The Role: Band 5 Injury Management Support Officer
Location: Greensborough, VIC 3088
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 1 Month contract
Hours: Full time for 5 weeks
About the role:
Working within a team environment and reporting to the Safety & Wellbeing Coordinator, the role of Injury Management Support Officer is to provide support to the Safety and Wellbeing Coordinator and the Injury Management Advisor in accordance with the OHS Act 2004 and Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013.
The role will provide relevant site incident reports and summaries to divisional Safety & Wellbeing Committees and monthly injury statistics for the People and Culture reports.
The role will be in work and non-work related injury case management, and provide reporting on key indicators within injury management. In addition the role will ensure all new vendors are set up in Authority and paid accordingly in a timely manner and will maintain the Incident Reporting System (currently Elumina), predominantly regarding claims data.
Key Responsibilities include:
1. Lodge all WorkCover claims within legislative timeframes and process all associated administration tasks within legislative requirements.
2. Work collaboratively with the Injury Management Advisor to develop strategies that have a long-term focus, based around injury management and injury prevention to achieve safe, sustainable and timely return to work outcomes for injured workers.
3. Prepare tailored Return to Work Plans that take into