Disability Management & Injury Prevention Coordinator in Winnipeg

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Position Overview

Under the direction of the Chief Human Resources Officer and working in collaboration with the Workplace Safety & Disaster Management Specialist and the Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI) Prevention Specialist, the Disability Management & Injury Prevention Coordinator is responsible for providing disability case management services to the employees of the Riverview Health Centre and to ensure that Riverview Health Centre (RHC) staff receive the required education and training for safe patient lifting, transferring and re-positioning while utilizing best practices. This includes facilitating the assessment of employee fitness for work, and the need to modify the occupational demands for workers experiencing a disability, while balancing the needs of the employee and the employer. The Disability Management Coordinator is also responsible for other responsibilities related to Occupational Health.

Experience

• 5 years’ experience providing disability management services, in an employer-based program preferred.
• Experience in the area of musculoskeletal injury prevention, preferably in a health care setting.
• Experience in teaching, incorporating the principles of adult education with respect to oral presentations and educational material.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• University degree in a related field, such as Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, or Athletic Therapy/Kinesiology required.
• Training/certification in disability case management (or general case management) required.
• Successful completion of relevant continuing professional education related to safe patient lifts and transfers.
• CDMP or CRTW designation preferred.

Qualifications And Skills

• Knowledge of employer-based disability management programs, policies, procedures and principles.
• Knowledge of the vocational rehabilitation process.
• Demonstrated knowledge of provincial legislation concerning employees with disabilities.
• General knowledge of human resources principles, practices and legislation (i.e. Employment Standards, Labour Relations Act, Personal Health Information Act (PHIA), Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA)).
• Demonstrated familiarity of medical terminology, assessment and treatment modalities, and early return to work principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of workers compensation and third-party disability insurance plans.
• Ability to plan, organize, implement and evaluate staff musculoskeletal injury prevention activities.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships.
• Ability to facilitate patient/resident, interdisciplinary and department needs related to safe patient lifts, transfers, and positioning.
• Ability to facilitate interdisciplinary problem solving and decision making related to safe patient lifts, transfers, and positioning.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and as part of a team.
• Ability to obtain, assess and evaluate information to rationalize case management work and decision making.
• Ability to prioritize a heavy workload and competing work demands.
• Ability to work under pressure with deadlines while providing superior customer service in sometimes confrontational situations.
• Ability to demonstrate highly effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate effective decision making, problem solving skills and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to facilitate the work of interdisciplinary teams.
• Familiar with the use of personal computers and software in a Microsoft environment.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Prairie Crocus Manor, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment. Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process. Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.