SIRA Allied Health Practitioner Introductory Training Program – Part 1: The NSW Schemes

When you commence treatment for an injured person under the schemes, you are agreeing to become part of the injured person’s support team. As a member of the support team, your role is to communicate with others in the support team.

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• describe the role of SIRA and the NSW personal injury schemes
• identify that the workers compensation scheme provides support for employees with a work related injury and assists with weekly benefits, medical expenses, hospital expenses and a range of other benefits
• identify that the motor accident scheme protects the third party, being pedestrians, passengers, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers of other vehicles, by paying for their treatment and care
• apply the principles for treating injured people, adopting a person-centred approach
• describe the health benefits of good work and that work is generally good for health and wellbeing
• identify that the Clinical Framework For the Delivery of Health Services is an evidence-based guide designed to support healthcare practitioners delivering services to people with compensable injuries
• identify that value-based health care in the workers compensation scheme and motor accident scheme supports recovery and improves return to activity, recovery at/return to work and quality of life outcomes for people injured at work and on the road.