QPS Injury Management

The Injury Management Team aims to provide a workplace rehabilitation framework for early and sustainable return to work, with a focus on work capacity.
Injury Management is available to all QPS members and assists and support the safe return to work for both non work related and work related injuries. The Injury Management Team is made up of Injury Management Advisors (IMAs), Senior Injury Management Advisors (SIMAs), and Injury Management Specialists (IMSs).

IMAs provide support to members throughout their return to work journey by contacting doctors, providing advice of return to work requirements and timelines, liaising with OICs, keeping the member informed of any developments etc.

SIMAs complete the same duties as IMAs, however their focus is on complicated physical injuries and illnesses or less complicated psychological injuries. The SIMAs also manage teams of IMAs.

IMSs are allied health professionals who work in the Injury Management space. These team members are psychologists, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists etc. IMSs are responsible for the most complex physical and psychological injuries/illnesses.

The Injury Management team work with you and your treating health professionals to maximise opportunities to return to work or assist and support members where a return to work is not possible.

Your treating health professional (GP or Specialist) is pivotal to this process as they are aware of your treatment needs and your work capacity and are best placed to guide yourself and the QPS on these matters. The Injury Management Team will liaise closely with your treating health professional (in writing) and will also on occasion participate with you as an injured or ill employee and your treating doctors to guide the rehabilitation process. This can be very helpful for you and your treating health professional, as it provides an opportunity for you to raise matters which may be of concern or ask questions about the process.

On occasion depending on the complexity of your injury or medical condition an external rehabilitation consultant may also be employed to assist with the management of your case. Likewise, ergonomic workstation assessments or functional capacity evaluations can also be arranged to support you. Where WorkCover Qld are involved the Injury Management employee will liaise with the case manager to ensure a collaborative approach. Injury Management is committed to supporting all QPS injured or ill employees to reach their best possible rehabilitation outcome.

Please liaise with your Injury Management Contact regarding your communication needs, the support which best suits you and consent for your treating health professional to play a role in the return to work/work capacity process.