1 / 8

Office of People & Capability Safety Health and Wellbeing Workplace Injury Rehabilitation

Office of People & Capability's Workplace Rehabilitation program ensures an early, safe, and graduated return of employees to their pre-injury duties through suitable duties based on medical advice.

jmabon
Download Presentation

Office of People & Capability Safety Health and Wellbeing Workplace Injury Rehabilitation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Office of People & Capability Safety Health and Wellbeing Workplace Injury Rehabilitation

  2. What is Rehabilitation? • provides an early, graduated and safe return of the employee to pre-injury duties • consists of specifically selected duties / Suitable Duties (SD) • SD are based on medical advice • SD are meaningful and contribute to the work effort • determined in consultation between the IMC (Injury Management Coordinator) , the injured / ill employee and their supervisor

  3. Why is Rehabilitation so important? • Mitigates the potential risk to the safety of the employee and their work mates (safety critical tasks, safe operation of plant and machinery, safe evacuation, etc.) • Mitigates the risk of exacerbation to the injury / illness of the employee • Report all Injuries / illnesses - work and non work related - to your Supervisor / IMC • This facilitates development of a RTWP (Return to Work Plan)

  4. How does it Work? • You will see a doctor and get a • WorkSafe Certificate (work related) • Work Capabilities Form completed (non-work related) • IMC, Supervisor and injured / ill employee will discuss potential suitable duties – based on the medical advice obtained • RTWP developed and signed by participants • RTWP reviewed and updated on a regular basis – usually coincides with medical review

  5. What are the Requirements? • RTWP MUST NOT expire • it is to remain in date at all times • must be closed out on receipt of medical clearance • Duties not on the RTWP MUST NOT be attempted • A RTWP IS NOT a permanent job change • Injured / Ill employees MUST have a CURRENT RTWP at all times – no work to be conducted without a current plan in place

  6. Non-work related Injury / Illness • Non-work related injuries do occur and may result in the employee being unable to conduct all their pre-injury duties • Employee requests to return to work (Supervisor, who contacts IMC) • Prior to returning to work – completed Work Capabilities and Injured Worker Authorisation Form required (medical advice to facilitate RTWP) • Determination of the availability of suitable duties – determined on a case by case basis (injury / illness condition, pre-injury job, available duties) • RTWP will be monitored by Supervisor and IMC and updated by IMC ; with Supervisor and Employee consultation

  7. Questions?

  8. Thank you

More Related