Job Summary:
The Employee Health Coordinator, RN organizes, coordinates, implements and monitors/evaluates health services provided to employees and ensures that objectives, standards, policies and procedures meet and conform to all organizational standards and employee health performance measures, as well as to all local, state and national licensure, regulatory and accreditation requirements. Supervises daily employee health operations and evaluates and improves the quality and effectiveness of all employee health services including services related to infectious disease control/prevention, occupational illnesses/accidents, pre-employment health status screenings and ensuring that all employees are able to perform the duties of their jobs.
Essential Responsibilities:
Develops, implements and evaluates/improves employee health procedures/services related to employment, pre-employment, emergencies and follow up care for occupational and non-occupational injuries, accidents and illnesses. Integrates services and daily operations with Occupational Health Service Line business and patient care objectives and goals. Manages the pre-employment screening program and ensures that established standards for quality, cost and effectiveness are met or exceeded. Enforces compliance with annual health evaluation requirements and manages the retention and retrieval of all required records, histories and documents. Ensures that employees working in specialty areas (e.g., hemodialysis, home health, chemotherapy) comply with annual and mandated health requirements in addition to general requirements. Monitors infectious exposures/illnesses and immune status of employees in order to realize and maintain a non-infectious working environment for members and employees; participates in committees; may provide for health counseling and health education for employees. May participate in planning and implementing health information and reporting systems. Prepares, coordinates and reviews all policies and procedures pertaining to employee health and communicates these through appropriate channels and media. Develops and implements employee health procedures/services for emergencies and follow up care of occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses. Promotes employee health programs through participation in risk management/safety and infection control committees and programs. Provides administrative direction/supervision to assigned personnel and may provide clinical/technical direction. consultation to assigned nursing staff including performance management/evaluation, hiring, coaching, counseling, staff development, discipline and labor relations issues. Ensures that employee health services provided by staff conform to regulatory requirements; monitors the quality and levelservices provided by staff. Develops and manages programs for evaluation, prevention and follow up of employee occupational accidents. May participate in the development and implementation of modified work programs for employees with occupational illnesses or injuries.