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HR Advisor – Recovery & Return to Work Advisor
Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Dunsmuir 10
Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid
Annual salary: $ 89,900.00 - 113,700.00
What you'll do
This role provides health and recovery coaching to support employees who may be experiencing challenges at work or are
off due to illness or injury, as well as facilitating return to work plans to support the recovery of these employees and their
full return to the workplace, including suitable accommodations if required. Coaching and return to work facilitation involves
working in accordance with Health and Recovery Services processes and policies including but not limited to BC Hydro’s
Sick Leave Support and Long Term Disability processes, the Stay at Work/Return to Work process for work related injuries,
the WorkSafeBC Claims Management process, and the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program.
- Provide support to employees who are recovering from occupational or non-occupational injury or illness, with the goal of
enabling them to remain fully functioning at work, or return to work, mitigating further injury and absence.
- For work related injuries, coordinate with WorkSafeBC and the WSBC Claims Management team to ensure there is quick
and clear communication at the point of injury regarding available and suitable modified work to support the employee and
mitigate time lost.
- When required, identify and arrange early intervention and rehabilitation support.
- Maintain regular contact with employees to support their recovery, and facilitate return to work planning with the
employee, manager, HR Business Partner (HRBP), treatment provider liaisons (including addiction specialists), and where
applicable, the Union representative and/or WorkSafeBC.
- Monitor compliance for employees who have completed addiction treatment and returned to safety sensitive roles.
- Monitor the return to work reintegration plan and provide regular updates to relevant parties as appropriate.
- Correspond with physicians and treatment providers to obtain functional abilities information, medical updates, and
accommodation related information.
- Identify and arrange for 3rd party objective medical/functional information as required or work with WorkSafeBC to identify
and arrange for 3rd party objective medical/functional information.
- Where required, interpret medical reports and communicate functional information back to the workplace while maintaining
privacy and ensuring safety.
- Keep BC Hydro stakeholders, such as the employee’s manager and HRBP, up to date on recovery/case status and
prognosis on a bi-monthly basis or as required depending on the case.
- Maintain up to date case records/documentation on the Health and Recovery Services case management system. Ensure
a professional standard of case notes that can be used for the purposes of appeal (WorkSafeBC related) or arbitration if
required.
- Support the ongoing accommodation process and work with WorkSafeBC, the HRBP, Employee Relations and the Union
