AddressThe Far North Queensland Region is looking for its next Senior Injury Management Consultant to fill a temporary fixed-term opportunity. By joining our dynamic HR Business Partnering team, you will provide leadership and consultancy in the area of Injury Management, including case management services to employees.
About the Department of Education:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role:
As a 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.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide leadership, guidance and advice to regions and schools on Injury Management to effect improvements in health, safety and wellbeing performance. This includes - WorkCover claims management (including claims lodgement, investigations, Q-COMP reviews and Q-COMP appeals), QSuper claims management, Health Related Absence Management, Workplace Rehabilitation, Medical Deployment, Ill Health Retirement, Reasonable Adjustment.
- Provide functional and line management to claims officers.
- Identify and implement 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, to inform central office and regional office management of issues 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 development, documentation and implementation of Injury Management policies, procedures and strategies.
A Driver's licence is mandatory requirements for the role.
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 1-page written statement 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.
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).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. ( https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/induction/department/human-resources/inclusion-and-diversity#:~:text=Pathways%20to%20Parity,participate%20fully%20in%20our%20workplaces. )
