Senior Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator - Work Health and Safety

Mackay Hospital and Health Service is dedicated to delivering quality health care across the Mackay, Isaac, and Whitsunday regions.

Join our growing Health Service and be part of a culture built on collaboration, trust, respect, and teamwork.

Whether you’re working in regional, rural, or remote settings, we offer unique opportunities and experiences you won’t find in a metropolitan hospital.

Role details

The Work Health and Safety Unit at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Senior Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator to join their team on a permanent basis.

For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

The purpose of the role is to provide comprehensive work related and non-work related injury and illness management for Mackay Hospital and Health Service (MHHS) staff.

As the Senior Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator, you will be responsible for developing tailored strategies to improve safe and sustainable return to work outcomes and reduce workplace injury, claims costs and durations. You will have responsibility on preparing and providing reporting and analysis against rehabilitation key performance indicators and metrics, to demonstrate improvement and enable continuous improvement of rehabilitation processes, for the safety of people and sustainable business.

In this role, you will also provide advice and support to workers, senior management, and team leaders, as well as monitor trends and influence external stakeholders to minimise the impact of injury/ illness and assist the prompt, safe and sustainable return to work.

About the Team

The Work Health and Safety Unit provides work health and safety advisory, support, investigation, rehabilitation and return to work support, audits, and assessment services to MHHS service groups, business units and facilities across Mackay Hospital and Health Service.  The Work Health and Safety Unit is within People and Culture Division supporting safety and wellbeing initiatives.

Our focus is in reducing injuries in the workplace and working closely with our stakeholders to ensure safe and sustainable return to work for employees, in accordance with the Recovery in Workplace philosophy.  In addition to managing worker related injuries, the Work Health and Safety Team facilitates the return to work for non-work related injury/illnesses.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,500 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport