Occupational Health Nurse

Overview:
To provide comprehensive Health services (SHE) for the protection and promotion of total physical, mental, and social wellbeing of all employees.
**JOB SUMMARY**
- Primary Health Care
- Promotes, supervises, and performs prompt, effective medical assistance to employees in acute and chronic situations
- Responds to emergencies
- Diagnoses and treats clients
- Ensures adequate job restriction and protection
- Liaises with external service providers
- Prevents time away from work (‘Lost Time’)
- Provides cost effective and accessible service to clients
- Schedule, conduct and record checks on clients with chronic condition
- Occupational Health Care
- Pre-placement Medicals
- Conduct pre-placement medical to prevent any liability to the company and to prevent illness/injury to employees and colleagues
- Periodic Medicals
- Plans and conducts risk based medical surveillance including exit medicals, retirement medicals and ill health retirement medicals
- Evaluates, monitor and document risks on site
- Make recommendation on health matters to management
- Communicate potential health and safety hazards in the workplace.
- Injury On Duty
- Administer First Aid and secondary treatment
- Maintains and checks emergency equipment
- Advise management on preventative and / or corrective action by investigating causes, frequency of injuries.
- Prevent Lost Time for employee and the company by treating IOD promptly.
- Rehabilitation (substance abuse causes)
- Monthly checking and replenishment of First Aid Boxes on site.
- Rehabilitation
- Evaluate performance / progress, counsel and coach if necessary
- Monitor progress and co-ordinate community health services for rehabilitation purposes
- Administer the policies and procedures of the Company Medical and Occupational Health Department
- Education
- Educate employees on health-related topics in either formal/informal groups or on a one-on-one basis
- Advise Line managers/departments on safety equipment
- Presentation to management on general matters affecting the safety and health of employees at work, in the workplace
- Monthly reports, as stipulated by Senior Occupational Health Nurse
- Represents Medical and Occupational Health at meetings
- Communicates appropriate information to immediate supervisors, managers and HR department (e.g. Fit to work documentation)
- Maintain employee records
- Purchase and replenish medical supplies
- Ensure legislative compliance
Research
- Maintenance of accurate and up to date medical records and or reports to track employee health / illness and provide the company with the required data, whilst maintaining employee’s right to confidentiality
- Investigate illness / injury episodes and trends to determine health and safety needs. Communicates this information to relevant stakeholders for the development of safety programmes
- Monthly statistical reports for management
- Evaluate findings of periodic medicals
- Assessment of ‘Employee Risk Factor report’
- Schedule, conduct and record checks on employees with chronic condition
- Running Wellbeing Programmes
- Plans and executes HIV roadmap
- Plans and executes wellness drives and the mental wellbeing program
- Covid Compliance Programme
- Manage reporting for Covid
- Education on Covid, vaccines and covid prevention for employees
**KEY REQUIREMENTS**
- Minimum 2-3 years Occupational Health experience in a Manufacturing environment
- Drivers’ license
- Registered Nurse with Occupational Health Diploma / Certificate
- Formal Qualifications Preferred (in addition to the above):

- Registered Midwife
- Community Health Certificate
- Pharmacology
- Employee assistance programme (EAP) training
- SHE Certification
- Audiometry
- HACCP Certification