We are seeking an enthusiastic Injury Management Specialist to join the Darling Downs South West regional Human Resources team. As the Senior Injury Management Consultant, you will work collaboratively to provide leadership in the area of injury management, including effective and timely advice and consultancy services to regional office representatives and schools to effect improvements in health, safety and wellbeing performance.

Job details

This temporary vacancy is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months. 

About the Department:

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About the Role:

As the Senior Injury Management Consultant, you will:

• Provide leadership in the area of injury management, including effective and timely advice and consultancy services to regional offices and schools to effect improvements in health, safety and wellbeing performance.
• Provide injury management case management services to selected employees in line with departmental priorities.

Responsibilities Include:

This role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• WorkCover claims management (claims lodgement, investigations, Q-COMP reviews and Q-COMP appeals), QSuper claims management, Health Related Absence Management, Workplace Rehabilitation, Medical Deployment, Ill Health Retirement, Reasonable Adjustment.
• Provide functional and line management to claims officers.
• Identify and implement injury management strategies to improve health, safety and wellbeing performance.
• Monitor injury management data for regional offices and schools to identify trends and develop reports, to inform central and regional offices management of issues to be addressed to improve health, safety and wellbeing performance.
• Develop, implement and manage appropriate systems for the effective delivery of injury management within a region.
• Establish a framework for coordinating and coaching school-based Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinators.
• Develop, implement and deliver injury management training to school and regional office employees.
• Monitor compliance with legislation and departmental policy, e.g. all workplaces have a Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator allocated to them and all workplace rehabilitation case management practices comply with departmental policies and the standard for rehabilitations as set out in Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2013.
• Undertake selected case management of injured or ill employees for an allocated region, in accordance with departmental priorities.
• Contribute to the development, documentation and implementation of injury management policies, procedures and strategies.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history). 
• Attach a 2-page response to the How you may be assessed section of the attached role description. 

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. 

Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. 

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). 

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. 

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• DSR648681_25E - Role Description (PDF, 241KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants