Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner

Duties/Pligte **Providing occupational health services to all campuses of Stellenbosch University**
- Managing the occupational health programme, together with the occupational medicine practitioner (OMP);
- Developing, implementing, and evaluating an environment-specific health surveillance programme in accordance with the available health risk assessments and occupational hygiene surveys (including Pre-employment, Baseline, Annual, Transfers and Exit Medical Screening);
- Managing the performance and recording of Health Risk Assessments (HRA) and facility inspections, and reporting the findings to the Senior Director: CHS and on other relevant platforms;
- Implementing and maintaining a hearing conservation programme;
- Managing the injury on duty process (IOD);
- Managing the administrative and operational activities of the occupational health programme to ensure a quality, legally compliant, efficient and effective service delivery;
- Aiding the institution with absenteeism, incapacity management and sick leave follow-up;
- Monitoring and analysing health trends and the reporting thereof;
- Liaising closely with the office for staff health and wellbeing to align programmes and findings.

**Primary healthcare**
- Providing comprehensive healthcare (preventative and curative) to staff and students on all the campuses of Stellenbosch University as part of a multi-professional team;
- Providing emergency care to patients, including out-of-office medical responses on campus during work hours;
- Dispensing of medications (as defined by your scope of practice) and administering adult immunisations to patients.

**Additional clinical activities**
- Providing nursing support services at sport and other events (such as graduation ceremonies, etc.) on US campuses (which includes availability after-hours and on public holidays on rotation according to a roster basis).

**Administration**
- Attending and record keeping of Health and Safety meetings, monthly management meetings, meetings with stakeholders, or any other relevant meetings;
- Administrative functions, including data capturing on the health management system;
- Performing operational management and administrative responsibilities as determined by the multi-professional team within Campus Health as a unit;
- Participating in appropriate institutional activities which impact on service delivery (e.g., institutional presentations, seminars, workshops, etc.);
- Developing innovative and occupational-specific processes and programmes to continuously improve service delivery at CHS;
- Institutional and divisional reporting as required.

**Verskaf beroepsgesondheidsorg aan alle kampusse van die Universiteit Stellenbosch**
- Bestuur die beroepsgesondheidsprogram saam met die Beroepsgesondheidsgeneeskundige (BGG);
- Ontwikkel, implementeer en evalueer omgewings-spesifieke gesondheidstoesig programme in ooreenstemming met beskikbare gesondheidsrisiko asseserings en beroepshigiëne opnames (insluitend voor-indiensname, basislyn, jaarliks, oorplasings en uittrede siftings);
- Bestuur die prestasie en opname van Gesondheidsrisiko assesering en fasiliteit inspeksies, en raporteer bevindinge aan die Senior Direkteur: KGD en op ander toepaslike platforms;
- Implementering en onderhoud van 'n program om gehoor te bewaar;
- Bestuur van die Aan-diensbeseringsproses;
- Bestuur die administratiewe en operasionele aktiwiteite van die beroepsgesondheidprogram om kwaliteit, wetlike voldoenbare, effektiewe en doeltreffende diens te verseker;
- Hulpverlening met afwesigheidsbestuur en siekverlof-opvolg van die instansie;
- Moniteer en analiseer gesondheidstendense en verslaglewering daaroor;
- Samewerking met die kantoor vir personeelgesondheid en -welstand vir die belyning van programme en bevindings.

**Primêre Gesondheidsorg**
- Verskaf omvattende gesondheidsorg (voorkomend en kuratief) aan personeel en studente op al die kampusse van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), as deel van 'n multi-professionele span;
- Verskaf noodsorg aan pasiënte, insluitend om op noodoproepe op kampus buite die KGD kantoor tydens werksure te reageer;
- Reseptering van medikasie (soos bepaal deur die bestek van praktyk) en toediening van volwasse inentings.

**Addisionele kliniese aktiwiteite**
- Verskaf verpleegkundige ondersteuningsdienste by sport
- en ander byeenkomste op alle kampusse van die US (wat beskikbaarheid na-ure en op openbare vakansiedae insluit volgens 'n rotasie rooster).

**Administrasie**
- Bywoning en rekordhouding van Gesondheid en Veiligheidsvergaderings, maandelikse vergaderings, vergaderings met belanghebbendes, of enige ander toepaslike vergaderings;
- Administratiewe funksies, insluitend datavaslegging op die gesondheidsbestuursprogram;
- Uitvoer van operasionele bestuurs
- en administratiewe verantwoordelikhede soos bepaal deur die multi-professionele span binne Kampusgesondheid as 'n eenheid;
- Deelname aan institusionele aktiwiteite wat van toepassing is op dienslewe