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Injury management
Experienced injury managers who coordinate treatment, certificates, and recovery plans with empathy and clear communication.
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Join a team that puts injured workers first.
Care Network is seeking experienced workers compensation and injury management professionals who believe injured workers should feel supported, understood, and genuinely cared for. Roles may be based anywhere in Australia, with work-from-home opportunities available.
Who we are looking for
Technical skill with genuine care for injured workers.
We are building a team of specialists across workers compensation, injury management, and return-to-work coordination. Technical expertise is essential, but it must sit alongside empathy, sound judgement, and a genuine commitment to better outcomes for injured workers and employers.
Areas of expertise
- Workers compensation in New South Wales, Victoria, or Queensland.
- Injury management.
- Return-to-work coordination.
- Insurer and stakeholder liaison.
- Supporting employers through complex workplace injuries.
- Helping injured workers recover and return to safe, sustainable employment.
What we value
Candidates must align strongly with Care Network's values, ethics, and mission. We hire for character as much as credentials.
Roles may be based anywhere in Australia. Work-from-home arrangements are available for the right candidates.
Building the team
Indicative role categories
We are growing across several specialist areas. These categories reflect the expertise we are looking for. Register your interest even if your exact role is not listed as open today.
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Return-to-work coordination
Specialists who align employers, workers, and treating providers on safe, sustainable return-to-work pathways.
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Insurer and stakeholder liaison
Professionals who negotiate with insurers, claims managers, and advisers while keeping injured workers supported.
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Employer injury support
Advisers who help employers navigate complex workplace injuries with practical guidance and sound judgement.
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Premium and claims technical
Technical specialists who review premium calculations, claims estimates, reserves, and insurer decisions.
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Current opportunity
This role can be performed remotely from anywhere in Australia, subject to the candidate having the necessary knowledge and experience.
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WorkCover Technical Expert / In-house WorkCover Lawyer
Care Network and THRISK are seeking an experienced WorkCover technical specialist or lawyer with deep knowledge of Australian workers compensation schemes. You will work closely with and provide direct technical support to the founder.
Key responsibilities
- Review workers compensation premium calculations and identify potential errors, inconsistencies, or opportunities for correction.
- Prepare and submit applications, objections, reviews, and other formal correspondence to insurers and relevant authorities.
- Review claims estimates, case estimates, and reserves.
- Challenge claims reserves or estimates where the available evidence supports a reduction.
- Help clients reduce the effect of inaccurate or excessive claims estimates on their workers compensation premiums.
- Analyse insurer decisions, claims histories, and premium-related documentation.
- Prepare clear, evidence-based technical and legal submissions.
- Liaise and negotiate with insurers, claims managers, underwriters, employers, advisers, and other stakeholders.
- Support the founder with complex workers compensation, premium, and claims-management matters.
- Help develop internal technical processes, precedents, and knowledge resources.
- Identify practical opportunities to improve outcomes for employers while ensuring injured workers continue to receive appropriate care and support.
Ideal candidate
- Deep technical experience in workers compensation, WorkCover, insurance law, or premium management.
- Strong knowledge of the relevant schemes in New South Wales, Victoria, and/or Queensland.
- Experience reviewing or challenging premium calculations, claims estimates, reserves, or insurer decisions.
- Strong written advocacy, analysis, and negotiation skills.
- The ability to interpret legislation, scheme rules, premium methodologies, and insurer documentation.
- Confidence working independently on complex matters.
- The judgement to distinguish between matters that should be challenged and matters where the insurer's position is reasonable.
- A practical, commercial, and solutions-focused approach.
- High ethical standards and a commitment to achieving fair, evidence-based outcomes.
Relevant backgrounds
- A workers compensation lawyer seeking an in-house position.
- A senior WorkCover or workers compensation technical specialist.
- A former insurer, regulator, or scheme professional with relevant technical expertise.
- A premium specialist with extensive experience in claims estimates, reserves, and premium disputes.
Application
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