Functional Rehabilitation Specialist

The Rehabilitation Service is looking for a motivated person to join its team as a Functional Rehabilitation Specialist. Reporting to the Rehabilitation Section Chief of the Montreal office the functional rehabilitation specialist will assume case management for Montreal and the National Rehabilitation Team.

Positions available: One bilingual (English & French) position and one unilingual (English).

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement innovative functional rehabilitation services and goal-oriented rehabilitation programs for insured persons receiving short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Collaborate and communicate effectively in person or in-person with colleagues policyholders insureds physicians and other health care professionals to deliver complex and sometimes difficult messages.

• Work with our policyholders to develop creative solutions for return-to-work plans.

• Contribute to the overall profitability of the disability department by accelerating the return to health and sustainable return to work of insured persons.

• Effective budget management

• Supplier management: ensuring that we provide our policyholders with the most effective and efficient services.

Required Qualifications:

• Hold a relevant university degree (health mental health psychology HR or other)

• Have a valid drivers license and a car

• For the bilingual role:Fully bilingual (French/English). The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English and French in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec

• Solid knowledge of rehabilitation disability insurance and medical terminology industry standards

• Know Windows Word and Excel software

• Ability to make difficult decisions with significant impacts for policyholders

• Proven ability to solve problems

• Analytical skills and proven organizational skills

• Be able to work independently and in a team

Preferred Qualifications:

• RSO CPAB or other insurance-related training would be an asset

• Experience in budget management

• Extensive experience in disability or functional rehabilitation (5 years) or several years of experience in active rehabilitation

• Be able to handle a heavy workload as well as the stress and pressure of multi-tasking and direct communication with policyholders

• Have interpersonal skills and be able to manage conflicts

• Be accurate and thorough

• Demonstrated ability to brainstorm creative solutions

• Interest in wanting to support individuals to return to work

When you join our team:

Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits including health dental mental health vision short- and long-term disability life and AD&D insurance coverage adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays vacation personal and sick days and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S. please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.