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Evernorth Workplace Care offers health care delivery services along with population health and health coaching solutions, conducted in person or virtually.
Our mission is to deliver proactive, personalized, and holistic patient care and coaching by acting on health data and insights to improve the overall health and wellness of our clients’ employees, and those they care about most, by providing access to high quality, affordable services where they work and live.
The Occ Health Nurse 0versees and manage the administrative, clinical and operational nursing duties including:
CARE COORDINATION:
Support & Coordination of care for Onsite/Near-Site Model
Coordinator for Community Resources: Collaborates for program development, including but not limited to onsite preventative services, primary care/specialist referrals for Employees
WORKER’S COMPENSATION:
Case Management to facilitate Worker’s Comp process, facilitate referrals, assuring appropriate care, prescriptions, facilitate scheduling studies and return to work assessments
Attend Plant Safety Meetings, review injuries
Resource for Work Comp guidelines to injured employees
Assists in documentation of Work Comp Injury for personnel
Coordinates Work Comp Modified Duty with Client’s Supervisors & Safety
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE:
Evaluation of all work injury Return to Works
Responsibility for all Influenza Flu Events for respective facility
Serve as Subject Matter Expert for development of programs and services as determined need by Collaborate with Environmental Health and Safety, Operations and Human Resources
Educate employees Safe Work Environment and Prevention
Coordinates Hearing Preservation Program with referrals to ENT as appropriate
Coordinates Onsite Health Events, Mammography, Blood Drives and Monthly Health topics
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT:
Evaluation and treat all injuries, illnesses and medical conditions in an efficient and professional manner within nursing scope of practice and guidelines
Assisting in medical emergencies
Taking vital signs, such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and weight
Basic wound care including cleaning and bandaging injured areas
Giving Immunizations under Physician Orders
Support and Encourage Medical Management Plans of Patients—blood pressure checks; blood glucose checks
Assist in coordinating Onsite EAP Counseling after an event and ongoing education
PREVENTION:
Wellness Campaigns (every month) that covers every shift and breakroom
Identification of Prevention and Health Opportunities
Promotion of Immunizations
CPR Training
Attends monthly safety meetings
Assists with Coaching programs, as needed
HEALTH COACHING
Education of Prevention, Chronic Disease and Health Opportunities
Initial Goal Setting to achieve improvement in health outcomes
Steerage into Health & Wellness programs, including but not limited to pilots
ADMINISTRATIVE:
Responsible for all medical supplies for occupational office
Assures compliance with regulatory requirements, CLIA & OSHA
Charting within Electronic Health Record
Qualifications:
LPN license with active license in Georgia, in good standing, preferably Multi-state licensure
At least 2 or more years of Nursing experience
CPR Certificate—American Heart Association
Ability to work independently
Electronic Health Record and computer skills required
Bonus points for:
Knowledge/Experience of the manufacturing industry
Knowledge/Experience with occupational health nursing
Knowledge of recordable and non-recordable accidents
Bilingual in Spanish
This is a full time 40 hour a week role.
This position is in Chatsworth GA.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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