Registered Nurse Employee Health

Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States, 12866
Full-time

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

Assesses and interprets data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s needs and to provide the appropriate care;

including physical, social and emotional needs based on age and culture. Identifies and evaluates patient’s learning needs, abilities and readiness to learn and documents appropriately.

Delivers patient care consistent with established standards of care, guidelines, policies, procedures and regulatory standards.

Obtains pre-placement health history and immunizations for prospective employees, volunteers, students. Conducts pre-placement screening for all new employees including : vital signs, vision test, color blindness test, urine drug screen, and lifting evaluation.

Reviews employee’s laboratory results and provides appropriate follow up. Monitors cases requiring physician follow up to ensure treatment consultation occurs.

Researches and provides recommendations for accommodating employees with handicaps.

Reviews and investigates occupational injuries / illnesses. Provides counseling and follow up care to ensure positive outcomes and communicates results with EH team, PA, and Medical Director as needed.

Communicates all occupational infectious disease findings to the manager of infection prevention.

Coordinates blood borne pathogen exposure program. Collects and interprets lab results, provides patient counseling and education related to disease process, develops and revises plan of care for patient based on evaluation.

Records OSHA reportable cases on OSHA Log 300.

Organizes and prioritizes work assignments based on patient needs. Utilizes critical thinking skills, responds to emergency situations per protocol, demonstrates ability to make effective nursing judgement, including crisis and emergency situations.

Reviews workers’ compensation / disability claims and reports all injuries to workers’ compensation carrier. Coordinates transitional duty program for work related employee injuries and communicates with Employee Health Team, Department Directors and Workers Compensation Carrier.

Participates in new employee orientation and provides training programs regarding occupational health and safety as requested.

Participates in quality improvements activities, developing policies, evidence based practice and / or guidelines to improve patient care and assists with data collecting and monitoring.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.

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5 days ago
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