Rehabilitation and Return to Work Officer

4 days ago


Sunshine Coast, Australia Queensland Health Full time

An opportunity exists for a Rehabilitation and Return to Work Officer to coordinate work related and non-work-related injury and illness rehabilitation and return to work services across the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS). This role has a focus on early intervention and improving safe and sustainable return to work outcomes to reduce workplace injury, claims costs and durations.
Live, work and play on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of innovation, education, training and research, with facilities across the Sunshine Coast including the University Hospital at Birtinya.Key Responsibilities:

- Provide rehabilitation and return to work end to end case management that is person centred and considers cost-effective solutions to facilitate safe and sustainable outcomes for workers participating in return to work programs.
- Consult with injured or ill workers, medical and allied health practitioners and other relevant stakeholders to identify early intervention measures in coordinating cases from end to end, monitoring progress and adjusting return to work plans as required to minimise the impact of injury and achieve claim goals.
- Coordinate with management and with medical and allied health practitioners to plan early, safe and sustainable return to work plans or reasonable adjustment requirements for injured/ill workers in accordance with SCHHS policies, Department of Health Workplace Rehabilitation Standard and Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to gather information to enable factual submissions to WorkCover Queensland, Regulatory bodies and or other entities.
- Generous superannuation;
- Flexible work arrangements;
- Career training and development; and
- Salary packaging.

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