility L2 | Dr Lan Gong | Ext. 32975 |
| Laboratory Facility L3 | Ms Sinead O'Reilly | Ext. 32591 |
| Medicine | Dr Meera Esvaran/Dr Howard Yim | Ext. 31832 |
| Orthopaedic Research Institute | Dr Uphar Chamoli | Ext. |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research | Ms Ying Cheng | Ext. 32748 |
| Surgery | Dr Javed Akther | Ext. 32975 |
| Teaching areas/Student matters: | ||
| Clinical Teaching Unit/Student rep - St George | Michael Davidson | Ext: 32022 |
| Clinical Teaching Unit/Student rep - Sutherland | Mr Justin Joynes | Ext. 37946 |
| External: | ||
| UNSW Medicine H&S Co-ordinator | Mr Gregory Maxwell | Ext.9385 0667 |
| St George Hospital WH&S & Injury Manager | Ms Chris Carrett | Ext. 32516 |
| Radiation Safety Officer | Dr Erin Mckay | Ext. 33130/107 |
Recent H&S Minutes
Emergency Response & First Aid
Important phone numbers
- Internal emergency at St George Hospital or Sutherland Hospital dial 777.
- St George Hospital Security - 9113 3100 or x 31000
- Fire, Ambulance, Police - 000
- NSW Needlestick Injury Helpline: 1800 804 823
- Employee Assistance Programme (Critical Incident Counselling): 1300 360 364 - see also UNSW HR website
First Aid
The Clinical School has a number of First Aid Officers to administer First Aid treatment within the buildings occupied by STGCL staff and students.
| School Office, Level 2 Pitney Building | ||
| Hemaxi Ghelani | School Manager | Ext. 32995 |
| Research Facility, Research & Education Centre | ||
| Level 2 - Dr Meera Esvaran/Dr Howard Yim | Post-doctoral Fellows | Ext.31832 |
| Level 3 - Javed Akhter | Technical Officer | Ext. 32975 |
| Clinical Teaching Unit, St George | ||
| Joanna Tjojoatmodjo | Student Administrative Officer | Ext. 32709 |
Evacuation Procedure
In case of an emergency follow the emergency procedures poster displayed by the lift on each floor.
Risk Management Forms & Safe Work Procedures
All Risk Management Forms and Safe Work Procedures are created and stored in Safesys.
Please direct any enquiries to the H&S Committee.
Training
Information for New staff
Any person working at the St George and Sutherland Clinical School must be inducted into the school and laboratory Policy and Procedures by their supervisor or delegate and complete health and safety training relevant to the type of work they will be doing.
This applies to volunteers, visiting workers, contractors, students and staff. The level of training required will depend on the type of work, experience and expected length of stay at the university.
All new staff must attend:
- Work Health & Safety Awareness Online (casual staff working less than 7 hours per week are exempt)
- Ergonomics Online
New Laboratory staff must attend additional training:
- Laboratory safety awareness
- And any other courses associated with your work. (eg Bio-safety, Radiation, Animal Handling, Hazardous Substances, Gene Technology)
To enrol in training courses you need to login to myUNSW.
New staff members are automatically enrolled in to the Online Courses.
Supervisor Training
Anyone who supervises staff or students (e.g. honours, ILP, post-grad students) must attend H&S for Supervisors training.
There are 2 courses available, one for lab-based supervisors (3hrs) and another for non-lab based supervisors (1.5hrs).
Enrol through myUNSW.for dates for the next training session.
Emergency Training
The Emergency Management Unit (EMU) provides emergency training courses.
All staff at St George and Sutherland hospital must attend the hospitals Fire Training.
Please contact Martin or Cherree to make bookings for future training sessions for your department on stgfiresafetydl@health.nsw.gov.au or
Martin 0437 170 898 Ext 31896
Cherree 0427 246 060 Ext 32550
Animal Ethics Training
The Grants Management office provides various animal ethics training courses.
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