{"id":318,"date":"2019-07-19T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T08:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascentrehab.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2020-05-18T04:45:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T04:45:31","slug":"what-exactly-is-a-rehabilitation-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascentrehab.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/19\/what-exactly-is-a-rehabilitation-consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly is a Rehabilitation Consultant?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve been working in\noccupational rehabilitation now for six years. Six years\u2026 and only a handful of\npatients I\u2019ve met have heard of the role of a rehabilitation consultant (RC).\nSo, I\u2019ve had to get a little creative in helping patients to understand our very\nunique scope of practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve explained that\nwe\u2019re: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>\u201cAn allied health professional assigned to assist in\nyour recovery from injury\u201d. <\/li><li>\u201cAn on-the-ground support person assigned to help you\nnavigate your claim\u201d. <\/li><li>\u201cA clinician specially trained to manage and design\nyour return to work program\u201d.<\/li><li>\u201cAn advocate assigned to facilitate healthy,\nproductive relationships between yourself, your employer and your insurance\ncompany\u201d. <\/li><li>\u201cA guide for yourself and your GP in facilitating\napprovals and best practice treatment\u201d &nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, we\u2019re\nall of those things, and so much more. But let\u2019s break it down into simple\nterms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rehabilitation\nConsultants (RC) are known as many things here in the ACT (and nationwide). We\ncan be referred to as Rehab Consultants, Workplace Rehabilitation Providers\n(WRP), Rehabilitation Coordinators, or my favourite, \u2018My Rehab Person\u2019 (I won\u2019t\nacronym that last one). We respond to all, but in essence, we\u2019re a health\nprofessional here to help throughout the course of your injury management\nprocess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To clarify, workplace\nrehabilitation providers (WRP\u2019s) exist all over the country. But lucky for\nthose in the ACT, legislation has been designed to support those on claims by\ngranting them access to an industry trained allied health professional. Sadly,\nthis isn\u2019t always the case in other states and territories in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your RC can be an\noccupational therapist, physiotherapist, exercise physiologist, nurse, social\nworker, rehabilitation counsellor, psychologist or doctor. On all accounts,\nyour RC will be allied health educated, and suitably trained to inform you on\nyour injury and the best way to assist you in your return to normal activity,\nincluding work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just for a bit of fun,\nlet\u2019s break down some common myths and legends: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cDo\nyou work for my insurance company?\u201d. No. Rehabilitation Consultants work for\nprivate, allied health providers and are in no way affiliated with an insurance\ncompany (this would be an enormous conflict of interest!). Here at Ascent, we\nhave a diverse range of referrers, including insurance companies, but also\nprivate referrers such as employers, GP\u2019s and their patients.<\/li><li>\u201cBut\nyou\u2019re paid by my insurance company, right?\u201d. In most instances, yes. Similar\nto your GP, Physiotherapist, Psychologist or Counsellor &#8211; Ascent Rehabilitation\noffers specialised allied health services at a standardised rate, which is\nforwarded to the referring party (in most cases, the insurer). <\/li><li>\u201cAre\nyou just here to help me return to work\u201d? Not always. We\u2019re here to assist\npatients to return to their pre-injury level of functioning. This commonly\nincludes re-integration into normal activities of daily living, which for most\npeople over the age of 18, includes work. As health professionals, we embrace\nthe healthy benefits of good work and support our patients to return to their\noccupations in both a safe and sustainable manner, whilst recovering. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who know me,\nknow that I could harp on about the role of the RC for days. But in essence,\nI\u2019d encourage you to see your RC as a support person and a guide through what\nwe know is a difficult time in life. Injury management can be really complex,\nparticularly in the presence of a system, so we\u2019re here to help you through\nthat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you\u2019re currently on workers compensation, compulsory third party insurance, or any other scheme for that matter; pick up the phone, speak to your insurance company and ask whether you can access the support of a Workplace Rehabilitation Provider. We\u2019re here to try and have a positive impact on your recovery process, and to help you get back to things that are importance as quickly, as safely, as possible. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been working in occupational rehabilitation now for six years. Six years\u2026 and only a handful of patients I\u2019ve met have heard of the role of a rehabilitation consultant (RC). So, I\u2019ve had to get a little creative in helping patients to understand our very unique scope of practice. 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