Injury Management Advisor

**Injury Management Advisor**
- ** Permanent role with a secure industry providing essential services Australia wide**:

- ** Flexible location including Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle**:

- ** Large employer with national footprint**:

- ** Flexible, hybrid working within supportive and collaborative environment**:

- ** Take accountability for your work and own your projects**

**_ Pacific National is committed to diversity in our workforce and encourages women and First Nations people to apply._**

**About the role**

At Pacific National, we prioritise safety above all else, to ensure that our people go Home Safely Every Day. We are seeking an Injury Management Advisor to continue driving and developing Pacific National’s injury management strategy and support the implementation of strategic health and wellbeing initiatives. The Injury Management Advisor will also be responsible for facilitating associated processes ensuring that State Workers compensation and Comcare self-insurance license requirements are met. Reporting to the Health, Medical and Workers Compensation Manager, this role can be based in a range of locations including Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle.

Key responsibilities include:

- Implement the Pacific National injury management, rehabilitation and return to work processes in conformance with the relevant jurisdictional and licence requirements
- Provide expert advice and support to stakeholders in the pursuit of effective, timely and sustainable return to work outcomes for injured workers
- Provide coaching, training and support to internal stakeholders to improve return to work outcomes
- Build injury management capability across the operations group broadly to improve the return to work experience of injured workers
- Identify injury prevention opportunities, develop targeted interventions and implementation plans
- Identify and advocate for RMS and RTW improvement opportunities
- Maintain relevant data and information to support return to work, workers compensation claims and legal obligations
- Provide SME advice to the Workers Compensation Principal on case matters to inform case strategy
- Actively participate in reviewing and monitoring ongoing workers compensation case activities, ensuring alignment with return to work goals
- Maintain relevant data and investigation information to support workers compensation claims and legal requirements
- Maintain integrity and excellence in the implementation of pre-employment and periodical health assessments
- Support the health services team to meet the requirements of the National Standard for Assessment of Rail Safety Workers
- Develop and implement proactive health and wellbeing initiatives in conjunction with the health services team
- Support the implementation of contracts e.g. on-site physio, medical services, WorkCover QLD.

**About you**
- Tertiary qualification in Allied health, e.g., Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Exercise Physiology desired but not essential
- Experience in injury management working within the Comcare jurisdiction preferred
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships and communicate with a diverse range of people internally and externally
- Demonstrable attention to detail

**The benefits**

We value diversity, inclusion, collaboration and the contribution of each of our employees. Working for us will enable you to take ownership of your career and gain access to the following benefits:

- Opportunities for growth and career development
- Opportunities to join our I&D employee committees
- Recognise, celebrate and achieve via our Achievers program
- Access to mentoring programs
- Flexible working arrangements
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer at full pay following 12 months of service
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Provision of Salary Continuance Insurance
- Novated leasing and discounts on selected health insurance funds, travel, gyms, retail brands, vehicles and more
- We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for women.

**About us**

Pacific National (PN) is the largest provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running. We operate nationally with approximately 3,500 staff in over 90+ sites across Australia.

Join us as we continue to transform our business and shape the rail freight industry, to achieve our vision of becoming Australia’s recognised leader for safe, innovative and sustainable rail freight solutions.

We are seeking applicants who share our values: Make it simple, Share more, Kindness, Gratitude, Curiosity, and Own it. These values help us achieve strong connections with everyone we work with, and play an important part in motivating us all to do our best