Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include those listed below. Other duties may be assigned. This position is a full time (minimum 40 hours per week) on-site position.

This position is a 2nd Shift position

Nurse Duties

- Takes patient's vital signs, treats wounds, and evaluates physical condition of patient.
Uses and documents the nursing process in care management.

Assesses diagnoses and treats patients consistent with appropriate standards and laws.

Counsels' patients on reduction of risks associated with occupational and environmental health and safety hazards.

Uses and maintains an accurate and complete record keeping system, while maintaining confidentiality.

Identifies the need for case management intervention.

Contacts Physician and hospital to arrange for further medical treatment, when needed.

Coordinates patient health screening and surveillance programs and services.

Monitors the work environment to assure the health and safety of workers.

Identifies internal resources, assets and capabilities which might be used in the event of a local or regional emergency and/or disaster incident.

Monitors legislative activities that may impact nursing practice, workers, worksite, and environment.

Develops and coordinates employee programs such as health education, accident prevention, alcohol abuse counseling.

Designs and manages health, safety and environmental programs and services consistent with corporate culture, business objectives and the needs of worker and community populations.

Assists Physician in employee medical examinations.

Workers' Compensation (WC) Duties

Performs weekly audits of open workers' compensation claims as well as accident investigations.

Conducts various safety audits for the Safety department.

Works closely with all members of the Safety department and with Human Resources regarding various aspects, including injured employees work status, WC hearings and WC litigation.

Completes monthly, weekly reports in terms of money spent for medical, indemnity and legal costs.

Obtains transportation of injured employees to doctor's office.

Provides fit testing to new employees.

Monitors disability claims.

Miscellaneous

Fosters positive work relationships.

Observes and enforces all Company, housekeeping, safety and plant policies and procedures.

Has strong written, oral, communication and facilitation skills.

Creates and maintains a culture of continuous improvement.

Keeps Safety Manager and other key managers abreast of significant issues or developments as appropriate.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative, but not all inclusive, of the knowledge, skills and or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable i

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