Occupational Health Nurse (Equity)

SUMMARY:
Occupational Health Nurse (Equity)

POSITION INFO:

Job Position: Occupational Health Nurse (Equity)

Ref: 3669

Location: Port Elizabeth/Uitenhage

Salary:  Commensurate with experience and qualification

Qualifications / Requirements

• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Science
• Certificate in Occupational Health Nursing
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council
• Exposure and completion of courses in Spirometry, Audiometry and Vision Screening would be advantageous
• Minimum of 5 years relevant nursing experience, of which 3 years should be as an Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner (OHNP)
• Ability to take responsibility and accountability
• Good analytical skills
• High capability to act in emergency situations
• Good decision making skills
• Self-motivation
• Computer literacy with proficiency in MS Office - Word, Excel and Outlook  

Job Description and Responsibilities         Occupational Health

• Fitness medicals - pre – employment / entry, pre - placement, periodic, transfer medical examination
• Exit / termination medical examinations to establish the state of health of the employee that could have been influenced by the exposure to his work environment
• Medical surveillance programs, including biological monitoring and hearing conservation programmes
• Assessment, investigation, treatment and follow up of IOD’s (injury on duty)
• Return to work assessments to establish is employee is medically fit to resume duties after IOD
• Primary health care and emergency care
• Management of minor ailments and injuries, family planning,,  health screenings, health campaigns and health education in general which includes TB, HIV/AIDS, chronic disease
• Provide pre- and post- test counselling for HIV  
• Chronic disease management
• Call outs for emergencies, managing and referral of emergencies
• Administration includes:

-        Record keeping and electronic health records

-        Statistics

-         Sick leave administration

-        Medicine Control

-        Injury on duty (IOD)

-        Using medicine, materials and other equipment in the most cost effective and caring manner without changing the high standard of health care delivered

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