Workers Compensation Officer

• Work for a Healthcare Industry Leader
• A role with Support & Mentoring

About Our Client

A large Health and Aged Care Service provider in Sydney CBD with a mission of leading transformation in health care by committing to providing compassionate and innovative care especially to the vulnerable.

Job Description

• Provide support for the Recovery at Work Program including but not limited to:
  • Calculating Workers Compensation Payments for injured workers
  • Submission of wage reimbursement requests to the insurer
  • Re-conciliation of reimbursements received from the insurer
  • Providing insurer with information for the calculation of pre-injury average weekly earnings
  • Providing information to key stakeholders
  • Notifying insurer of reportable injuries
  • Maintaining case files
  • Prepare and issue correspondence in relation to claim to injured workers
  • Respond to enquiries about weekly benefits
• Manage competing priorities and complex work flows
• Liaise and maintain effective relationships with line management and staff to facilitate delivery of high quality services
• High level administrative clerical support including but not limited to:
  • Document and record management
  • System reporting
  • Management of correspondence
  • Minutes
  • Reporting
• Undertake other administration duties as directed by WHS Manager & Senior Recovery @ Work Coordinator

The Successful Applicant

1. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent's Health Australia.
2. Experience in workers compensation processes and calculation of weekly entitlements.
3. High level written and oral communication skills
4. Ability to perform a wide range of administrative tasks while managing competing work priorities and work flow.
5. Demonstrated initiative and the ability to bring a creative approach to problem solving
6. Ability to work independently with a demonstrative capacity for effective team work.
7. Experience in the use of Microsoft packages and other systems such as HRIS, rostering, payroll, and records management

What's on Offer

• Providing an environment underpinned by our mission and values
• Holistic and centred on the needs of each patient and resident
• High quality, safe, and continuously improved to ensure best practice
• Innovative and informed by current research using contemporary techniques and technology
• Care delivered by a team of dedicated, appropriately qualified people who are supported in a continuing development of their skills and knowledge