Health Nurse - RN or LPN; FTD

Description 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  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 exposure 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 / VPFile 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

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.