Occupational Health Nurse

• Only SA citizens with exact exp need apply.
• Appointments are dependent on the completion of a successful medical examination and receipt of a valid medical certificate.
• Diploma Occupational Health ( Essential/Minimum )
• Bachelors’ Degree Nursing (Recommended)
• 2-5 (in total) years in Nursing / Occupational Health (Essential/Minimum)(Operational)
• SANC ( Essential / Minimum )
• Provide periodical, annual, pre-employment & exit medicals, monitor the storage and availability of medical records, for identification of health issues and the provision of appropriate courses of treatment.
• Follow Occ Health programmes and procedures and provide support to the Occ Medical or Health Practitioner at the Medical Station/Clinic, to ensure compliance to all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in implementing Medical and Hygiene procedures and Codes of Practice.
• Responsible for daily operations of the Medical Station, (monitoring resource allocations, delegating tasks and supervising the provision of health services).
• In collaboration with the Occupational Hygienist, monitor employee exposure to hazardous substances and undertaking statutory and non-statutory health surveillance.

• Report for standby duty and perform all required emergency medical services and administer medication where appropriate, to maintain the good health of employees.

COMPLIANCE , GOVERNANCE AND ASSURANCE:

• Provide inputs in the establishment of an effective methodology of SHEC business operations, communications and control whereby statutory compliance and appropriate mitigation of risk is achieved.
• Adhere to all relevant SHEC legislation and comply with company specific policies and procedures.
• Manage risk by assessing liabilities, reporting and monitoring standards, as well as attending to health problems in line with Company standards.
• Ensure that all governance systems and methodologies required to manage health risks are efficient and managed at all levels.
• Participate in assessments and audit aimed at ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements.
• Ensure alignment between legal documents, Acts and statutory guidelines.

SAFE AND HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ensure & maintain a healthy environment, safe operations & practices.
• Responsible for own safety, co-workers & for clients.
• Compliance to all applicable SHE policies & procedures in line with set standards.
• Report defects & incidents.
• Ensure good housekeeping principles are upheld in the work place.

SERVICE MANAGEMENT:

• Execute responsibilities in a manner that is in accordance to guidelines and standards associated with quality service delivery of Health services.
• Deliver responsibilities in a manner that is aligned to the services framework and consistent with customer agreements.
• Ensure quality control of service delivery.

BEST PRACTICE AND CI:

• Maintain extensive internal and external professional networks.
• Assess and evaluate alignment of occupational health services with best practice principles to enable improvements where applicable.
• Assist in the development and implementation of a personal learning and growth plan to ensure continued development.

CUSTOMER AND CLIENT RELATIONSHIP:

• Provide support to clients in the development of occupational health services and processes for administrative, systems and record keeping purposes.
• Assess and evaluate discipline-specific standards, principles and practice to enable planning and implementing health outcomes supportive of business objectives.
• Monitor resource allocation, delegate tasks and supervise the provision of health services.

EFFECTIVE STAFF SUPERVISION:

• Manage direct reports KPA's by setting and monitoring performance standards and taking action to correct deviations to achieve dept objectives.
• Proactively anticipate future occupational health service requirements in consultation with Occupational Medical Practitioner.
• Draft and implement strategies to optimise staffing and services to assure a competent knowledge base for continued success of Company.
• Act as change agent to foster an environment where people are motivated and performance driven.
• Articulate, adopt, embrace and lives Company's values.
• Motivate and inspire staff to excel at their jobs and strive for excellence.
• Ensure staff resources are efficiently deployed and staff members undertake appropriate training and development so they are skilled to efficiently perform allocated duties.
• Support, coach and mentor direct reports in skills/knowledge development to ensure they have the necessary capabilities.