Employee Health Specialist

OVERVIEW

The Employee Health Specialist (EHS) under the direction of the Manager of Occupational Health and Safety will be providing expert case management of disability claims / cases including WSIB, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, return to work, absence management, and work accommodation processes. The EHS will be a resource in case management process by reviewing policies, procedures, and processes regarding disability management, making recommendations and facilitating their implementation. The EHS’s strategic skills will contribute to the collection, assessment and analysis of data / indicators by providing and supporting recommendations for continuous improvement and best practice processes. The EHS in conjunction with internal and external resources collaborate to ensure successful and timely outcomes. The EHS will provide disability case management to health care workers to ensure safe and early return to productive employment. This includes educating, planning, and facilitating successful return to work plans ill / injured employees. The EHS will ensure timely and effective interventions to maximize cost avoidance and cost recovery.

Responsibilities :

• Evaluate, monitor and manage short term disability (STD), and work alongside the Hospital’s Long term disability (LTD) provider in the management of LTD claims and return to work planning.
• Receive, review, follow up, and communicate a determinate of whether medical documentation is

satisfactory to the Hospital for sick leave benefits under the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income

Plan (HOODIP).

EDUCATION

QUALIFICATIONS

legislated practices of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario.

Other Requirements :

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