Occupational Medicine Nurse Practitioner

HASC Personnel Services•Sulphur, LA

About The Position

The Medical Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) provides comprehensive occupational health services to employees and employer clients in oil and gas, petrochemical, manufacturing, construction, and related industries. The provider independently evaluates and manages patients within their authorized scope of practice and applicable physician delegation or collaboration requirements, addressing occupational injuries and illnesses, medical surveillance, fitness-for-duty and return-to-work evaluations, regulatory examinations, and preventive occupational health needs. The role works collaboratively with physician leadership, clinical staff, operations, and employer representatives to deliver safe, efficient, evidence-based, and regulatory-compliant care. Services may be delivered at company clinics, client sites, mobile locations, or through approved telemedicine platforms, as operationally required. The provider may participate in after-hours or on-call coverage according to the organization's established coverage model. The position requires travel to assigned clinics and client locations when required and may involve work in industrial settings with appropriate personal protective equipment and site-safety compliance. The position reports directly to the Regional Medical Director and has no direct reports. The employer is a company with more than 30 years of experience supporting the petrochemical and manufacturing industry domestically and internationally, providing training, occupational medicine, and industry solutions along the Gulf Coast.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
Current, unrestricted Texas license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, as applicable.
Current national certification appropriate to the professional discipline.
Current BLS certification; ACLS certification if required by organizational policy or assigned clinical responsibilities.
Ability to obtain and maintain applicable prescriptive authority and DEA registration when required for assigned responsibilities.
Demonstrated competency in evaluating and managing acute illness and injury.
Ability to obtain and maintain organizational credentialing and applicable client/site access requirements.
Valid driver's license and ability to travel to assigned clinics and client locations when required.
Ability to perform clinical examinations and procedures in outpatient occupational health settings.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, use computers and medical equipment, and position oneself as necessary to examine and treat patients.
Ability occasionally to lift or assist with movement of medical supplies or equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
Ability to work occasionally in industrial environments using appropriate personal protective equipment and complying with client/site safety requirements.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of experience in occupational medicine, urgent care, emergency medicine, family medicine, or another relevant ambulatory clinical setting.
Occupational medicine experience serving oil and gas, petrochemical, refinery, manufacturing, construction, maritime, or other safety-sensitive industries.
FMCSA National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners certification.
Experience with OSHA medical surveillance programs.
Experience with occupational injury management, work restrictions, return-to-work, and fitness-for-duty evaluations.
Experience interpreting occupational audiometry and spirometry.
Experience with telemedicine and employer-based occupational health programs.
Demonstrated competency in minor procedures commonly performed in occupational medicine.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage occupational injuries and illnesses within authorized scope of practice.
Develop evidence-based treatment plans that support recovery, functional restoration, and safe return to work.
Determine work status, restrictions, limitations, and follow-up intervals based on the employee's medical condition and essential job functions.
Recognize cases requiring emergency evaluation, specialist referral, higher-level care, or physician consultation.
Evaluate occupational exposures and provide appropriate initial management, testing, follow-up, and referral.
Provide follow-up care and coordinate treatment for timely and medically appropriate case resolution.
Perform occupational medicine procedures within demonstrated competency and authorized scope, including laceration repair, wound care, foreign-body removal, and splinting.
Evaluate and stabilize acute workplace injuries and illnesses and determine appropriate disposition.
Maintain competency in emergency response procedures and use of clinic emergency equipment.
Perform pre-placement, periodic, return-to-work, fitness-for-duty, and other employer-directed occupational medical examinations.
Perform medical surveillance examinations required by applicable OSHA standards and employer programs.
Conduct respiratory protection medical evaluations and other occupational medical clearance assessments.
Perform DOT/FMCSA examinations when appropriately certified and other regulated or industry-specific examinations when appropriately trained and credentialed.
Review medical testing, laboratory studies, audiometry, spirometry, imaging, and other occupational health data, and determine appropriate disposition or follow-up.
Assess an employee's medical ability to safely perform essential job functions when requested and medically appropriate.
Review job descriptions, physical demands, and safety-sensitive duties as needed to support medical clearance decisions.
Escalate complex, unusual, or high-risk fitness-for-duty and work-relatedness determinations to physician leadership as appropriate.
Apply occupational health regulations, medical standards, employer protocols, and organizational policies when performing evaluations.
Perform specimen collection or drug/alcohol testing-related clinical functions within the provider's authorized role and organizational protocols.
Protect employee medical confidentiality and communicate occupational medical information to employers in accordance with applicable law, regulation, authorization, and organizational policy.
Complete accurate, timely, and legally appropriate medical documentation, including diagnosis, treatment, work status, restrictions, follow-up recommendations, and medical rationale when appropriate.
Participate in occupational case-management discussions and communicate clinically appropriate information to employers, adjusters, case managers, specialists, and other stakeholders within confidentiality requirements.
Facilitate continuity of care and timely case progression while maintaining independent clinical judgment.
Provide occupational health evaluations through approved telemedicine platforms in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and clinical protocols.
Determine when telemedicine is clinically appropriate and when in-person evaluation or a higher level of care is necessary.
Provide medical services at company clinics, client sites, mobile locations, or other approved locations as operationally required.
Participate in after-hours or on-call occupational medical coverage according to the organization's established coverage model.
Provide clinical direction and guidance to nursing, paramedic, medical assistant, technician, and other clinical personnel consistent with organizational policies and scope-of-practice requirements.
Collaborate with physicians, APPs, nurses, paramedics, technicians, operations personnel, and administrative staff.
Participate in chart review, peer review, quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical competency activities.
Participate in development and implementation of clinical protocols, workflows, and new occupational health programs.
Identify and escalate patient-safety, regulatory, quality, or operational concerns appropriately.
Maintain required licensure, certifications, continuing education, and demonstrated clinical competencies.
Travel to assigned clinics and client locations when required.