Greater Brisbane Area
Injury management advisor and registered Physiotherapist with extensive experience in occupational rehabilitation, injury prevention and injury management strategies, applying expert clinical reasoning. Consulting with employers to provide evidence based preventative measures to reduce workplace injuries, skilled in a holistic and biopsychosocial approach in returning an injured worker back to work.
Workplace injury prevention strategies. -Job specific manual handling training across Qld. -Injury Management Services. -Functional Capacity Assessments. -Workplace and Ergonomic assessments. -Manual Handling Risk Assessments. -Job and task specific individualised physical strengthening programs.
Provision of injury prevention and injury management strategies for 2500 Queensland based employees in retail, across multiple sites, with job roles including large scale warehousing, office based, sales, vehicle servicing and detailing of various vehicles & brands including passenger, large/commercial vehicles and trucks. -Liaison with injured workers, supervisors, managers, WorkCover Qld, treating allied health and medical practitioners, and rehabilitation providers to get the best recovery outcome for employees. -Telehealth triage providing advice to managers and workers for early intervention aimed at avoiding more serious injuries requiring medical treatment. -Part of a team for design and implementation of Injury Management systems across over 50 sites in Qld. -Implementation of a range of suitable duties registers and templates for specific job roles. -Design and implementation of a survey of workers across all Qld sites to identify worker reported manual handling concerns. -On site risk assessments for musculoskeletal injury risks. -Design and provision of on-site manual handling training specific to job roles and identified hazards. -Development of task specific manual handling Safe Work Procedures.