Return to work rehabilitation services

Certified Return to Work Coordinator

Our experienced physiotherapists have an intricate knowledge of the treatment and management of work-related injuries, and the functional demands required for various different occupations. That’s why we provide targeted return to work treatments and rehabilitation services in South Australia and Victoria.

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Specifically tailored to working individuals

Under the Return to Work SA scheme, injured workers can choose their own preferred provider for medical, allied health, and other treatment services. Altaira Health & Wellbeing Centre’s physios are the ultimate choice for helping you return to work and heal sooner.

External Return to Work coordinator

The Return to Work Act 2014 states that each South Australian business with 30 or more employees, have an obligation to appoint a Return to Work coordinator. Furthermore, this coordinator must have completed the required certification.

Our Principal Physiotherapist and Allied Health Operations Manager, Michael Zoumaras, is certified as a Return to Work coordinator in South Australia and Victoria and has an extensive background in occupational rehabilitation as a treating physiotherapist and rehabilitation case manager, as well as specific occupational assessments such as pre-employment functional, fit for work, and functional capacity evaluation assessments. With a passion for promoting worker safety and an early, safe, and sustainable return to work, you are in reliable hands.

This makes him the preferred choice by many employers to be a dedicated Return to Work coordinator.

Choose us as your Return to Work coordinator:

As your specialist, have a trained physiotherapist with detailed knowledge of the Return to Work SA scheme.
Formulating graduated remain at work and return to work schedules to help promote early recovery and decrease loss time injuries, thereby reducing costly insurance premiums.
Promoting an early return to work with recover at work principles.
Forming collaborative treatment goals with the injured worker, and assisting to identify any industrial issues which may be negatively impacting upon return to work.

It makes sense to outsource this role as it provides your employee with an unbiased, yet professional, source of help to rehabilitate and get back to doing their role the best they can. You can appoint an internal person in this role, but it can get costly and complicated as you need to provide the coordinator with the right amount of time, training and resources to effectively conduct the role. Handing over this responsibility to us, can save you time, money and headaches.

Functional capacity evaluation and fitness for duties assessment

These assessments can be utilised for Return to Work services where employees have had long term injuries requiring substantial time off work; when there is uncertainty that an employee will recover sufficiently enough to return to their pre-injury role; and to potentially help match an employee with alternate vocational options. These assessments compare and contrast an employee’s functional capacity to the functional demands required for the job to ensure they are fit to return to work. A certified Altaira Health & Wellbeing Centre physiotherapist will conduct a thorough subjective examination with an employee to gain an insight into their injury diagnosis, past injuries, current treatment, prognosis, and functional requirements of their pre-injury role. This subjective examination will then be used to guide the objective and functional examination to determine the employee’s suitability to return to work. From this assessment, a comprehensive report will be provided and recommendations will potentially be made for a Return to Work plan.