RN Employee Health Nurse - Federal North - Full Time
About The Position
Coordinates and provides comprehensive Employee Health Services for Allegheny Health Network in accordance with state and federal requirements and the network’s mission, vision, and values. The role includes conducting pre-hire health screening, administering employee surveillance and immunization programs, assessing fitness for duty, and coordinating care and return-to-work processes for employees with occupational exposures or injuries. The position also works with leaders on employee accommodations, ongoing health compliance requirements, safety concerns, and opportunities to reduce employee injuries. The job description notes that duties and qualifications listed are not necessarily exhaustive. Employees are expected to follow ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA privacy requirements, and information-security guidelines.
Requirements
- Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
- Five years of experience as a registered nurse.
- Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
- Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
- Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
- Current CPR certification; incumbents in the role as of 1/1/2023 have 90 days to obtain it.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- Occupational Health Nursing certification.
- Employee Health or Occupational Health experience.
- Knowledge of workers’ compensation, FMLA, infection prevention, and occupational health standards of practice.
Responsibilities
- Conduct post-offer, pre-hire screening of new-hire candidates, including initial health assessments, appropriate department testing and follow-up, lab-work review, vaccine updates, and drug testing.
- Coordinate and administer medical surveillance and immunization programs.
- Evaluate and determine employees’ fitness for duty using health histories, physical assessments, diagnostic tests, and medical documentation.
- Lead or participate in hospital committees and performance-improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate treatment and follow-up care for employees with work-related exposures and injuries, provide case management, and facilitate return to work.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with leaders to coordinate employee accommodations, return to work, annual and ongoing health requirements for compliance, identification and correction of safety issues, and opportunities to reduce employee injuries.
- Comply with applicable ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA requirements, and information-security guidelines.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
