At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead injury management initiatives and ensure compliance with health regulations.
- Company: Join SA Ambulance Service, a vital provider of emergency medical care in South Australia.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diverse team culture with a focus on teamwork and community collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in community health while developing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in claims management and a passion for workplace safety.
The predicted salary is between 74700 - 111854 $ per year.
The Senior Claims Consultant is accountable to the Director Workforce through the Work Health Safety and Injury Management (WHSIM) Manager for contributing to an effective Injury Management (IM) system for SA Ambulance Service (SAAS), ensuring legislative compliance, and deliverable sustainability that will support best practice and continual improvement in accordance with the applicable legislation and regulations, SA Health Policy, and relevant public sector award entitlements.
WHSIM is a specialist function within Workforce. The team has responsibility for the planning, implementation, evaluation, reviewing and continuous improvement of Work Health, Safety and Injury Management programs across SAAS.
SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services. We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.
Our Vision: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.
Our Mission: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and developed around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.
Our Purpose: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.
SAAS Values:
- PATIENT FOCUSED: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.
- TEAMWORK: We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.
- INTEGRITY AND HONESTY: We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.
- RESPECT AND COURTESY: We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.
- COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.
- CHANGE READY: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.
- AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: We will support leadership development for our people at every level.
As an employee of SA Ambulance Service, you may be eligible to salary package a range of living expenses.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role. The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/or additional relevant history screening that may be applicable and appropriate Immunisation screening. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Enquiries to: Simone Ford, Manager Work Health & Safety and Injury Management
Application Closing Date: 5 November 2026 @ 11:55pm
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