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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 143C Responsibilities of injury management co-ordinators

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 143C

Responsibilities of injury management co-ordinators

(1)  An injury management co-ordinator is responsible for co-ordinating and overseeing the injury management in respect of the worker assigned to the co-ordinator under section 143B(2) or (3) .
(2)  An injury management co-ordinator, so far as is reasonably practicable, is to ensure that –
(a) contact is made with the worker, the employer and the worker's primary treating medical practitioner, as soon as practicable after the worker is assigned to the co-ordinator under section 143B(2) or (3) ; and
(b) injury management plans and return-to-work plans in relation to the worker are developed, reviewed, modified, and implemented, as agreed with the worker or determined by the Tribunal; and
(c) the work capacity of the worker is regularly reviewed and options for the worker's retraining or redeployment are investigated and arranged; and
(d) arrangements are made for the rehabilitation of the worker so that the worker returns to work as soon as is possible and appropriate; and
(e) if required, workplace rehabilitation providers are appointed; and
(f) the following persons are involved in the management of the worker's injury and return to work:
(i) the worker, the worker's employer and the employer's insurer;
(ii) the primary treating medical practitioner and other treating medical practitioners; and
(g) the following persons are, if necessary or desirable, involved in the injury management of the worker's injury:
(i) workplace rehabilitation providers;
(ii) the return-to-work co-ordinator;
(iii) supervisors and line managers;
(iv) allied health professionals; and
(h) medical information is collated; and
(i) relevant documentation is maintained; and
(j) attempts are made to resolve disputes in relation to injury management in respect of the worker, including, if the co-ordinator thinks fit, by arranging or providing informal mediation; and
(k) information on injury management is provided to the worker and the worker's employer; and
(l) any other duties that are prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph are carried out.