Occupational Health Nurse - RN
Job Summary
This position is responsible for performing regulatory testing, injury/illness care, worker’s comp, wellness education for employees within the nursing scope of practice, the structure of the Client Standards, policies, procedures, and treatment care guidelines.
The Occupational Health Nurse is responsible for providing injury and illness case management and assisting with other occupational and environmental health services, as needed, while maintaining a professional and patient centered approach in an occupational setting. Travel to participate in Company initiatives can be supported as needed.
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide on-site treatment and management of injuries and minimize the need for off-site medical treatment.
- Provide preventative health education as needed.
- Give on-site care, first aid and follow up to occupationally injured/ill workers.
- Ongoing communication with the treating physician regarding employee clinical status.
- Manage open workers comp and short term disability cases as needed.
- Provides initial contact with injured worker, employer, provider and other appropriate stakeholders (3 point contact) as soon as assignment is received. Discloses information regarding the role of case management and the rationale for the case management relationship.
- Dispense OTC medication.
- Maintain clinic to include supply inventory, daily calibrations, maintaining logs and checklists.
- Monthly checks of onsite AEDs.
- Develop strong and working relationships with Onsite Environmental Health and Safety.
- Maintains contact and communicates with the adjuster assigned to the file through phone calls, email and written reports. Understands the limiits of decision making-authority delegated by the adjuster to the nurse case manager and respects these limits. Keeps adjuster up to date with activity in case, case direction or secure authorization for services.
- Maintain a medical record database and provide reports to management as applicable.
- Maintain OSHA records as applicable.
- May perform medical testing including but not limited to TB tests, pulmonary function, blood draws, immunizations, drug screening, vision tests, hearing tests, respirator fit tests and medical evaluations.
- May perform First Aid, CPR, AED and other training as necessary.
- Provide or assist with emergency response as per client protocol
- Coordinate wellness initiatives for client population in collaboration with client stakeholders
- Perform Drug and Alcohol collections according to client policy
- Provide travel consults and immunizations, as appropriate
- Participate in safety and wellness committee meetings, as appropriate
- Participate in safety walk-throughs, as requested by client
- Perform additional duties and assume additional responsibilities as identified by manager for the efficient operation of WorkCare.