Occupational Health Nurse - RN - Part-Time

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.
• Disclose 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.
• Maintain contact and communicate with the adjuster assigned to the file through phone calls, email and written reports.
• Understand the limits of decision-making authority delegated by the adjuster to the nurse case manager and respect these limits.
• Keep 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.
• Perform additional duties and assume additional responsibilities as identified by manager for the efficient operation of WorkCare.

  Qualifications

  • Education and Experience:

    • Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a valid California RN license.
    • Bachelor of Science in Nursing is highly preferred.
    • Must hold current BLS certification.
    • 3–5 years RN experience required.
    • 2-3 years' experience in an urgent care, emergency department or occupational health setting preferred.
    • Certification in Occupational Health, preferred.
    • Case Management certification, preferred.

  • Skills and Competencies:

    • Must be able to demonstrate the ability of maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
    • Critical thinking skills a must.
    • Able to work independently and make decisions in accordance to company policy and procedures.
    • Able to manage multiple priorities.
    • Able to respond to urgent and emergency situations.
    • Able to create and edit written materials.
    • Able to communicate effectively to a variety of audiences.
    • Able to organize resources and establish priorities.
    • Able to gather data, compile information and prepare reports.
    • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

  • Computer Skills:

    • Must be competent in the Windows operating system environment, Adobe Professional, Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and learn other software as needed.

  • Physical Demands:

    • Requires sitting for long periods of time, working at a desk.
    • Sometimes requires bending and stretching.
    • Working under stress and use of computer/phone required.
    • Able to respond to urgent and emergency situations.
    • Manual dexterity required for use of computer keyboard.
    • Occasionally may be required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel and/or crouch.
    • May occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.

  • Work Environment:

    • Mainly indoor, office environment conditions.
    • The noise level is usually moderate.
    • Air quality is good and temperature is controlled.

  Pay and Benefits

  Final compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and qualifications. Benefits for this position include 401k.