AddressThe North Coast Region is seeking applications for a Senior Injury Management Consultant, for a permanent full-time position on the Sunshine Coast. The successful applicant 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 return-to-work outcomes, health, safety and wellbeing performance.
About Us:
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:
This role provides support to the Principal HR Consultant (Injury Management) in providing leadership in health, reasonable adjustment, rehabilitation, Injury Management and return to work consultancy across the North Coast Region including oversight of Workcover and Income Protection claims management.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
- 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.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply:
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 1-pg written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.
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. )
