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About the Role

At Resmed, we are seeking a Wellbeing Specialist – Occupational Health & Return to Work to combine health, rehabilitation, and injury management expertise with practical workplace solutions. This role will support employees and leaders across Australian operations, focusing on Return to Work and injury management, and shaping broader workplace health initiatives.

Responsibilities

Develop and coordinate individual Return to Work and recovery-at-work plans.
Work closely with employees, leaders, treating practitioners, rehabilitation providers and insurers.
Translate medical advice, functional capacity and workplace restrictions into practical workplace adjustments and suitable duties.
Maintain regular contact with employees throughout their recovery and proactively address barriers to successful Return to Work.
Support effective workers compensation and injury management processes.
Monitor outcomes and identify opportunities to continually improve our approach to injury management.
Perform all administrative workers compensation and salary continuance functions including, but not limited to, initial notification, benefits calculation, wage reimbursements, claims correspondence, claim review facilitation and filing.
Coordinate, facilitate and monitoring progress in treatment, rehabilitation services and recover at work plans through regular liaison with stakeholders and development of recover at work plans.
Monitor the performance of, and resolving concerns with, the Insurer, Financial Intermediary, Rehabilitation Provider, Legal Representation and other parties acting on our behalf on injury management matters.
Maintain thorough and confidential records in line with laws and guidelines.
Provide practical occupational health guidance across our business.
Support the assessment and follow-up of workplace injuries and health matters within your professional scope.
Provide guidance to workplace first aiders and coordinating escalation to medical or allied health practitioners where required.
Partner with leaders to understand health restrictions and identify safe and appropriate workplace arrangements.
Provide occupational health advice to Health & Safety, People and business leaders.
Support workplace health assessment processes where appropriate.
Maintain strong governance, professional boundaries and confidentiality.
Coordinate Resmed's workplace First Aid program and network of trained first aiders.
Manage first aid training, refresher education and certification requirements.
Support the appropriate maintenance of first aid rooms, kits, AEDs and related resources.
Coordinate occupational health surveillance and health monitoring programs based on workplace risks and regulatory requirements.
Coordinate initiatives such as audiometry, hearing conservation, health screening and vaccination programs.
Use incident and injury trends to strengthen early intervention and preventative education.
Provide practical ergonomic advice across manufacturing, operational and office environments.
Undertake or coordinate ergonomic assessments and identify practical workplace solutions.
Analyse injury, incident and health trends to identify emerging risks and prevention opportunities.
Contribute occupational health expertise to risk assessments, workplace design and Health & Safety improvement initiatives.
Coordinate and promote evidence-based health and wellbeing initiatives.
Partner across the business to understand evolving workforce health and wellbeing needs and translate them into meaningful action.

Requirements

Experience in occupational health, allied health, workplace rehabilitation, injury management or Return to Work.
Strong knowledge of injury management and recovery-at-work principles.
Ability to interpret medical and functional information and translate it into practical workplace arrangements.
Experience working with employees, leaders, treating practitioners, rehabilitation providers and/or insurers.
Strong case management and stakeholder engagement capability.
Excellent communication, consultation and influencing skills.
Sound judgement and discretion when managing sensitive health information.
A proactive and prevention-focused approach to workplace health and wellbeing.
Confidence working across manufacturing, operational and corporate environments.

Skills

Health
Rehabilitation
Injury management
Occupational health
Return to Work
Case management
Stakeholder engagement
Communication
Consultation
Influencing
Professional judgement
Ergonomics
Injury prevention
First aid coordination
Health surveillance
Wellbeing initiatives

Location

Australia

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced

Education Level

Relevant tertiary qualification in allied health, health sciences, occupational health, rehabilitation or a related discipline.
Qualification and professional registration in an allied health discipline such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy or exercise physiology.
Formal Return to Work Coordinator training or relevant accreditation.
Additional qualifications in occupational health, rehabilitation, ergonomics, injury management, health and safety or a related discipline.

About the Company

At Resmed, the health, safety and wellbeing of our people matters.
We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates.