Employee Health Nurse Practitioner

Erickson Senior Living•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner, Employee Health and Well-Being provides high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective acute care, injury management, community outbreak management, new-hire assessments, immunizations, screenings, and health and wellness education to employees at a specific Erickson Senior Living community. The role operates under the general supervision of the National Medical Director, Employee Health, and in association with the Community Medical Director for resident health. The Nurse Practitioner delivers occupational health and employee wellness services, including employee assessments, testing, injury care, preventive care, screenings, referrals, chronic disease support, and health education. The role also supports infectious disease outbreak response, maintains confidential electronic medical records and program data, and collaborates with community leaders, clinical teams, and the Benefits department. The position helps improve employee health measures, service satisfaction, vaccination rates, and use of health and wellness services while maintaining patient safety and departmental standards. The position is based at Eagle's Trace, a continuing care retirement community in West Houston, Texas. Compensation starts at $130,000 per year, commensurate with experience, with a $10,000 sign-on bonus available.

Requirements

Training and current certification as a Nurse Practitioner.
At least 5 years of clinical experience.
At least 2 years of staff management experience, including delegating, developing, coaching, and motivating employees.
Current licensure in the state where the position is based.
Current CPR certification, which must be maintained.
Phlebotomy skills.
Professional maturity and ability to develop an employee-focused center of excellence for employee health and wellness.
Strong interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships with community leaders, clinical personnel, and employees across the organization.

Nice To Haves

Clinical experience in occupational health or a primary care setting.
Previous experience with electronic medical records.
Knowledge of FMLA, workers’ compensation, ADA, and OSHA.
Knowledge of computer-based medical records management systems.

Responsibilities

Conduct and continuously improve occupational health services, including new-hire assessments, work-related vaccinations, TB testing, DOT physicals, drug testing, workers’ compensation injury care and case management, and OSHA log and database management.
Improve employee health and wellness services, including acute care for episodic illnesses such as infections, headaches, musculoskeletal complaints, and allergies or asthma.
Serve on the interdisciplinary community team for infectious disease outbreak management, coordinating employee isolation, quarantine, testing, and exposure and illness data.
Coordinate mass asymptomatic employee testing for COVID-19 or other illnesses with the community continuing care team, following applicable state or local guidance, and manage results and data entry.
Order, interpret, and evaluate cost-effective diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs.
Refer patients for consultation, specialized treatment, physical therapy, the Employee Help Line, and other appropriate resources.
Provide and interpret onsite cholesterol and glucose screening, blood pressure readings, weight and BMI measurements, and vision screening.
Conduct periodic preventive examinations and refer employees for cancer and other preventive or treatable-condition screenings.
Provide lifestyle counseling on healthy behaviors, disease prevention and early identification, safety, smoking cessation, weight management, diet, physical activity, alcohol use, domestic violence, unintended pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Provide chronic disease management to supplement care from employees’ primary providers.
Review medications to encourage cost-effective generic use, monitor adherence, and prevent adverse drug interactions.
Screen for mental health conditions and refer employees to the Employee Assistance Program or other mental health professionals as appropriate.
Provide non-judgmental care to lower-income and uninsured employees, including identifying lower-cost external medical and diagnostic services.
Maintain confidential electronic medical records with appropriate billing codes, under oversight and feedback from Erickson Health Medical Group.
Maintain current primary and preventive care knowledge through continuing medical education and ongoing certification.
Apply medical management knowledge across preventive and primary care topics, including cardiovascular health, nutrition, cancer screening, immunizations, common illnesses and injuries, mental health, diabetes, infectious diseases, musculoskeletal complaints, osteoporosis, reproductive and men’s health, rashes, and eye complaints.
Increase employee use of health and wellness services and demonstrate improvements in employee health measures and satisfaction with clinical services and the Health Matters benefit.
Collaborate with the community Infection Control Officer to improve vaccination rates, including influenza vaccination, and co-lead community health and wellness initiatives.
Assist the Benefits department with wellness programming, including developing and delivering onsite health and wellness education sessions.
Maintain the departmental budget.
Ensure patient safety in clinical care and participate in other employee health and safety initiatives.
Implement and monitor policies, procedures, and standards consistently.
Identify potential risks in processes, procedures, or devices and promptly communicate them to the Medical Director, Employee Health.
Perform related duties as required, including onsite laboratory work and blood draws.
Perform medical clearance and fit testing for community employees under the OSHA-compliant respiratory protection program.
Maintain records and data for the respiratory protection program.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision packages.
Annual reimbursement for qualified wellness expenses, personal health coaching, and telemedicine options.
PTO plans.
Company-paid volunteer hours for eligible team members, in accordance with applicable state law.
401(k) for team members age 18 and over, with a company 3% match.
Onsite medical centers providing wellness visits and sick care for team members age 18 and over.
Free access to onsite Team Member Health and Well-Being Centers, plus well-being programs, tools, and resources for employees and their immediate family members.
Education assistance and certification reimbursement.
Access to more than 6,000 courses through an online learning library.
Growth opportunities as the company opens new communities and expands existing ones.
Flexibility and work-life balance.
$10,000 sign-on bonus available.