Chris O'Dowd
QLD Medicolegal Manager / Occupational Therapist at Procare Group- Claim this Profile
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Procare Group
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Belgium
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Business Consulting and Services
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QLD Medicolegal Manager / Occupational Therapist
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Mar 2022 - Present
Responsible for providing expert opinion as an Occupational Therapist in medicolegal matters individually, while simultaneously developing and improving the quality and quantity of the medicolegal portfolio of Procare Queensland. The Procare QLD medicolegal team focus on providing expert opinion within each practitioner’s scope of practice in relation to a variety of legal claims including CTP, Worker’s Compensation / Common Law, and Public Liability.
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Medicolegal Assessor / Occupational Therapist
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Oct 2020 - Feb 2022
Responsible for providing expert opinion to the courts as an Occupational Therapist in medicolegal matters, requiring functional assessments of individuals with a variety of severe injuries and health conditions to determine capacity to work, capacity to complete activities of daily living, and then recommending solutions to allow for maintenance of independence where possible and recommending care requirements when not.
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Rehabilitation Consultant / Occupational Therapist
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Jan 2017 - Sep 2020
Occupational Therapist performing a variety of assessment and interventions to aid people with injury and illness returning to work and daily functioning.Work performed across many settings including Workers Compensation (QLD, NSW, NT, and VIC claims), Compulsory Third Party rehabilitation (QLD, NSW, and VIC claims), provision of employer direct services (Ergonomic Evaluations, Pre-Employment Medicaid, development and updating of job dictionaries, and provision of internal injury management advice), and performing medicolegal assessments on behalf of the courts in relation to common law, CTP, and public liability claims.
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McDonald's
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1 - 100 Employee
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Shift Supervisor
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Jun 2012 - Jan 2017
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Crew Trainer
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Dec 2010 - Jun 2012
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Crew Member
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Jun 2009 - Dec 2010
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Education
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The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Occupational Therapy/Therapist -
QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
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Craigslea State High School