Senior Injury Management Consultant

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Senior Injury Management Consultant to join the People & Culture Team.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About the Role:

Are you an experienced Injury Management professional ready to take the next step in your career?

Northern Health is seeking a Senior Injury Management Consultant to join our People & Culture team. This newly created role offers an exciting opportunity to combine hands-on case management with technical leadership, supporting the development and capability of our Injury Management Advisors while managing a portfolio of complex workers compensation and return to work cases.

Working closely with managers, clinicians, external providers and WorkSafe Agents, you will play a key role in delivering best-practice injury management outcomes, promoting early intervention, and supporting safe and sustainable return to work for our people.

In this role, you will:

• Manage complex and high-risk injury management and workers compensation cases.
• Act as the team's technical expert and escalation point.
• Coach, mentor and develop Injury Management Advisors.
• Provide expert advice to leaders on injury management, return to work and legislative obligations.
• Partner with stakeholders to achieve positive return to work outcomes.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, reporting and quality assurance activities.

About You:

To be successful, you will bring:

• At least 5 years' experience in Injury Management, Return to Work or Workers Compensation.
• Strong knowledge of Victorian workers compensation legislation.
• Experience managing complex claims and challenging stakeholder matters.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor others.
• Exceptional communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or RTW Coordinator training will be highly regarded.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Mary Stojanoski, Director Human Resources & Talent Acquisition on 04•• ••• 547 or email on ••••@nh.org.au

Applications close Wednesday 19 August 2026.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.