Senior Return to Work Consultant - Injury Management

Health; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 106,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is seeking a Senior Return to Work Consultant to lead early intervention, rehabilitation, and return-to-work services for SAAS clients within the WHSIM framework. Reports to the WHSIM Manager, focused on cost-effective, compliant RTW delivery and equitable outcomes.

The role sits within the Work Health & Safety and Injury Management team, contributing to planning, evaluation, and continuous improvement of injury management programs in SAAS operations.

Job description

Senior Return to Work Consultant - Injury Management

Job no: 949452

Work type: Full time

Location: Adelaide Metro Eastern

Categories: Human Resources and WHS

• Full Time /Term Contract (Up until 29 Aug 2027)
• ASO6 / $105,747.00 - $111,854.00p.a.
• 5063 / Eastwood

About the Role

The Senior Return to Work Consultant (RTW Consultant) is accountable to the Manager Work Health & Safety and Injury Management (WHSIM Manager) for providing prompt, efficient, equitable and cost effective early intervention and rehabilitation and return to work services to SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) in accordance with legislative, audit and accreditation requirements.

About the Team

WHSIM is a specialist function within Workforce. The team has responsibility for the planning, implementation, evaluation, reviewing and continuous improvement of Work Health, Safety and Injury Management programs across SAAS.

About SAAS

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.

Our Vision

An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.

Our Mission

Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enablingtimelyandequitableaccess for our patients to the mostappropriate pointof care.

Our Purpose

To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

SAAS Values

PATIENT FOCUSED

We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

TEAMWORK

We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners,stakeholdersand the community to achieve our goals.

INTEGRITY AND HONESTY

We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

RESPECT AND COURTESY

We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION

We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

CHANGE READY

We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP

We will support leadership development for our people at every level.

SmartSalary Packaging

As an employee of SA Ambulance Service, you may be eligible to salary package a range of living expenses. Visit https://sagov.smart.com.au/ for more information.

Application Information

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/oradditionalrelevant history screening that may be applicable andappropriate Immunisationscreening.
• SA Health Servicesare required toimplement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job reference: 949452

Enquiries to:

Simone Ford, Manager Work Health & Safety and Injury Management - [e-mail]

Application Closing Date

Tuesday 6 October 2026 @ 11:55pm

Attachments

Role Description - Return To Work Consultant ASO6 - V12.pdf

Advertised: 22 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 06 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time