What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Health Nurse position at Kelly?
Occupational Health Nurse-Part-Time
Kelly Services is seeking a dedicated Occupational Health Nurse as a key member of the integrated team, which includes Occupational Health professionals, employee assistance professionals, and wellness professionals. The Nurse may interact with other departments including Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Human Resources, and Site Management. This role will provide opportunities to support multiple locations.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide nursing services
- Provide emergency first-aid treatments to employees who become ill or injured on company premises
- Perform nursing assessment of injured or ill workers
- Perform various minor treatments for the injured or ill employee
- Administer medication
- Provide preventative health evaluations and tests in accordance with the company Global Health Services program protocols, including Medical Surveillance, nurse physical exam and associated testing such as audiometry and spirometry, health screenings, drug screenings, and phlebotomy.
Additional responsibilities may include electronic and telephonic support of medical surveillance program regulations, case management of short-term absences
Occupational Health Nurse
Provides nursing services and emergency (first-aid) treatments to employees who become ill or suffer an accident on company premises, arranging for transportation to another care provider, if needed. Notifies all concerned.
• Participates as an active member of the First Aid/Emergency Response Team.
• Under supervision of a physician, administers medications and performs various minor treatments or therapies for injured or ill employees. Administers injections for allergies and for overseas travel as directed by the physician.
Medications in general would be:
i. Epinephrine/epi-pens
ii. Benadryl
iii. Albuterol
iv. Oxygen
v. Calcium Gluconate
Vaccinations in scope
i. Tetanus, MMR, Flu, TB, Hep-B
• Provides various preventive health evaluations and tests in accordance with the company Health Services program protocols.
• Conducts health profiles, health evaluations and other services within the integrated employee Health Services & Resources strategy including but not limited to health promotion education, health screenings, drug screenings, phlebotomy, vision screening.
Phlebotomy
• For use in vaccinations credentialing for OUS travel
• For use measuring Hep-B titers (verification for lab access)
•Remote responsibilities may include electronic and telephonic support of medical surveillance program regulations, case management of short-term absences
•Promote well-being resources and programs across your site, region, country, and/or globally to enhance our total employee health and well-being portfolio.
• Complies with policy, procedures, standard of nursing practice, written standing orders, protocols and medical directives as required by the company and State Nurse Practice Act.
• Maintains accurate clinical records, utilizing approved medical, nursing, and statistical formats, including computer technology.
• Advises and counsels employees within areas of core competency and integrated services and makes appropriate referrals (internal and external) when indicated.
• Provides advice, counsel, and access to education to and for first aid personnel.
• Develops knowledge of the occupational hazards/exposures, and treatment thereof, for the specific location.
• Assists in the process of medical leaves of absence and Workers’ Compensation as required.
• Participates in periodic evaluations (customers surveys, trend analysis, etc.) of the effectiveness of the Health Services & Resources services provided to the employees.
• Supports the operations of our Occupational Health Clinics. Assists in maintaining the health facility in an orderly, clean, and sanitary condition.
• Maintains standards of nursing practice.
• Participates and advises employees on organization’s available services and facilities.
• Attends continuing education programs, maintains current nursing license and certifications.
• Participates in internal or cross functional projects and teams.
• Updates and maintains employee medical records in appropriate electronic medical records (EMR) systems.
• Understands and applies company mission statement and Leadership Imperatives in day-to-day interactions with team.
Qualifications:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with exceptional interpersonal, customer service, and time management skills are required. A sense of urgency required while maintaining a high degree of professionalism.
Required
- Registered Nurse
- Active PA RN license
- Minimum 1-year Occupational Health experience
- Experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Outlook, and Microsoft Excel is required
- Certified First Aid/CPR/AED
- Phlebotomy
- Spirometry – Respiratory Surveillance
- Ability to travel between nearby sites (each site is within 30 minutes of each other)
- Ability to work optimally in a team-oriented environment
Preferred
- BSN
- Certification in Occupational Health Nursing and Case Management
- Working knowledge of OSHA Recordkeeping, Workers Compensation, Case Management, ADA, FMLA