Are you an Allied Health professional with experience in managing workers compensation claims and general health, safety and wellbeing?

For Purpose Aged Care (formerly Signature Care) is a Not-for-Profit organisation with a BRAND-NEW opportunity for an Injury Management Specialist to join our team.

A friendly, focused and driven team, we look to bring on staff with the right attitudes and values to provide the best CARE for our residents:

Collaboration

Accountability

Respect

Empathy

This newly created Full-Time role will be based in Cheltenham, with travel to our sites nationally on an occasional basis. Supported by the Health Safety & Wellbeing Manager, you will work with the larger team to drive a best practice health and safety culture that ensures our employees are proactively supported in the management of any medical conditions, injuries or claims. 

Benefits & Work Culture with FP Aged Care:

As a purpose led, not-for-profit organisation, our staff’s health and wellbeing are important to us. This is why we have partnered with selected providers to offer employees a growing range of benefits that make sure they get the most out of their working and personal life, including:

• Tax savings of up to $15,900 per year with Salary Packaging (Go Salary)
• Team lunches
• Team building events
• Exclusive staff discounts with JB Hi-Fi, Endota Spa and more
• CommBank Workplace banking
• State of the art technology to help staff work smarter
• Salary sacrificing options with superannuation
• Novated Leasing through Enlist
• HESTA benefits for members
• Access EAP – a voluntary, confidential and free counselling service

Your days will involve:

• Providing early intervention support and post incident management
  to injured employees and leaders

• Providing advice, guidance and support to the organisation in the
  management of workers compensation claims and recovery at work

• Undertaking the role of RTW Coordinator and manage a portfolio of
  injury claims including consultation and collaboration with injured
  workers, leaders, treating practitioners, external providers and
  regulatory bodies to support recovery at work planning

• Managing claims administration across multiple state jurisdictions
  including submission of claims, obtaining relevant documentation
  and evidence to support a claim and liaising with insurers

• Maintaining injury and claims management information and coordinating effective claims documentation management across the organisation within the injury management platform

• Providing specialist advice, guidance and support to leaders and
  managers on the management of workplace injuries and workers
  compensation claims in accordance with relevant legislative
  requirements across multiple jurisdictions

• See PD attached for further information

Qualifications and experience required

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Allied Health (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology or other allied health discipline)
• WorkCover Return to Work Coordinator (Desirable)
• Minimum 2 years' experience in a similar role within injury management or workplace rehabilitation with a proven track record in delivering effective injury management results
• Demonstrated high level of communications skills (written and verbal)
• Demonstrated knowledge and capability in interpreting and applying relevant WHS and workers compensation legislation from multiple jurisdictions
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple tasks with competing deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to engage with external and internal stakeholders including developing and maintaining effective working relationships
• Should you have significant experience in injury management or workplace rehabilitation without the above qualifications you will still be considered

No agencies please