Injury Management and Rehabilitation Consultant

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: $97,955 - $111,142

**Grade**:VPS 4

**Occupation**:Human resources

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:VG/E20011480

**About Us**:

- Victoria Police has a dedicated workforce of 22,000 employees consisting of police, protective services officers, police custody officers, and public service staff. Each employee plays a vital role in providing the 24/7, 365 days a year emergency response and public safety capability the organisation delivers to its community. As a Victoria Police employee, you have a dedication and commitment to community safety.

**About the role**:

- An opportunity for **two**(**2) x Injury Management and Rehabilitation Consultants** to be part of our **Heath, Safety and Wellbeing Division**. This position is located at the Victoria Police Centre, 311 Spencer Street Docklands.
- The **Health, Safety and Wellbeing Division** provides services to ensure that employees remain healthy and at work to better enhance community safety and be proactive in preventing and responding to avoidable harm. The Health, Safety and Wellbeing Division provides quality, integrated and tailored responses to support injured employees in achieving safe and sustainable recover at work and return to work outcomes.
- The Injury Management and Rehabilitation Consultant provides early and ongoing management to support ill and injured employees, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements. The position will work closely and collaboratively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to drive safe and sustainable recovery at work and return to work outcomes.
- As an **Injury Management Consultant**at** Victoria Police,**you will be responsible for providing effective and timely coordination of return-to-work planning with a specific focus on early intervention and proactive injury management to support the safe and sustainable return to work of ill and injured workers at Victoria Police.

Reporting to the Injury Management Team Leader you will manage a portfolio of claims, ensuring best practice in claims management and return to work planning.

**Your duties will include**:

- Providing advice and guidance to managers to ensure Victoria Police and employees meet return to work obligations in accordance with the _Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013._
- Facilitating pro-active early intervention and prevention strategies as well as contributing to the upskilling of managers to help influence/enhance injury prevention activities and stay at/return to work programs.
- Liaising with injured employees, workplace managers, and other relevant stakeholders to coordinate immediate support and develop timely and safe return to work strategies
- Managing and monitoring the progress of ill/injured workers' recovery and capacity to return to work a nd facilitate return to work planning actions with all stakeholders.
- Taking a proactive approach in contacting treating health practitioners to influence, negotiate and facilitate return to work.
- Developing and managing relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders to facilitate a partnership approach in the return-to-work process.
- Maintaining and updating the injury and claims management systems with accurate and timely information.
- Ensure all injury management practices strictly comply with privacy laws including the _Health Records Act 2001 (Vic)_ and Privacy and _Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic)_.

**As the successful applicant, you will meet the following**:
**Essential Requirements**
- Demonstrated experience in workplace injury management and return to work planning, in a similar role or demonstrated transferable skills.
- Strong working knowledge of _Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013_ and privacy compliance requirements.
- Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills and ability to build relationships and engage with a wide range of stakeholders in the context of the return-to-work process.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.

**Desirable**
- Tertiary qualifications in Allied Health, Occupational Rehabilitation, or a related field.
- Experience working within employer-based emergency services or government sectors.
- RTW Coordinator Course accreditation.

**What we can offer you**:

- As an employee of Victoria Police, you will have access to a range of benefits. Some of the benefits available include:

- The opportunity to support front line policing to protect and serve the Victorian community.
- Competitive salary including annual leave loading under the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement.
- Enterprise Agreements salary increases.
- Generous leave entitlements including paid parental leave.
- Flexible working arrangements, including opportunity to purchase leave.
- Free onsite gym.
- Employee Assistan