• Churches of Christ in Queensland, Health, Safety & Rehabilitation, Kenmore Campus
• Permanent, full-time opportunity

About the role

In this newly created position of Injury Management Officer, you will be contributing to providing a safe, healthy and engaged workforce. Your key focus will be injury and case management and supporting the Health, Safety and Rehabilitation team with specialist advice. You will be working with our experienced Injury Management Advisor on a clear strategy to deliver best practice early intervention and recovery at work.

Reporting to the Manager for Health, Safety and Rehabilitation, you will be fully involved in case management including reviewing claims, maintenance of the workers compensation databases and systems, workers compensation entitlements, and the interpretation of legislation, both Queensland and Victorian.

This is a busy and fast-paced environment and you'll feel comfortable with such. Your role will include reviewing medical assessments and investigations, identifying potential return to work barriers, as well as developing and implementing individual rehabilitation and recovery at work programs.

Supporting our line managers, you'll provide advice as well as coach and train them on procedural legislative and organisational obligations in rehabilitating injured or ill employees.

About you

Your background in claims management or injury management will give you the ability to objectively analyse injuries and provide advice on functional ability to undertake work duties required. You will have previously worked in a hands-on return to work assessment and support role, coupled with experience in a high-volume office environment.

You have an obvious compassion for people who are injured and struggling with injury and able to quickly establish rapport with people from a range of cultures, roles and locations.

You will be highly organised with an ability to monitor a large caseload and keep a proactive focus.

You possess a high level of influencing and negotiation skills that allow you to effectively work with a varied and complex group of stakeholders including Senior Managers, Insurers and Medical Providers.

Tertiary qualifications in an Allied or Health Professions (Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Physiotherapy, Nursing or Psychology) or equivalent experience would assist with success in this role. A Workplace Rehabilitation and Return to Work Course Certification is essential, as is at strong experience within either claims management, injury management or a return to work role.

Experience in Queensland & Victorian Workers Compensation legislation will be highly regarded.

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust and Wise Stewardship.

Who we are

We offer over 200 services in more than 100 communities, positively impacting around 45,000 lives each year. Our care services range from children, youth and family services, early intervention and protection, affordable housing, and seniors and support living, making us one of Australia’s largest, most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

We take great pride in what we do. Consequently, we look for people of the highest ethics and professional standing. Our fields of expertise range from marketing and communications, information technology and quality assurance to management and government relations. Clearly, a career with us can be as challenging and diverse as the services we provide.

Imagine working for us

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offers you real choice and opportunities to grow your career. You’ll also find we offer a family friendly work culture.

Remuneration packages come complete with salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay along with a generous five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more (for eligible employees). To ensure your career can grow, we are constantly exploring innovative training and development programs. Most importantly, you will help us to positively impact the lives of thousands of vulnerable Australians. Just imagine that.

To apply

Please apply below with a cover letter and resume.

For further information, please contact Penny Behan on 0419 759 670.

We actively encourage and invite applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all our positions.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received.