Health Nurse – RN or LPN; FTD Job Little Rock area,Arkansas USA,Nursing

Position: Employee Health Nurse – RN or LPN (FTD)

Perform the functions and duties necessary to ensure employees meet and maintain the regulatory and physical health requirements to support the facility needs. Provide initial screening, ongoing job-related health maintenance, injury reporting, tracking, and required record keeping. Interacts with Workers Compensation Carrier, state and federal agencies, and accrediting bodies as required.

Primary Duties

Pre-employment health history evaluation including susceptibility to communicable disease (MMR, varicella, hepatitis

B), immunization status, pregnancy, compromised immune status, absence of infectious disease, and/or latex sensitivity
Medical history assessing communicable disease history and conditions that increase risk (e.g., long-term steroid therapy, immunocompromise)
Assesses tuberculosis status and provide skin testing and follow-up as needed
Provide antibody titer testing
Evaluate changes in employee health status as needed
Outbreak and exposure evaluation:
Evaluate employee susceptibility to disease, type and duration of exposure, availability of prophylaxis
Recommends communicable disease work restrictions based on published accepted standards.
In conjunction with the clinical director, facilitate communicable disease and blood borne pathogen exposure treatment and provide follow-up counseling and testing
Assesses TB exposures and provides follow-up testing and referral as needed
Monitor and repot TB sero-conversions
Monitor compliance with prophylaxis medications
Send employee health records to human resources
Educate employees about immunizations
Provide immunizations
Track series immunizations and provide as needed
Monitor exposures and provide prophylaxis treatment as needed
Complete exposure lab draws for employee
Review exposure results on patients and employees
Inform employee of results
Provide repeat lab draws with serial testing / tracking (6wk, 12wk, 6 month, 12 month)
Provide exposure education for employees and patients
Maintain OSHA 300/301 Log
Provide OSHA log for posting annually
Complete reporting for employee injuries / exposures / lost days / restricted days.
Track lost time related to injuries
Maintain needle stick log
Maintain employee injury log
Maintain employee illness log
Compile employee health reports
Report employee health activities to the Infection Control and Environment of Care Committees
Monitor community and personnel outbreaks
Track employees with repeat injuries, communicate with director / VP
File injuries / exposures with Workers Compensation Provider
Evaluate and trend notice only injury reports
Communicate with employee and their insurance case worker
Track progress of injured employee through Concentra
Monitor work restrictions, advise directors / human resources of employee clearance to return to work
Screen employees at work and advise pharmacy if medication may be dispensed to employee on the clock
Develop and update employee health policies and procedures
Keep current with CDC guidelines

Qualifications/Specifications:

Education: Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse or
Licensed Practical Nursing program.
Licensure/ Certification: Current state nursing license for the state of Arkansas or Licensure from a state within the Nursing Compact. Current BLS certification required within 30 days of employment.
Experience: 1 year experience as a nurse. Prefer at least year experience in employee health and workman’s comp.