Senior Injury Management Specialist

The Safe Step; Perth; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Safe Step is seeking a Senior Injury Management Advisor to cover a gap within a larger IM team for a minimum two months. You will oversee injury management, workers' compensation outcomes, fitness for work decisions and early intervention initiatives across a WA portfolio.

You will partner with insurers, treating practitioners and site leaders to ensure timely, compassionate support for injured workers while maintaining compliance and high-quality record keeping.

Qualifications

• Experience in injury management and workers' compensation.
• Strong knowledge of workers' compensation legislation and claims management.
• Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships and influencing decision making across all levels of an organisation.

Responsibilities

• Manage end to end workers' compensation and injury management cases across multiple jurisdictions.
• Develop and implement RTW plans in consultation with treating practitioners, insurers, site leaders and employees.
• Provide expert advice on injury management, workers' compensation legislation, fitness for work matters and complex case strategies.
• Liaise closely with insurers, legal representatives, payroll teams, health providers, operational leaders, safety teams and human resources.

Skills

Injury management

Workers' compensation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Allied health qualifications (Physiotherapy; Occupational Therapy; Exercise Physiology; Rehabilitation Counselling)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Senior Injury Management Advisor to cover a gap within a larger IM team. Minimum 2 months' work.

This is a pivotal role supporting injury management, workers' compensation outcomes, fitness for work decisions, and early intervention initiatives across a WA portfolio.

The Opportunity

You will play a key role in ensuring injured workers receive timely, compassionate and effective support while balancing operational requirements and legislative compliance.

• Manage end to end workers' compensation and injury management cases across multiple jurisdictions.


• Develop and implement RTW plans in consultation with treating practitioners, insurers, site leaders and employees.


• Provide expert advice on injury management, workers' compensation legislation, fitness for work matters and complex case strategies.


• Liaise closely with insurers, legal representatives, payroll teams, health providers, operational leaders, safety teams and human resources.

About You

You are a confident and commercially minded injury management professional who enjoys partnering closely with operational teams while maintaining excellent record keeping and attention to detail.

• Extensive experience in injury management and workers' compensation.


• Allied health qualifications in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Rehabilitation Counselling or a related discipline.


• Strong knowledge of workers' compensation legislation and claims management processes across a WA portfolio.


• Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships and influencing decision making across all levels of an organisation.