Health Nurse; LPN​/RN - Hybrid

Position: Employee Health Nurse (LPN/RN) - Hybrid
Description

The Medical Associates team is seeking an energetic LPN or RN to join us as an Employee Health Nurse. In this role, you'll partner closely with Tri-State Occupational Health and Human Resources to support the health, safety, and well-being of our employees across all locations.

Location and Hours:

• Primarily based at Tri-State Occupational Health, with travel to Medical Associates locations
• Monday-Friday, 4-4.5 days/week
  • Flex up to 5 days/week during peak periods as needed
• Hybrid option: 50/50 split between onsite and remote once fully trained!

What You Will Be Doing:

As an Employee Health Nurse, you'll help support the health, safety, and well-being of Medical Associates employees across all locations. In this role, you'll partner with Tri-State Occupational Health and Human Resources to support employee health programs, workplace wellness, and employee care needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support employees through workplace injuries, illnesses, or exposures and help coordinate return-to-work plans
• Manage employee immunizations, screenings, and health-related programs
• Assist with workplace safety and infection prevention initiatives through training, education, and support
• Conduct ergonomic assessments and follow up on employee incident reports and trends
• Maintain employee health records and related documentation
• Participate in Safety and Infection Control Committees and help support ongoing improvement efforts
• Stay current on employee health and workplace safety best practices and help implement new programs and procedures

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Coordinate care and follow-up for employees with work-related injuries or illnesses, including return-to-work planning
• Communicate with employees, healthcare providers, and other partners regarding employee health needs
• Maintain accurate documentation and reports related to employee health and workplace incidents
• Support workplace safety and infection prevention programs across the organization
• Conduct safety walkthroughs, ergonomic evaluations, and follow-up tracking as needed
• Manage employee health and safety resources, including maintaining related systems and records
• Support employee wellness initiatives including vaccinations, screenings, and health education
• Help coordinate Safety and Infection Control Committee meetings, including agendas, meeting notes, and policy updates
• Research and implement best practices related to employee health, wellness, and workplace safety
• Complete additional projects and responsibilities as assigned

Skills we are looking for:

• Active RN or LPN license (Iowa or multistate)
• 2+ years of nursing experience preferred (will train the right candidate!)
• Interest in occupational/employee health (experience preferred but not required!)

Key strengths:

• Self-starter with strong initiative
• Organized with excellent follow-through
• Problem-solver with critical thinking skills
• Strong communicator and presenter
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

Knowledge & Skills:

Education:

Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse degree. Iowa RN/LPN license or multistate license.

Experience:

Experience and skills that will help you succeed in this role: solid and varied nursing background, previous employee health and/or case management experience a plus but not required, Microsoft Office Suite skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.). Policy development, training and presentation skills, active committee membership.

Interpersonal

Skills:

A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization, and/is usually of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important (vendor reps, labs, offices, hospital, etc.) and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary.

Other

Skills:

Ability to travel to multiple locations. Ability to multi-task, work in a fast-paced environment. Good computer skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills.

Physical Aspects:

Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or…