Our services
Workers Compensation Doctor in Rockingham
First Certificates of Capacity, progress certificates and return to work support, for injured workers and the employers who send them.
Certificate
Same visit
A First Certificate of Capacity is issued at the appointment, not posted later.
Patients
Anyone
New and existing patients. You do not need to have been here before to be seen for a work injury.
Choice of doctor
Yours
In WA an injured worker chooses their own treating doctor. It does not have to be the employer's.
Also available
Medicals
Pre-employment medicals for employers, booked through reception.
What we cover
What We Do For Work Injuries
These are the things people most often book us for.
First Certificate of Capacity
The WorkCover WA form your claim cannot be lodged without. It records the date of assessment, the clinical findings, the diagnosis, and your capacity for work.
Progress certificates
The follow-up certificates that keep your employer and the insurer updated as your capacity changes. Booked as you need them, with the same doctor where possible.
Injury management planning
The activities, interventions and goals that go on the certificate, worked out with you rather than written at you.
Return to work support
Practical advice on what you can and cannot do at work now, and reviewing that as things change.
Referral where it is needed
Imaging, physiotherapy, specialist opinion. We have an exercise physiologist in the same building.
Pre-employment medicals
For employers assessing a candidate's fitness for a role. Call reception to arrange, as these are booked differently to a standard appointment.
In detail
You choose your own doctor
In Western Australia an injured worker chooses who treats them. Your employer can suggest a clinic, and plenty do, but the choice is yours and you can change it later if the relationship is not working.
That matters more than it sounds. The doctor who writes your certificates is the one deciding, in writing, what you can and cannot do at work. It is worth that being someone you can talk to honestly.
In detail
What happens at the first appointment
Tell reception when you book that it is a work injury, because these appointments are longer than a standard visit and the certificate has to be completed properly rather than rushed at the end.
The doctor examines the injury, records the clinical findings and the diagnosis, and works out with you what you are able to do at work at the moment. That goes onto the First Certificate of Capacity, which is a WorkCover WA form, and you leave with it.
The certificate goes to your employer with your claim form. Your claim cannot be processed until the insurer has both.
In detail
What goes on the certificate
The First Certificate of Capacity records the date you were assessed, the clinical findings, the diagnosis, and an injury management plan covering the activities, interventions and goals. It also records your capacity for work.
Capacity is not a yes or a no. The form allows for full capacity, some capacity, or a period where further treatment is needed first. Most work injuries land in the middle, which is why what your job actually involves matters so much to what gets written.
If you lift for a living, say so. If you sit at a desk but drive between sites, say that too. A certificate written without that detail is the reason people end up on restrictions that do not fit the job they actually do.
In detail
Getting back to work
Returning to work is usually part of recovery rather than the reward at the end of it, and the certificate is built around that idea. Suitable duties for a period are common, and they are written as something specific rather than a vague instruction to take it easy.
If the duties you are given do not match what the certificate says, come back. The certificate can be reviewed, and a mismatch between the paperwork and the actual job is one of the commonest reasons a recovery stalls.
In detail
For employers
If you have an injured worker, the fastest thing you can do is tell them they can be seen here and that they do not need to be an existing patient. The certificate is what holds up a claim, and it is issued at the appointment.
We also do pre-employment medicals. Those are arranged through reception rather than the online booking system, because what gets assessed depends on the role.
In detail
What we cannot tell you
Whether a claim is accepted is the insurer's decision, not the doctor's. We record what we find and what you are capable of; we do not decide the claim and cannot promise an outcome.
If you want advice on the scheme itself, the disputes process or your entitlements, there is an independent service for exactly that, and it is not run by your employer or by us.
| If you need | Ask for | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A new work injury | A long appointment | Say it is a work injury when booking. The certificate takes time to complete properly. |
| An updated certificate | A standard appointment | With the same doctor where possible, so nothing has to be re-explained. |
| A pre-employment medical | Call (08) 6147 6547 | Arranged through reception, because what is assessed depends on the role. |
| Advice about your claim or entitlements | WorkCover WA, 1300 794 744 | Their advice service is independent. We handle the medical side, not the scheme. |
How we work
Why it matters that everything is in one building
A work injury rarely needs only a doctor. What slows recovery down is usually the gap between the people involved.
An exercise physiologist upstairs
Return-to-work often needs graded activity rather than rest. Clyve is in the same building, so a referral does not mean starting again with a stranger.
The same doctor each time
Your certificates are a running record of one injury. Continuity means the person writing them remembers what you do for a living.
One record
Imaging, referrals and certificates sit in the same file, which matters when a claim runs for months and somebody asks what happened in week three.
What happens
What happens at your appointment
Tell reception it is a work injury
When you book, say so. These appointments run longer than a standard visit because the certificate has to be completed properly rather than rushed at the end.
The assessment
The doctor examines the injury and records the clinical findings and the diagnosis. You will be asked what your job physically involves, because the certificate turns on that.
Your capacity is worked out with you
Full capacity, some capacity, or none for now. This is a conversation, not something written about you, because you know your job and the doctor does not.
You leave with the certificate
It is completed during the appointment. It goes to your employer with your claim form, and the insurer cannot process the claim until they have both.
Follow-up as things change
Progress certificates keep the employer and insurer updated. Book with the same doctor where you can, so nothing has to be re-explained.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers to the practical details patients need before booking or visiting the practice.
No. In Western Australia you choose your own treating doctor for a work injury, and you can change doctors later if you want to. Your employer can suggest somewhere, but the decision is yours.
More common questionsNo. We see new patients for work injuries. Book online or call reception and say it is a work injury so we can allow enough time.
More common questionsIt is the WorkCover WA form that records the date you were assessed, the clinical findings, your diagnosis and what you are able to do at work. It goes to your employer with your claim form, and the insurer cannot process the claim until they have both.
More common questionsYes. It is completed during the appointment and you take it with you.
More common questionsNo, and any doctor who says otherwise is overstating what they do. The insurer decides the claim. The doctor's job is to record what is wrong and what you can do. For advice about the scheme itself, WorkCover WA runs an independent advice service on 1300 794 744.
More common questionsYes. Call reception on (08) 6147 6547 and tell us the role being assessed, as these are booked differently to a standard appointment.
More common questionsLonger than a standard appointment, because the certificate is completed during the visit rather than afterwards. Tell reception it is a work injury when you book and the right length will be allowed.
More common questionsYes. In Western Australia you choose your own treating doctor and you can change that choice. Bringing your existing certificates and imaging with you makes the handover quicker.
More common questionsThe First Certificate of Capacity is the one your claim is lodged with. Progress certificates come afterwards and update your employer and the insurer as your capacity changes over the course of the injury.
More common questionsNo. Your employer can suggest a clinic, but in Western Australia the choice of treating doctor is the worker's. If you are being pressured about it, WorkCover WA's Advice and Assistance Service on 1300 794 744 is independent of both your employer and this practice.
More common questionsYour Medicare card, the date and circumstances of the injury, your employer's name and contact details, your claim number if one exists, details of what your job physically involves, and any imaging or reports you already have.
More common questionsYes. Book an appointment and bring whatever paperwork exists. Time limits do apply within the scheme, and WorkCover WA's advice service is the right place to ask about those rather than a doctor.
More common questionsClinically reviewed by Dr Ranjitha Ananda Kumar and Dr Ashwin Menon · August 2026
This page is general information, not medical advice about your own situation. Book an appointment to talk about that.
Book an Appointment
Book online with a GP, or call reception for exercise physiology.
If we are closed
In an emergency call 000 or go to Rockingham General Hospital has an emergency department, open 24 hours. If you need a GP outside our hours, Get Better Doctors is our after-hours service.