RN, Occupational Health

About the role

In 1971, Yale University established Yale Health to provide health services to its faculty, staff, and students through a multidisciplinary health maintenance organization located on campus. Yale Health has more than 50,000 members including students, staff, faculty, and their families who come from every state in the country and almost every country in the world. With over 50 years of service to the Yale community, our state-of-the-art facility at 55 Lock Street is a 144,000 square foot medical facility with over 90 exam rooms, an Acute Care Department, a 15-bed inpatient facility with two negative pressure rooms, a diagnostic imaging suite including MR and CT scan, x-ray and ultrasound, and a full-service retail pharmacy.

The RN, Occupational Health provides professional nursing care in the Occupational Health Department at Yale Health. This role facilitates an Occupational Health program conducting employee health screenings and triage for work-related injuries and exposures. The nurse plans, implements, and evaluates all assigned patient care functions in collaboration with department clinicians, promotes occupational health and work safety improvements, and works closely with operational and medical leadership, University departments, Occupational Health vendors, and building services.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care and perform triage of work-related injuries and exposures; assure proper referrals are coordinated.
• Assume responsibility for incoming calls that require clinical decisions and for follow-up patient phone calls that require clinical evaluation.
• Perform patient rooming, vital signs, point-of-care testing, EKGs, and additional applicable screenings.
• Perform ancillary testing including the administration of immunizations and ordering of titers in accordance with established policies and procedures as well as local, state, and national regulations.
• Provide assistance to workers compensation designee with case management for employees; coordinate plan of care with providers, worker's compensation representatives, and the employee.
• Plan, implement, and conduct annual health screenings for Yale Health and the University.
• Assist and conduct animal handler clearances for employees at the University level.
• Assure appropriate documentation of patient encounters and provide administrative support in EPIC, Workday, Health On Track when applicable, and other University systems.
• Provide input in the development of policies and procedures in collaboration with Occupational Health leadership to ensure standards meet JCAHO, OSHA, CMS, CDC, and other nationally recognized Occupational Health organizations.
• Provide updates and appropriately adjust modifications as requirements evolve.
• Participate in investigations of infectious outbreaks in the organization and, at times, with the CDC.
• Participate in Quality Improvement measures and activities.

Principal responsibilities include:

• Using the nursing process to deliver high-quality, comprehensive, and individualized care to members of Yale Health.
• Collaborating with members of the multidisciplinary team to support the work of the team, unit activities, and the accomplishment of positive patient outcomes.
• Delegating responsibilities to appropriate members of the care delivery team based upon an understanding of others' roles, scope of practice, knowledge, and capabilities to ensure optimal utilization of personnel.
• Contributing to a positive work environment by being responsive to the need for change.
• Maintaining a collaborative work relationship with staff members through respect and recognition of cultural and human diversity.
• Successfully completing the competency-based orientation within the designated time frame.
• Identifying self-learning needs and actively participating in meeting them in collaboration with the leadership team; setting and achieving professional goals.
• Delivering excellence in patient care through compliance with all patient safety and regulatory initiatives.
• Communicating in a calm, professional manner with patients, families, colleagues, members of the care team, and other hospital personnel; accepting and eliciting feedback, and working toward resolving problems and clarifying issues and concerns.
• Using resources in a fiscally sound manner.
• Ensuring compliance with University, State, and federal healthcare regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Connecticut.
• Minimum of three years of clinical experience in an occupational healthcare setting, including strong clinical assessment, telephone triage, critical thinking, and troubleshooting skills.
• Current CPR certification.
• Demonstrated record of excellent attendance, punctuality, reliability, and professional accountability.
• Proficiency with electronic health records and healthcare technology, including Epic, EMR systems, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Excel, Salesforce, and other computerized databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public health initiatives.
• Occupational Health RN certification, or eligible and obtained within the first 12 months of employment.

Skills

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively work with a diverse employee population.
• Demonstrated initiative, accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Schedule

Full-time, 37.50 hours per week. Generally scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Occasional evenings, weekends, holidays, and recess periods may also be required.

Pay

Salary range: $65,000.00 - $101,000.00.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged standing and walking.
• Use of sight, hearing, and touch.
• Moving and lifting patients of varying weights.
• Keyboard use and ability to sit in front of a computer screen for long periods of time.

Health Requirements

This role is a healthcare worker position. Healthcare workers (HCW) must meet specific health requirements prior to starting work, including:

• MMR vaccine or immunity.
• Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine or immunity.
• TB screening.
• COVID vaccine according to University policy.
• Hepatitis B vaccine or immunity.
• Annual flu vaccination.