Senior Injury Management Consultant – Workplace Health & Safety Injury Management and Wellbeing
The Department of Education is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, students and anyone else involved with our schools and workplaces.
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Your Opportunity
As the Senior Human Resource Consultant, Injury Management you will:
Provide leadership in the area of injury management, including effective and timely advice and consultancy services to effect improvements in health, safety and wellbeing performance and support state-wide implementation of departmental injury management procedures.
Coordinate high level injury management programs of work, including staff ill health retirements, notices of further consideration and WorkCover common law conferences.
The Senior Injury Management Consultant reports to the Principal Injury Management Consultant, HSW Injury Management and Wellbeing.
Your Role
Appointments in the public sector are merit-based and will be assessed by looking at what you have done previously—the knowledge, skills and experience you have built, your potential for development, and your personal qualities.
Responsibilities Include
Provide leadership, guidance and consultancy on injury management to effect improvements in health, safety and wellbeing performance.
This includes supporting state-wide implementation of departmental procedures and processes for:
WorkCover claims management
QSuper claims management
Workplace Rehabilitation
Reasonable Adjustments
Medical Redeployment
Ill Health Retirement
Notices of Further Consideration
Re-employments
Coordinate programs in collaboration with the departmental officers holding specific delegations to direct staff to medical examinations and determine the retirement of staff based on ill health criteria.
Coordinate the program for applying, reviewing and modifying notices of further consideration, to ensure that workplace health and safety risks associated with ill or injured staff are appropriately managed.
Coordinate departmental involvement in WorkCover common law compulsory conferences and gather learnings to assist with minimising future injury and negligence.
Identify and implement injury management strategies to improve health, safety and wellbeing performance.
Monitor injury management data to identify trends and issues to be addressed to improve health, safety and wellbeing performance.
Contribute to the training and professional development of managers, regional staff and Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinators.
Collaborate with regional stakeholders to improve consistency of injury management practice across the department and in accordance with procedures and legislation.
Undertake selected case management of employees with complex injury or illness, in accordance with departmental priorities and procedures.
Contribute to the development, documentation and implementation of injury management policies, procedures and strategies.
Other Responsibilities (as Required)
Other suitable duties, consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as directed by the supervisor or nominated delegate.
Please refer to the attached role description for the full list of responsibilities and mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested?
To Apply
Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history).
Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) in response to 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.
Occupational group
Occupational Health & Safety
Seniority level: Not Applicable
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Consulting, Information Technology, and Sales
Industries: Government Administration
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