Occupational Health Nurse - RN

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing direct patient care, processing workers’ compensation claims management, facilitating the Modified Duty/and Return to Work program and assisting with other occupational and environmental health services as needed, while maintaining a professional and patient-centered approach.

Schedule: Monday - Friday 40 hours per week; day shift.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide systematic assessment and nursing diagnosis of work-related injuries/illnesses.
• Coordinate and facilitate health surveillance, lost and restricted time care (related to a
• workplace injury) coordination and management.
• Monitor healthcare provider recommendations for appropriateness of accommodations,
• continuous treatment, and work regularly with CRL Occupational Health, Human
• Resources, Risk Management and Workers Compensation insurer.
• Advise managers/supervisors on light duty placement, ergonomics, or job modification.
• Track injured employee care and progress. Initiate and facilitate conferences regularly with
• physicians, therapists, and insurance adjusters about employee progress.
• Assist Human Resources and department management with planning for injured
• employees to return to work from leave.
• Work with management, employees, medical doctors, and insurance carriers in
• developing proper accommodation for returning employees.
• Provide health services in person and virtually, including health counseling and injury
• prevention education, first aid and medical treatment for minor injuries.
• Provide specific treatment for procedures specific to the sites hazards.
• Develop, implement, and maintain updated procedures and programs for employee workrelated
• medical issues aligned with Corporate Occupational Health.
• Maintain and safeguard confidentiality of employee health information and Workers
• Compensation records, understanding HIPAA (or country equivalent) and other privacy
• Responsible accurate and timely communication with designated site contact(s) if an
• employee requires care beyond first aid, limited duty restrictions or lost time which may be
• required to be recorded on the OSHA-300 Log.
• Partner with EHS&S to maintain records of incidents, injuries, first aid, near misses, Key
• Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and regularly stratify/analyze these data for severity and
• frequency, as needed.
• Monitor OSHA General Duty (or country equivalent) requirements and NIOSH research for
• worker health.
• Conduct communications, reviews and recommendations for workplace hazard detection,
• worker health and safety improvements in collaboration with plant management.
• Other duties as assigned or those duties that may be required as management deems necessary.