Assistant Consultant, Injury Management

Job Description

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Human Resources are looking for an Assistant Consultant in Injury Management to join their team. Join this dedicated team in delivering effective management of work-related and non-work-related injury and illness to support staff and management. As the Injury Management Assistant Consultant, you will assist in developing tailored strategies to achieve safe and sustainable return-to-work outcomes while reducing injury durations and claims costs. This role offers the opportunity to provide expert advice, influence key stakeholders, and make a meaningful impact on employee well-being and workplace safety. We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence. We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. About the Role Consult with injured or ill workers, medical and allied health practitioners and other relevant stakeholders to drive early intervention measures in managing cases from end to end, monitoring progress and adjusting return to work plans as required to minimise the impact of injury and achieve claim goals. Engage with medical and allied health practitioners to plan and coordinate early, safe and sustainable return to work plans or reasonable adjustment requirements for injured/ill workers, coordinating injury management in accordance with Metro South Health policies, Work Health Safety's Injury Management procedures, regulations and Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003. Undertake case management of injured workers including regular case reviews, injury management plans in accordance with the Injury Management Model and develop requests for medical reports as required from treating or independent medical and allied health practitioners to deliver improved worker and organisational outcomes. Undertake Independent Medical Examination processes as directed to assist in assessing/determining an employee's ongoing fitness for duty, including redeployment and ill health retirement in collaboration with senior team members. Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence , shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day. We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr