Occupational Health Supervisor

Pella Corporation • Pella, IA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Lead Pella Corporation’s Occupational Health nursing function and provide leadership, clinical guidance, and operational oversight for Occupational Health services across supported locations. The Supervisor oversees team members in Pella’s centralized Occupational Health structure and is responsible for staff management, occupational health services, workers’ compensation case management, injury prevention and return-to-work programs, vendor management, and strategic Occupational Health projects. The role also provides nursing assessment, intervention, and evaluation for occupational and non-occupational illnesses and injuries; manages ongoing team member care; conducts required screenings and testing; and supports preventive care and other medical needs.

The position works primarily in an office setting, with regular exposure to manufacturing environments where noise may range from moderate to loud. Scheduled-hour flexibility may occasionally be required to support business needs, and travel may be required based on supported locations and business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited nursing program.
• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state where employed, with ability to obtain additional licensure when required to support assigned responsibilities.
• Five or more years of professional nursing experience.
• Current CPR certification.
• Strong clinical judgment and ability to assess occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses.
• Knowledge of occupational health principles, workers’ compensation case management, injury prevention, return-to-work practices, and occupational health recordkeeping.
• Ability to define problems, collect and analyze information, establish facts, and draw sound conclusions.
• Ability to interpret scientific, technical, regulatory, and legal information.
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, managers, healthcare providers, claims professionals, attorneys, vendors, and other business partners.
• Ability to provide leadership and professional guidance to geographically dispersed Occupational Health staff.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, documentation, and project-management capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Occupational health, workers’ compensation, manufacturing, employee health, or related experience.
• Prior leadership, supervisory, or demonstrated clinical-leadership experience in an Occupational Health setting.
• Experience managing complex occupational injury and workers’ compensation cases.
• AAHN certification.
• CAOHC certification.
• COHN/COHN-S certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide and oversee care for team members with work-related and non-work-related injuries and illnesses.
• Provide nursing assessment, intervention, evaluation, ongoing care, preventive care, required screenings, and testing.
• Maintain appropriate nursing licensure and certifications.
• Support development and review of medical directives with appropriate medical providers.
• Support hearing-conservation activities and required hearing testing.
• Oversee and support Occupational Health programs, including early symptom intervention, work conditioning, industrial athlete, and ergonomic assessment activities.
• Manage Occupational Health budget responsibilities within assigned scope.
• Lead and provide hands-on case management of workers’ compensation claims.
• Coordinate with claims representatives and other workers’ compensation partners.
• Communicate with injured or ill team members and assist in coordinating appropriate care and return-to-work activity.
• Provide required claim documentation and participate in periodic claim reviews.
• Support litigated claims, including communicating with attorneys and attending claim hearings and settlement discussions when appropriate.
• Lead and support transitional-work initiatives to facilitate productive and appropriate return to work.
• Support OSHA compliance and recordkeeping within the position’s scope of responsibility.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation of care in team member health records.
• Maintain applicable health and safety information systems and ensure health information and treatment plans are entered accurately and timely.
• Maintain confidentiality of team member medical information and records.
• Lead, participate in, and/or support Occupational Health initiatives and projects.
• Research, evaluate, establish, and manage medical vendors supporting Pella locations.
• Coordinate contracts and invoice processing associated with Occupational Health vendors.
• Partner with HR, Safety, operations leaders, healthcare providers, claims administrators, attorneys, and other stakeholders on team member health and workers’ compensation matters.
• Provide direct supervision and leadership for Occupational Health team members, including staffing, hiring, onboarding, training and development, scheduling, performance support, individual meetings, staff meetings, and responding to clinical and operational questions.
• Support a centralized structure in which Occupational Health nurses serve their primary locations and additional manufacturing and sales locations.
• Travel as required based on supported locations and business needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager