Human Resources are looking for an Injury Management Consultant to join their team. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive management for both work-related and non-work-related injuries and illnesses for the Logan and Beaudesert Health Service (LBHS) workforce. As the Injury Management Consultant, you will be responsible for developing tailored strategies to improve safe and sustainable return-to-work outcomes and reduce workplace injury claims, costs, and durations.

Job details

We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

In this role, you will also provide advice and support to senior management, team leaders, and workers, as well as monitor trends and influence internal and external stakeholders to minimise the impact of injuries and illnesses and assist with prompt, safe, and sustainable return to work.

• Provide comprehensive and expert injury management education and consultancy services to executives, leaders, and workers, developing quality and cost-effective injury management solutions to facilitate safe and sustainable outcomes for workers participating in return-to-work programs.
• Strengthen injury management initiatives by collaborating with leaders, managers, and workers to improve existing systems and processes.
• Deliver and implement injury prevention initiatives by collaborating with leaders, managers, and workers to identify opportunities for system enhancements to drive continued improvement.
• Consult with injured or ill workers, medical practitioners, allied health practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders to drive early intervention measure sin managing complex cases from end to end, monitoring progress and adjusting return-to-work plans as required to minimise the impact of injury and reduce impact on workers' compensation premiums.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• Information Guide for Applicants 2024 (PDF, 647KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS07577152 Role Description (PDF, 256KB)
  Role Description