143CResponsibilities of injury management co-ordinators

143C Responsibilities of injury management co-ordinators

[Section 143C Inserted by No. 85 of 2009, s. 47, Applied:01 Jul 2010]

(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