RN Employee Health

About the role

Your job is more than a job. The RN Employee Health provides services to promote and maintain a healthy workforce for LCMC Health employees using appropriate evidence-based nursing care within the licensed scope of practice. LCMC Health is a community where our people make health happen; while our NOLA roots run deep, our branches carry the mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond, putting a little more heart and soul into healthcare. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and supports LCMC Health’s performance improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrates and actively promotes compliance with all state, federal regulatory and accrediting agencies coordinating with other hospital departments.
• Participates on and/or leads interdisciplinary teams, including those that plan for and respond to emergencies, pandemics and disasters.
• Appropriately documents employee health education, vaccinations, screenings in accordance with departmental and organizational policies.
• Educates and counsels employees on identifying, reducing and eliminating health and safety risks in the work environment.
• Analyzes data to identify trends and control health and safety risks; implements policy changes and decisions at the department, organizational and systems levels.
• Plans and implements evidence-based programs, services and new initiatives and evaluates them for health and economic impact.
• Coordinates pre-employment health screening and clearance for new hires.
• Maintains the employee health program by following the established policies and procedures.
• Reviews employee immunization records and administers vaccinations as indicated using CDC guidelines.
• Conducts and coordinates employee TB surveillance, respiratory fit testing surveillance, annual flu campaign, chemotherapy surveillance, etc.
• Provides education on blood borne pathogen exposures as indicated.
• Works with Infection Prevention and Control for exposure evaluation and follow up for employee exposures to infectious diseases.
• Develops and disseminates employee health policy and procedures based on current federal, state and local laws and information from TJC, CMS, CDC and OSHA.
• Establishes and maintains employee health records within state and federal laws; ensures confidentiality and privacy of health and personal information while limiting the organization’s exposure to risk.
• Investigates accidental exposures to blood, body fluids and infectious agents: reviews all accidental needlesticks or exposures to blood and body fluids.
• Coordinates and follows post blood/body fluids exposures and hazard medication exposures of employees; counsels and educates employee on processes and prevention of exposures.
• Reviews all documented exposures to potentially communicable/infectious diseases and/or agents.
• Provides initial counseling, assessment and investigation to exposed employees; provides post-exposure follow-up and counseling.
• Works with Infectious Disease to coordinate appropriate prophylaxis and follow-up testing after exposure according to CDC and OSHA recommendations.
• Develops and presents educational programs concerning employee health practices and issues when appropriate.
• Conducts employee training on employee health at new employee orientation.
• Keeps informed of new developments in nursing, employee health and infection control through membership of professional organizations.

Qualifications

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support Health Care Provider
• Licensed Registered Nursing through the Louisiana State Board of Nursing

Skills

• Deliver healthcare with heart
• Give people a reason to smile
• Put a little love in your work
• Be honest and real, but with compassion
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do
• Forget one-size-f