Nurse

Unifi Career•Yadkinville, NC

72d•Onsite

About The Position

The Occupational Health Nurse serves as a key resource for employee health, workplace safety, and regulatory compliance by providing medical care, emergency response, and occupational health expertise to the organization and its employees. This role partners closely with Human Resources, Safety, Operations, and external medical providers to support employee wellbeing, minimize workplace injuries, and ensure compliance with all applicable medical regulations.

Requirements

BSN is required
Current state license as a registered nurse
3-5 years of nursing experience required
ARC Instructor – BBP, CPR, First Aid, AED
Certification in Occupational Hearing Conservation
Certification in Worker’s Compensation training
FMSCA training for Breath Alcohol and urine testing

Nice To Haves

MSN preferred
Occupational Nursing experience preferred (will also consider Emergency or Critical Care nursing)

Responsibilities

Coordinate new hire and post-accident drug testing procedure
Facilitates compliance programs and maintains required records. (Including worker’s compensation, hazardous communication, medical records, safety reports, OSHA programs, CDL physicals)
Facilitates required documentation for various employee benefit programs; including Employee Assistance Program, medical leaves, short-term and long-term disability
Develop and implement health promotion programs and education initiatives
Triage employee needs, resulting from a work-related injury or medical emergency, and determine appropriate medical actions based on Medical Directives and NC BON Nurse Practice Act
Oversight and management of medical supplies -Order medical supplies, check first aid cabinets and restock as necessary
Manage hazardous communication program
Maintain medical records, safety reports, and OSHA programs
Provide input for the ergonomic job descriptions; if new processes are implemented, will need to ensure ergonomic assessment of task(s) has been completed
Administer and manage hearing conservation program as well as annual testing. This includes pre-employment hearing tests, annual hearing tests, follow up if a STS is suspected, annual maintenance of audiometric equipment, annual noise survey in all locations, and specialty fitting of hearing protections
Facilitate return to work evaluations, for employees who have returned from medical leave or are recovering from a work-related injury
Point of contact for employees who need prescription safety glasses to ensure eligibility for the glasses. In addition, provide ‘reader’ safety glasses for those employees who require this PPE
Provide or coordinate training for CPR, BBP, First Aid and AED certification, and Reasonable Suspicion
Provide employee relations support for the Human Resources Department
Serve as member of ADA committee to review requests for ADA accommodations
Facilitate monthly Safety Committee meetings