Employee Health Nurse-Tahlequah Campuses

Cherokee Nation•Tahlequah, OK

About The Position

Serves as the Occupational Health/Clinical Nurse at Cherokee Nation W. W. Hastings Hospital or the Cherokee Nation Outpatient Health Center campus. Promotes and restores employee health, prevents illness and injury, and protects employees from occupational and environmental hazards by facilitating an Occupational Health Program that includes disease detection, prevention, and treatment; follow-up on employee illnesses and injuries; employee health screening; and promotion of a safe work environment. The position develops, implements, manages, and evaluates employee health and occupational health programs; provides on-site care and counseling within written medical orders; oversees required employee screenings, testing, immunizations, and respiratory fit testing; maintains confidential employee health records; and collaborates with Human Resources and workplace health and safety partners. It also conducts worksite assessments, contributes to occupational health controls and surveillance, supports wellness and injury-prevention initiatives, prepares reports and resource materials, and participates in hospital and Cherokee Nation Health committees.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Nursing from a two-year college or university; no substitutions.
At least three years of experience in a related field.
Registered Nurse license from the Oklahoma Board of Nursing or a multistate RN license accepted by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing; no substitutions. License must be maintained throughout employment.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, maintained throughout employment; may be obtained during orientation.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, maintained throughout employment; if not already certified, it must be obtained within 90 days of hire.
Valid driver’s license and a driving history verified through a motor vehicle report that meets Cherokee Nation underwriting requirements.
Meet and maintain pre-employment and periodic background investigation and adjudication requirements for child care.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, and to present information and respond to questions from groups, managers, clients, customers, and the public.
Ability to work with probability, statistical inference, geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions and apply them to practical situations.
Knowledge of database, Human Resource, order processing, spreadsheet, and word processing software.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and handle abstract and concrete variables.

Responsibilities

Provide health care services to eligible individuals in accordance with the applicable self-governance compact and funding agreement.
Practice within the boundaries of documented education, training, supervised experience, credentials, and professional experience; use independent judgment when published guidelines are unavailable.
Develop, implement, manage, and evaluate the employee health program and occupational health and health-promotion programs.
Provide on-site health care treatment and counseling to employees within written medical orders.
Monitor completion of required entry-level and annual employee testing.
Provide health screening services, including tuberculosis testing and blood pressure checks.
Conduct the annual employee influenza immunization program.
Assess employee health needs and provide individual counseling on health maintenance, screening results, and health-promotion activities.
Help employees access hospital health programs, including Smoking Cessation and the Employee Assistance Program, and community fitness programs.
Collaborate with Cherokee Nation Human Resources to implement and maintain the Hospital's Workman's Compensation Program.
Develop, maintain, and audit employee health records to support continuity of care and confidentiality and to provide feedback to management in compliance with applicable regulations and policies.
Conduct worksite walk-through assessments to identify work processes and potential sources of illness or injury.
Use epidemiological methods to define and monitor employee health and safety needs and contribute to the design of health controls and surveillance for actual or potential toxic and hazardous workplace conditions.
Help evaluate occupational health and safety programs and recommend policy, procedure, or program changes.
Collaborate with on-site health team members, including infection control nurses, safety officers, management, and union representatives.
Participate in continuing education on occupational health and safety, including applicable legal regulations.
Conduct and evaluate programs supporting injury prevention and safe behaviors; coordinate with personnel, supervisors, and department heads to promote health, wellness, and injury prevention.
Collaborate with Cherokee Nation ElderCare PACE Program Quality Assurance personnel on employee screening and immunizations.
Oversee job-entry screening and immunizations for Cherokee Nation Career Services Day Trainer and Work Experience participants.
Serve as a consultant to the nurse stationed at the Jack Brown Center.
Perform entry and annual respiratory fit testing for employees with direct patient contact.
Prepare reports and communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Develop and evaluate manuals, guidelines, and resource materials related to employee health and wellness.
Research, draft, implement, and evaluate health standards and protocols for Hospital employees and departments as needed.
Serve on hospital and Cherokee Nation Health committees.
Provide Human Resources with copies of licenses and certifications, including renewals, upon request.
Maintain HIPAA compliance and confidentiality and protect personal health information.