Employee Health LPN

VMFH Division Support Services•Tacoma, WA

About The Position

As an Employee Health LPN, you will be a vital caregiver, safeguarding the well-being of our dedicated staff and fostering a healthy, thriving workplace community.Every day, you will deliver essential health services to our employees, including pre-employment screenings, immunizations, injury assessments, and health education. You'll provide compassionate support and contribute directly to a safer and healthier environment for those who care for our patients.To be successful in this role, you will combine strong clinical skills with exceptional organizational abilities, a compassionate approach, and a proactive commitment to promoting the health and safety of our valued employees, helping to create healthier, stronger communities.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited Practical Nursing program (or equivalent recognized military training) and one year of related practical nursing work experience that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge skills/abilities, upon hire and
one year of related practical nursing work experience that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge skills/abilities in an employee health or acute care hospital setting, or clinic.
Licensed Practical Nurse: WA, upon hire
Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Responsibilities

Performs clinical duties (within scope of licensure) in support of the Employee Health function in accordance with established internal procedures and regulatory requirements.
Conducts occupational assessments for new hire VMFH employees, including TB and FIT testing.
Administers, reads and records initial results of TB screening administered to VMFH employees in accordance with established procedures; refers patients with questionable/abnormal readings to appropriate clinical resource; arranges for follow-up testing, notifies appropriate outside agencies and updates appropriate database(s); reviews lab tests and X-rays ordered on employees and refers abnormal finings to appropriate clinical resource.
Performs disease exposure evaluations and other clinic activities.
Participates in immunization programs/clinics by administering required immunizations to ensure Health Care Worker safety and compliance with current regulations.
Performs screening and surveillance activities in support of infection control functions.
Creates, maintains and updates employee health files in accordance with established procedures and regulatory requirement.
Monitors for compliance and completeness; contacts employees and informs managers of missing information; sends out lab work requisitions at appropriate time intervals; follows up with employees not in compliance and sends requests for information; updates employee health records with additional information as it becomes available.
Serves as the initial contact for employees reporting actual or perceived clinical exposures (e.g. occupational exposure, disease exposure, etc.) and/or related situations and resolves issues within designated scope of authority; make referrals to appropriate provider(s) in accordance with department protocol.
Receives calls/reports of all blood-borne pathogen (BBP) and communicable disease exposure incidents within an occupational setting. (e.g. needle sticks, exposure to bodily fluids etc.); identifies exposed employees, performs preliminary investigation of the scope, severity and acuity of the exposure; coordinates post exposure lab testing.
Refers staff to the appropriate resource(s) and initiates exposure containment/management in accordance with established procedures.
Facilitates follow up care and consults other departments as needed to research issues; refers matters beyond scope of authority to appropriate party in accordance with established guidelines.
Participates or serves as a liaison between functions/departments as required to facilitate problem resolution; may follow up to ensure that a timely and effective course of action was implemented.
Provides educational materials and instruction as appropriate; ensures that follow-up and referral information are understood by the employee.
Documents events and maintains/updates department databases; produces monthly reports showing patterns or trends of incidents.
Participates in departmental process review by entering incidents accurately into database.
Compiles data, maintains OSHA logs and produces reports as required.
Documents events, sets up files and sends out/tracks requisitions for follow-up lab work at the appropriate time intervals.
Runs scheduled and ad hoc reports from the Employee Health database(s).