Employee Health Clinical Nurse (48092)

Under general supervision of the Employee Health Nurse Manager, the Employee Health Clinical Nurse plans, directs, and coordinates the daily Employee Health activities. Ensures adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards. Provides support to the Employee Health Office and guidance to high-volume of employee walk-ins to include direct hires, contract, Indian Health Service (IHS), Navajo Nation (NN) Emergency Medical Technicians, NN Employees, Residents, students and temporary employees. Provides nursing care, within scope of practice, to employees in accordance with standards of nursing care and primary care provider orders. Will serve as the clinical oversight and will receive direction from the Employee Health Nurse Manager as directed by the Medical Chief of Staff for communicable disease (i.e. tuberculosis, measles) health protocols and changes. Upholds the principles of WIHCC’s Vision, Mission, and Value Statements. Maintains confidentiality of all privileged information at all times.

This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all-inclusive.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
• Provides new employees with pre-employment screenings, maintains annual employee compliance, and performs nurse case management and care coordination for high risk employees.
• Assists Human Resources during onboarding by ensuring all new direct hires, contractors, students, and residents register for Readyset, complete all assigned health surveys, and upload/ submit required health records.
• Assists employees in appropriate handling of incident reports and assures meaningful and timely follow-up on all incidents.
• Provides employees with protocol of returning to work procedures.
• Notifies Human Resources and the employee’s Supervisor with return to work clearance.
• Notifies the employee’s Supervisor when leave status has changed and the employee is no longer being followed by Employee Health; leave status is managed by Human Resources.
• Manages needle-stick and other adverse work related injuries according to WIHCC’s policies and protocols within the nursing scope of practice. Ensures employees have been evaluated in Urgent Care or Emergency Department, as needed, status post a work-related blood and/or bodily fluid exposure.
• Schedules follow-up lab work, etc. based on the work-related injury protocol. Ensures test results are reviewed by a provider and then discussed with the injured employee.
• Assist HR in coordination and scheduling of employee FFD’s as requested.
• Completes Employee Health chart reviews.
• Safely and correctly administers subcutaneous, intradermal, and intramuscular injections.
• Sets-up and administers new hire and annual employee immunization vaccine clinics for employees per WIHCC’s Personnel Policies and Procedures in accordance with CDC Recommendations. Sets-up and administers new hire and annual employee N-95 FIT testing per OSHA requirements.
• Issues replacement N-95 masks when Employee Health Nursing Assistant is unavailable.
• Maintains health records by proper and complete documentation of nursing observations, interventions, therapeutic measures and employee education.
• Provides counseling and education to employees for preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures involved in health care.
• Maintains professional knowledge and skill in nursing by attending the continuing education, staff meetings, workshops, and webinars.
• Adheres to all HIPAA and HITECH rules and regulations.
• Requires completion of tasks or duties assigned by a supervisor.
• Upholds all principles of confidentiality and patient care to the fullest extent.
• Adheres to all professional and ethical behavior standards of the healthcare industry.
• Adheres to WIHCCs Personnel Policies and Procedures, departmental policies, rules, and regulations.
• Interacts in an honest, trustworthy and dependable manner with patients, employees, visitors, and vendors.
• Possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Maintains compliance with all Human Resources requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.