Occupational Health Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Three (3) years of clinical nursing experience.
• Associate’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.
• Valid and unrestricted license in any U.S. State of Territory.
• Valid American Heart Association (AHA) Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and maintain certification.
• Applicant must have a valid, unrestricted insurable driver’s license.
• Resume and references are required.

Responsibilities

• Administers and evaluates the Occupational Health Program, ensuring compliance with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and professional requirements/policies pertaining to Occupational Health and Worker’s Compensation.
• Provides reports to appropriate hospital entities (i.e., Leadership Council, Infection Control Committee, etc.) as required.
• Performs the health care screening, evaluation and counseling and the educational and training components of the Occupational Health Program.
• Obtains health histories, performs basic physical examinations; for example, takes height, weight, checks vision and hearing, takes pulse and blood pressure and obtains and labels specimens as required for laboratory analysis.
• Contributes toward a healthier working environment and a more effective work force through counseling and training employees in health and well-being practices.
• Performs pre-employment health screening for new employees to ensure all immunization and TB screening requirements are met.
• Tracks and provides follow-up to ensure all permanent, contracted and Commissioned Corps staff are compliant with ongoing immunization requirements.
• Collaborates with Human Resources to identifying and monitor employees with work-related injuries or illnesses.
• When appropriate assists with return to work and/or fitness for duty assessment.
• Collaborates with the Infection Preventionist, Director of Risk Management, Hospital Administration and Department Supervisors and Human Resources.
• Initiates referrals for general and specialized medical care and rehabilitative services when appropriate.
• Maintains employee medical files (EMF) to include immunizations status, PPO/TB status, work related exposures and injuries, and other relevant health-related information.
• Maintains EMF in a secure manner with controlled access according to personnel regulations, ensuring strict confidentiality at all times.
• Administers the Facilities Respiratory Protection Program. This includes respirator mask fitting, training employees to be competent with Positive Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR’s), in addition to conducting regular fit-testing for hospital approved N-95 respirators as needed for specific job roles.
• Must be available to respond to emergency situations in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.