Injury Management Advisor - Adelaide Region SA, Australia - CSIRO
Description
Acknowledgement of Country:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia.
Child Safety:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs.
The Opportunity:
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Support positive change within the Health & Wellbeing Team at CSIRO:
Provide rehabilitation advice and coaching to stakeholders:
Contribute to improved health and injury management processes
Join CSIRO's Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team and create a positive impact as an Injury Management Advisor (IMA).
This is a key role in our Health & Wellbeing Team, responsible for providing case management support to injured and ill employees under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (SRC Act 1998), also known as Comcare.
In this diverse role, you'll create impact as you provide advice for non-work-related injury and illness, expert rehabilitation advice and coaching to stakeholders.
This is a proactive and rewarding position which will see you engage with CSIRO's Business Units to advise and manage early intervention programs to positively impact HSE across the agency.
Your duties will include:
- Showing initiative in interpreting policies and procedures in order to provide practical support, coaching, and mentoring to operational staff in partnership with HR and HSE teams to successfully rehabilitation outcomes.
- Under general direction, performing injury management services by designing, supporting and facilitating the endtoend rehabilitation and case management of injured or ill CSIRO people.
- With support from the Health Manager, implement, monitor, review and manage individual rehabilitation programs and Return to Work (RTW) plans with a focus on minimising time lost and costs associated with work related injuries.
- Establishing an initial case strategy in partnership with HR, the relevant leader, and regularly reviewing strategy when there is a significant medical or claims status change, at least every 8 weeks.
- Ensuring compliance with the requirements under the SRC Act for rehabilitation programs, including the design and determination of rehabilitation plans, creation and monitoring of the rehabilitation plans and development of RTW plans.
- Drawing on expertise in allied health, liaising and building relationships with relevant internal stakeholders to anticipate their needs, taking responsibility for guaranteeing client satisfaction, and correcting problems promptly and in a constructive manner.
Location:
All AU CSIRO sites will be considered
Salary:
AU$89k - AU$101k pa plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure:
Indefinite, Full-time.
Reference:93631
To be considered you will need:
- A relevant tertiary degree in a related allied health discipline and demonstrated experience in in workplace rehabilitation and RTW management within large or complex organisations, with demonstrated evidence of knowledge and use of RTW and rehabilitation case management systems.
- Proven ability to understand stakeholder priorities and contribution in the design, delivery, and implementation of strategies to improve HSE and RTW outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively and building strong relationships with all HSE teams and other stakeholders.
- Proven ability to cooperate with others, to coach and build trust with leaders by influencing a positive HSE culture. Experience creating trust by displaying consistency and understanding through integrity and patience.
- Practice enabling positive organisational change, by advising strategies, goals, and priorities, and driving culture change in health and safety. Ability to embrace ambiguity and positively persist towards an end goal.
- Experience interpreting legislation and regulatory standards to proactively identify RTW and rehabilitation problems and appropriately respond to issue. Prior experience in using this knowledge to contribute to clear advice and implementation of a consistent HSE and RTW message across the organisation.
Eligibility:
Flexible Working Arrangements:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.
Diversity and Inclusion:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.
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