Occupational Health RN

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and provides direct clinical care to employees with a demonstrated knowledge of multiple disease processes.
• Works closely with provider in relation to return to work and workers compensation.
• Focuses on cost-effective ways to maximize wellness, prevent illness, disease and disability.
• Performs clinical and/or coordinates activities such as vision screens, venipuncture, TB testing, vaccinations, COC urine collection, breath alcohol testing, audiometry, spirometry, respiratory fit testing, health assessments, blood borne pathogen counseling.
• Coordinates and tracks compliance programs to meet standards of regulatory agencies for the health and safety of employees.
• Supports clinical manager in the oversight of clinical operations, scheduling, staffing, and delegation of duties.
• Maintains appropriate training.
• Works as part of an interdisciplinary team and attends appropriate hospital committee meetings.
• Enhances professional development by networking, reading or attending conferences on current employee health related topics.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
• BSN preferred.

Certifications:

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• Two years of clinical experience required.
• Two years of employee health experience with training in COC urine specimen collection, breath alcohol testing, audiology, spirometry and venipuncture skills preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.