Occupational Health Nurse

Occupational Health Nurse job at Abbott | Abbott Careers

• Provides for and delivers health care services to workers and worker populations within an occupational setting
• Collaborates with management and the broad Environmental, Health and Safety staff to carry out mutual corporate objectives
• Acts as a professional health resource for the organization’s management in planning and maintaining initiatives and programs
• Provides initial assessment of occupational injuries, illnesses and exposures and may treat or refer for further evaluation as necessary
• Assesses the broad spectrum of client needs, including physical and psychosocial factors
• Develops a plan of nursing care based on identified needs and problems
• Coordinates nursing process to generate consistent documentation of treatment, interactive process and administrative aspects
• Identifies client goals, objectives, and actions in a comprehensive case management plan and implements interventions to achieve desired outcomes
• Assists supervisors and employees with return to work issues including work restrictions, modified scheduling and job accommodations
• Provides health-related counseling for supervisors and employees within the scope of nursing knowledge and practice
• Conducts workplace walkthroughs/assessments and exposure follow-up
• Maintains and safeguards privacy and confidentiality of business and protected health information
• Participates in the development of related policies, procedures and work instructions
• Identifies researchable problems and participates in studies and projects according to research skills
• Assumes responsibility for professional development and continuing education to ensure competency and performance consistent with professional Occupational Health Nursing standards

• Minimum Education: Bachelors degree plus 2-5 years of related work experience
• Minimum Experience / Training Required: Working knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures and practices
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
• Has a general knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment
• Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit
• 401k matching
• Health insurance
• Flight privileges

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