As The Senior Injury Management Consultant You Will
Provide leadership in the area of injury management, including effective and timely advice and consultancy services to regional offices and schools to effect improvements in health, safety and wellbeing performance.Provide injury management case management services to selected employees in line with departmental priorities.
The Senior Injury Management Consultant reports to the Principal HR Consultant - Injury Management and has a professional working relationship with the Organisational Safety and Wellbeing Team in Central Office.
About The Department Of Education
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This starts with recruitment and selection.
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Your Role
You will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:
Provide leadership, guidance and advice to regions and schools in the area of injury management to effect improvements in health, safety and wellbeing performance.
Injury management may include:WorkCover claims management (including claims lodgement, investigations, Workers' Compensation Regulator reviews and Workers' Compensation Regulator appeals)Non-work related support/advice/case management (as required)Advice/consultancy on absence managementWorkplace RehabilitationMedical DeploymentIll Health RetirementReasonable AdjustmentProvision of support and advice to Claims Management OfficersTimely identification and implementation of injury management strategies to improve health, safety and wellbeing performance.Monitor injury management data for regional offices and schools to identify trends and develop reports, which inform central office and regional office management of issues that need to be addressed to improve health, safety and wellbeing performance.Develop, implement and manage appropriate systems for the effective delivery of injury management within a region.Establish a framework for coordinating and coaching school based Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinators.Develop, implement and deliver injury management training to school and regional office employees.Monitor compliance with legislation and departmental policy, e.g.
all workplaces have a Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator allocated to them and all workplace rehabilitation case management practices comply with departmental policies and the standard for rehabilitation as set out in Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2014.Undertake selected case management of injured or ill employees for an allocated region, in accordance with departmental priorities.Contribute to the effective operation of departmental networks to promote improved organisational health.Contribute to the development, documentation and implementation of injury management policies, procedures and strategies.Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested?
To Apply:
Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)Attach a 2-page response to the How you will be assessed section of the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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