Workplace Health Injury Prevention Physiotherapist

Workplace Health Injury Prevention Physiotherapist

Competitive Salary, plus super, plus salary packaging, plus fully maintained vehicle or vehicle allowance

Full-time position

South Perth, WA (extensive travel throughout Perth from Merriwa to Mandurah)

Are you looking for a new and exciting role where you can make a real difference?

Do you have experience in workplace health and injury prevention?

Look no further – RAAFA has the role for you!

Lead RAAFA’s injury prevention, workforce conditioning and early intervention program. Develop and implement evidence-based injury prevention strategies to reduce the risk and severity of workplace injuries, while promoting and supporting a positive workplace health and safety culture.

Benefits to you:

• Competitive Salary - RAAFA Continues to support our people with competitive packages!
• Salary packaging – as a non-profit organisation, you can salary package up to $18,549!
• Plus, a fully maintained vehicle or vehicle allowance – lets discuss further!
• Career & Development Paths – RAAFA offers various ongoing career development opportunities!
• Employee Assistance Program - Access confidential counselling services for personal or work-related issues!
• Employee Referral Program - earn bonuses for recommending friends!
• Long Service Recognition - Be celebrated by the entire organisation at key milestones!
• RAAFA Rewards - Discounted services including health insurance and gym membership!
• Corporate Zoo Membership - Visit Perth Zoo for free!
• Aviation Heritage Museum - Free entry for RAAFA staff!
• Supportive culture - be welcomed into an organisation who provide a supportive, friendly and positive culture within all our staffing groups!

The role & you:

• Lead RAAFA’s injury prevention, workforce conditioning and early clinical intervention function.
• Establish and manage risk-based pre-employment musculoskeletal and functional assessments for identified high-risk roles.
• Review and strengthen pre-employment health screening in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish physical fitness-for-work pathways and functional assessment standards.
• Undertake job-task analyses, ergonomic assessments and risk assessments to identify and reduce musculoskeletal injury risk.
• Responsible for the clinical management of Early Intervention (EI) cases, including same-day or rapid assessment, treatment, functional assessment, clinical recommendations, referral and monitoring of injury recovery.
• Provide clinical advice to the Claims Manager regarding whether an EI case is recovering as expected or requires escalation to the workers’ compensation pathway.
• Develop and deliver an evidence-based Worker Support/Workforce Conditioning Program focused on strength, mobility, resilience, slips/trips/falls prevention and fitness for work.
• Redesign and deliver the manual tasks program, including the delivery of targeted 1:1 education following injury or extended absence.
• Partner with onsite Allied Health teams to identify injury risks and implement prevention initiatives.
• Analyse EI, MSD and injury data to identify trends by role, site, task and mechanism.
• Develop targeted prevention initiatives for high-risk occupations and locations.
• Measure the effectiveness of prevention programs, including EI frequency, EI-to-claim conversion and injury recurrence.
• Undertake ad hoc duties as directed by the Work, Health and Safety Manager and provide support and cover for key WHS programs and initiatives in the absence of the Work, Health and Safety Manager.
• Responsibility to comply with all RAAFA Policies and Procedures and all reasonable management directions.

About you:

• Tertiary qualification in Physiotherapy and registered with AHPRA.
• Knowledge of and experience in WHS and/or Injury Management practices.
• Demonstrated previous experience in a hands-on role with a good understanding of musculoskeletal injuries and their clinical management and treatment.
• Ability to establish individual injury management plans in consultation with key stakeholders and tailored to the employee’s current and changing presentation.
• Ability to deliver injury prevention and wellbeing initiatives and activities to a broad range of employees.
• Ability to communicate effectively to influence positive outcomes with managers, staff and other key stakeholders.
• Experience in the use of Injury management software e.g. Solv is desirable.

About us:

Our organisation is nearly 100 years old and built on foundations of care and support, core values that still stand strong throughout all our services today. To this end, we are proud of our heritage, the services we deliver and our people!

Our core values of Community, Care & Respect, Courage and Celebration underpin who we are, our behaviours and how we operate, we call this The RAAFA Way! We have an amazing culture, led by our people who make a real impact to the lives of those we care for every single day.

We aim to create communities open to all. Our operational services are connected and offer a continuum of care to people living across our seven large, active and vibrant retirement living estates. Whether it's one of our five warm and welcoming residential aged care homes or our in-home individualized care and services provider, RAAFA Home Care, we are in the business of people looking after people.

What you need to do:

• Update your resume
• Be eligible to work in Australia
• Satisfactory National Police Certificate (on commencement of employment to be within six months from date of issue) or willing to obtain one
• Be up to date with your Flu vaccinations
• Click “Apply to this Job”

For more information, please call or email us on 08 9288 84***or ***************@raafawa.org.au

RAAFA WA reserves the right to withdraw, shortlist and interview applicants prior to this date.