Injury Management Specialist

**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:
**C**ollaboration

**A**ccountability

**R**espect

**E**mpathy

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 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