Employee Health RN - Colleague Health & Wellness

Trinity Health • Grand Rapids, MI

20h • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves a variety of shared responsibilities in a busy practice, utilizing nursing assessment skills and clinical protocol guidelines in a decision-making capacity to provide timely and efficient patient care. The Employee Health RN will care for employees' health and safety issues, including injury follow-up, gatekeeping, and assisting with maintaining the OSHA log. They will also follow up on disease exposures, process new employee physicals, administer immunizations, and perform fit testing. All employee health information will be logged as required for employment, and the RN will triage and follow up on employee injuries and other incidents as appropriate.

Requirements

• Requires Associate degree in Nursing
• At least 5 to 10 years of related experience.
• Graduation from a NLN or AACN accredited school of nursing
• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) licensure authorized in the state of Michigan.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• CHSP certification or COHN within 5 years of employment highly recommend.
• Preferred case management, ED/ICU or surgery background.
• Enrollment in a Baccalaureate Degree in the Science of Nursing (BSN) Degree from an accredited school of nursing and completion required within 4 years of hire.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and updates Occupational Health Management systems as appropriate.
• Administers immunizations such as Hepatitis B, MMR, Tdap, seasonal flu vaccines, meningitis shots and Tb tests to employees, volunteers and students.
• Consults with Human Resources in determination of Reasonable Suspicion and Ability to Work reviews related to alcohol, drugs, or other substances.
• Consults with Workplace Health on ability to work and/or reasonable suspicion results and work status.
• Participates in Americans with Disabilities (ADA) evaluations as appropriate.
• Partners with Human Resources in ADA and FMLA evaluations.
• Supports Infection Prevention in Body Fluid Exposures and sub follow up, investigation, and process improvement as indicated.
• Coaches colleagues in completion of work-related injury reporting.
• Provides colleague support for work-related injury follow-up.
• Routinely meets with HR Leaves and Workers Compensation Team to review claim status and consult on complex claims.
• Supports planning, training and process for annual fit testing of patient care colleagues.
• Ensures Fit Testing is adherent to regulatory requirements (OSHA).
• Monitors and addresses safe work environment risk issues.
• Provides education on work related injury/ incident, infections disease exposure and immunizations as appropriate.
• Plans and Executes Annual Vaccine Programs: Influenza and COVID.
• Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, employees, and visitors to Mercy Health.
• Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.
• Provides quality patient care by considering cultural needs of the employee.
• Supports the Trinity Health Code of Conduct, in effectively interacting with all colleagues, in sometimes stressful situations, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Organizes work effectively with only general supervision amid frequent interruptions.
• Practices within legal scope of a Registered Professional Nurse as outlined by the State of Michigan and delivers competent care, consistent with standards, policies, laws, regulators, accreditations, and certifying organizations.
• Applies analytical skills to evaluate employee needs and state of health and takes action to refer employees to appropriate sources.
• Conduct is always in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of Mercy Health.
• Maintains discretion and confidentiality of all HR matters.
• Follows all HIPAA policies and procedures.
• Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, patients and families.
• Reports all preventable hazards and unsafe practices, including near misses and actual errors, to management or using MHSM anonymous reporting system MIDAS.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Cares for employees’ health and safety issues.
• Injury follow up, gate keeping and assist with maintaining OSHA log.
• Follows up on exposure to diseases.
• Processes new employee physicals, administers immunizations and performs fit testing.
• Logs all employee health information as required for employment, will triage and follow up on employee injury and other incidents as appropriate.

Benefits

• Day 1 benefits, no waiting period!
• Comprehensive benefit packages available including medical, dental, vision, paid time off and 403B
• Colleague Referral Program to earn cash and prizes
• Unlimited career growth opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree