Job Title: Occupational Health Nurse - Clondalkin Location: Clondalkin Hours:4/5 Days per Week (Onsite) CHI is seeking an Occupational Health Nurse to deliver health surveillance, fitness for work assessments, and case management services onsite. Key Requirements: Registration with An Bord Altranais/ Nursing and Midwifery Board Ireland Proven Registered General Nursing experience Occupational Health qualification desirable Previous OH experience preferred As an occupational health nurse, you would encourage better health and wellbeing in workers. The overall aim of the role would be to provide a professional, confidential, proactive and objective occupational health advice. Your main duties could include: Main Duties & Responsibilities: Provide a comprehensive pre-employment screening with occupational health needs assessment Assess the fitness of employees returning to work following sickness absence and develop rehabilitation programmes to ensure duty of care Adviselinemanagersofverballyandinwritingofprogrammesforreturntoworkandamendedworking patterns CarryoutOccupationalHealthscreeningfollowingshort-andlong-termabsencereferral Carry out health surveillance and assessments based on risk assessments and in accordance with current legislation Advise on attendance management by assessment Monitor absence procedures/processes, including benchmarking and recommend changes to ensure best practice is developed and maintained Adviseemployeesongeneralhealthissues CommunicatewithHRandManagersworkingtosupporttheindividualwithinflexibilitiesofservice Monitorsabsencetrends,andprovidereportstohighlightingopportunitiesforimprovementinattendance Provideadviceonhealth-relatedperformanceissue Participate in delivery annual flu vaccination programme Ensure that equipment is calibrated, and medical supplies are ordered as necessary Participate in the development of health promotional programmes and provide pro-active information on work-related lifestyle issues Attendmeetings/caseconferenceswithlinemanagersandemployees. Proactiveapproachcasemanagementandgivingadviceonindividualrehabilitationandreturntoworkplans Workplaceassessmentasrequired Assessingandtreatingemployeeswhoareinjuredorbecomeillatwork Giving health education and advice advising on health and safety issues Givingsicknessabsenceadvice Maintaining and analysing employee health records and statistics developing and managing emergency procedures Youmayberequiredtotakebloodsamplesfortestingandadministervaccinations. Referralstooccupationalhealthdoctorsforcomplexcases Tobeinvolvedinsicknessabsencecasemanagement.Includingreturntoworkandrehabilitation programmes Toattendmeetingsasrequiredprovidingspecialistadvicetomanagerstoassistwiththeirdecisionmaking. Liaise with GP's and community health services as required Tobeknowledgeableofspecificissuesatworkthatcouldaffectthehealthofemployeesandgiveappropriate advice Drop-inserviceforemployeeson-site Pointofcontactforfirstaidandmedicaladvice Ensure accurate and detailed written and electronic documentation Tokeepabreastofnewdevelopmentsinoccupationalhealthandlegislativechange Ensure thatat alltimestheservicecomplieswiththeNMBI CodeofProfessionalConduct andEthics;theData Protection Act 1988 to 2018; The Freedom of Information Act 1997 (FOI) as amended by the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 and all other relevant legislation Regular liaison with Occupational Health Physician on all of the above Keyholders are responsible to keep keys safe ParticipateinCHIAuditsforClinicalStandardssuchasSEQOHS MaintainProfessionalcontinuedpersonaldevelopmentaswellasparticipateinCHIPersonalPerformance Programme MaintainretentionofProfessionalregistrationandprovideCHIwithcopyofcertificateannually Comply with CHI policies and Procedure Position Qualifications; Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ability to work effectively/autonomously with minimum supervision Abletoprioritiseownworkloadandmanageowntime,self-motivatedandcapableofworkingflexiblyand to strict deadlines using own initiative A team player with the ability to plan and organise the work within the team in order to meet specified deadlines and service needs Negotiationandmotivationalskills Cleandrivinglicenseandaccesstoavehicle Flexibility to cover alternative shift patterns on occasion if required Ability to analyse absence data and report trends Work Environment: Computer literate and competent in the use of all Microsoft Office Applications e.g. email, word processing and spread sheets etc KnowledgeofeOpasOccupationalHealthManagementSoftware Confidence, assertiveness, tact, diplomacy and empathy for dealing with clients Ability to work alone or Team working Self-awareness of The Employment Equality Acts 19982015 and the Equal Status Acts 20002015, a sense of respect for others irrespective of gender, social class, race or sexual orientation Ability to maintain strict confidentiality Education: RegistrationwithAnBordAltranais/NursingandMidwiferyBoardIreland PostgraduatequalificationinOccupationalHealthorequivalent Sound educational background including a good standard of numeracy and written English All staff are accountable and responsible for their own competence and should limit their actions to those for which they are deemed competent Experience: Proven Registered General Nursing experience Experience in Occupational Health Nursing All staff will be expected to maintain confidentiality, that of our patients, client and to the business of CHI. All staff are expected to maintain their responsibility to the Data Protection Act 2018 and take a role in the prevention of information security breaches, all staff are required to abide by policies and procedures of the ISMS (Information Security Management System)
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