Common Law, Injury Management and Investigation Specialist
Injury Management are looking for a Common Law, Injury Management and Investigation Specialist to join the team.
Summary about this job
Occupational Health & Safety
Company: Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service
Location: Gold Coast
Work type: Contract/Temp
Salary: $3782.80 - $4052.10 p.f.
Phone: +61-8-8859-8449
Fax: +61-2-4471-9303
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Detail information about job Common Law, Injury Management and Investigation Specialist. Terms and conditions vacancy
The Role
An opportunity has become available for a Common Law, Injury Management and Investigation Specialist to join Gold Coast Health (GCH) where the focus of our 9000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to over 550,000 people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region.
You will take responsibility for
- Facilitating complex workplace rehabilitation and return to work cases aligning with QH Workplace Rehabilitation System
- Providing expert advice and support to Line Managers through to Executive with unsupported and Common Law workers compensation claims
- Analysing injury, Workcover and human resources data to establish risk profiles and prioritise strategic direction
- Drafting responses on behalf of Executive and Management to regulatory bodies researching and references applicable common law precedent.
- Attending external meetings and compulsory common law cases with panel Solicitors to support Executive or Managers
- Supervising Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (GCHHS) Safety Practitioners (including rehabilitation/fire) as required
Requirements for the role
- While not mandatory, a Certificate IV in WHS, Cert IV in Training and Assessment (TAE) and/or qualifications or extensive industry experience in accident/incident investigation would be well regarded
- While not mandatory, current Workplace Rehabilitation Accreditation would be well regarded
- This position requires the incumbent to operate a government vehicle and an appropriate licence endorsement to operate this type of vehicle is required
Benefits
- Career Development
- Leave loading
- Mentoring
- Salary Packaging
- Modern Facilities
- Diverse Work Culture
Salary information
- Temporary full time (up to six months)
- Base salary ranging from $3782.80 – $4052.10 per fortnight
- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% leave loading
About Gold Coast Health
- Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
- Annual operating budget exceeding $1.3 billion
- More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Day and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
- Acute and sub-acute care in hospital and community settings
- Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle [link removed]
About Injury Management, Work Health and Safety
GCH is committed to attracting the right people for our organisation. To help us with this we have developed a Core Capability Framework which defines the skills and behaviours required to perform successfully as an organisation.
How to Apply
Please click the Apply button to review the Role Description and submit your application by Thursday, 2nd August 2018
Job Ad reference: GC282756
Please note: no third party applications will be accepted.