Occupational Health & Workers Comp Manager

• Responsible for coordinating, managing, planning and developingpolicies and procedures to provide high quality employee health services that meet all internal and external requirements.
• Through oversight by the Company Medical Director and the Corporate Safety and Health Director,development and maintain standard medical treatment protocolsandequipment/supplies to support those protocols.
• Assures collection, monitoring and reporting of data and health information practices to assure propercustodianship of employee health records and trends analysis as well as all required regulatory reporting.
• Assures effectivecase management through excellent communication with appropriate internal (Legal, Safety and Risk groups) and external contacts, timely and relevant medical specialty assessments and organizational strategies which maximize employee health and productivity. This will include training on enhancinglocal medical provider interaction and relationships.
• Assist in the performance evaluation of the Occupational Health Departments throughon-site and desk auditsas well as the development and ongoing distribution of the Occupational Health scorecard.
• Monitors activities for and ensurescompliancewith laws, government regulations, OSHA requirements and JBS policies.
• Oversee TPA administration and management of workers’ compensation claims
• Collect and analyze workers’ compensation data to evaluate performance of Company safety, health, and claims management goals
• Work closely with site teams and Third Party Administrator on new and existing WC claims
• Continuous communication with Risk Manager, Third Party Administrator, WC Managers, Safety Managers, Occupational Health Nurses etc.
• Leading claims calls with WC managers, site teams, and counselasneeded to provide meaningful direction and leadership on non-litigated and litigated claims.
• Audit coordination over insurance and employee benefits accounts
• Coordinate communication with Corporate and plant safety and operation personnelregardingcompliance with new insurance programs
• Coordinate access to facilities as required by insurance brokers or underwriters or safety engineering/loss prevention personnel

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for coordinating, managing, planning and developingpolicies and procedures to provide high quality employee health services that meet all internal and external requirements.
• Through oversight by the Company Medical Director and the Corporate Safety and Health Director,development and maintain standard medical treatment protocolsandequipment/supplies to support those protocols.
• Assures collection, monitoring and reporting of data and health information practices to assure propercustodianship of employee health records and trends analysis as well as all required regulatory reporting.
• Assures effectivecase management through excellent communication with appropriate internal (Legal, Safety and Risk groups) and external contacts, timely and relevant medical specialty assessments and organizational strategies which maximize employee health and productivity. This will include training on enhancinglocal medical provider interaction and relationships.
• Assist in the performance evaluation of the Occupational Health Departments throughon-site and desk auditsas well as the development and ongoing distribution of the Occupational Health scorecard.
• Monitors activities for and ensurescompliancewith laws, government regulations, OSHA requirements and JBS policies.
• Oversee TPA administration and management of workers’ compensation claims
• Collect and analyze workers’ compensation data to evaluate performance of Company safety, health, and claims management goals
• Work closely with site teams and Third Party Administrator on new and existing WC claims
• Continuou…