- Rural Support Service - Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Regional Support Service (opportunity to work from home)
- Salary: $105,747 – $111,854 per annum (adjusted to hours worked)
- Part time (0.6FTE, 22.5 hrs /week), Temporary (until 31st December 2027)
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping best practice injury management and return to work outcomes across South Australia’s regional public health system. As the Senior Return to Work Consultant, you will work collaboratively with injured workers, Senior Managers, Senior Claims Consultants and Human Resources to drive sustainable return to work outcomes, influence positive workplace culture and support worker wellbeing. You will provide expert advice on complex injury management matters while contributing to organisational performance, compliance and workforce capability. You will be part of a professional and supportive team, with the opportunity to build strong partnerships across regional Local Health Networks, government stakeholders, healthcare providers and external agencies, and making a meaningful difference to the health, safety and recovery of our workforce.
WHO ARE WE?
The Rural Support Service (RSS) is a business unit in SA Health and provides services throughout regional South Australia to support the six regional local health networks (LHNs). It employs around 260 people who work in 37 regional, rural and remote SA locations, or in the RSS's three Adelaide offices.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
Many RSS staff enjoy working from home, from one of our Adelaide offices or any regional site, and benefit from the work-life balance this provides. They enjoy the freedom to further their career while remaining part of their local community and contributing to health care right across regional South Australia.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Are you……
- An experienced injury management and return to work professional with significant expertise in workers compensation, rehabilitation, return to work planning, and the management of complex physical and psychological injury cases.
- A strategic and influential consultant who can provide expert advice to executives, managers, HR, WHS professionals and external stakeholders, driving best practice injury management outcomes across diverse and geographically dispersed workplaces.
- An exceptional relationship builder with proven ability to develop productive partnerships with employees, managers, medical and allied health providers, unions, legal representatives and government stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
- A proactive problem solver who can navigate sensitive and complex matters, identify barriers to recovery and return to work, and implement innovative solutions that support both employee wellbeing and organisational performance.
- A resilient and adaptable leader with strong mentoring, project management and continuous improvement capabilities, who is committed to fostering capability, compliance and positive workplace culture across regional health services.
If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
You will……….
- Deliver expert rehabilitation and return to work services, applying early intervention strategies and managing complex cases to maximise recovery, achieve sustainable return to work outcomes and minimise claim costs.
- Deliver job-seeking services, where required, to place into new positions injured workers who cannot return to their pre-injury position due to their work-related injury.
- Organise and host medical case conferences with injured workers, medical providers and (at times) unions and legal representatives, and achieve optimum outcomes.
- Provide specialist advice and consultancy services to executives, managers, HR and WHS professionals on injury management, workforce wellbeing, dispute resolution and strategies to address complex workplace issues.
- Develop and maintain strong stakeholder partnerships, working collaboratively with injured workers, managers, medical practitioners, allied health providers, unions, legal representatives and other parties to remove barriers and achieve positive outcomes for injured workers and the organisation.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- Opportunity to work from home or from an office, or both.
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 943780), or reach out to Wendy O’Callaghan, Manager, WHS&IM on 0467 808 423 or via E-mail: wendy.o’callaghan@sa.gov.au
To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Monday 27th July, 2026 at 11:55PM
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
RSS Senior Return to Work Consultant Role Description.docx
