What are the responsibilities and job description for the Employee Health Nurse position at McLaren Health Care?
Responsible for the evaluation, follow-up, and ongoing care of employees and non-employees as required, including pre-employment evaluations and related health records and reports.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assesses work-related injuries and illnesses, treating injury or referring according to protocol and assisting with follow-up as needed.
- Insures that all OSHA required lab tests, immunizations, TB precautions and fit testing are completed on new employees.
- Maintains TB screening program per OSHA mandates.
- Implements OSHA requirements as recommended for employees.
- Assists with assessing employee’s work environment, related conditions, initiating work site evaluations, and insuring changes are made when possible.
- Assists with assigned tasks related to the Workers’ Compensation process or employee leave of absences.
- Participates in employee’s education as required by OSHA guidelines (i.e., BBP pathogens, TB, etc.) for new employees as well as an annual review for all employees.
- Completes and maintains files, records, reports, logs, investigations, and forms as required.
- Acts as a liaison between employees on leave (work related and non-work related), Human Resources Department, and the employee’s department.
- Assesses exposures (i.e., blood borne exposure) and insuring appropriate evaluation and follow-up is completed per OSHA, CDC guidelines and MGL protocol.
- Maintains current knowledge of all regulatory agency recommendations and guidelines.
- Performs other duties as requested or directed.
- Associate degree from an accredited nursing school.
- State licensed as a registered nurse.
- Three years nursing experience in emergency, occupational health, urgent care, or employee health.
- BLS certification
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- Schedule: Full-time
- Requisition ID: 26004390
- Daily Work Times: 7:30am-4:00pm
- Hours Per Pay Period: 80
- On Call: No
- Weekends: No