Occupational Health Nurse
Shape Your World
At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.
The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.
At Alcoa, you’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.
This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies.
You have the power to shape things to make them better.
About the role:
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Occupational Health Nurse to join our team.
The ideal candidate will coordinate the treatment of work-related injuries, evaluate their effectiveness, and supervise the health status of workers
Major activities/Key challenges
* Coordinates treatment of work-related injuries and evaluates and details its effectiveness.
* Supervise and assess the health status of workers, worker populations, and community groups and stay up to date on regulations and legislation
* Provides client education in areas related to safety, first aid, emergency care, CPR, heat stress, and others as needed.
* Direct patient care skills to include, but not limited to assisting with wound cleansing, dressing and suturing; suture removal; splint application/removal; range of motion treatment; heat and cold therapy; medication administration; emergency care; and respiratory treatment as needed.
* Develop innovative health and safety programs
* Lead all aspects of and implement disaster and emergency preparedness planning
* Perform drug and alcohol screenings as well as vision, respiratory, hearing tests, etc.
* Environmental and ergonomic health planning
* Perform physical examinations
* Observe workers on the job to assess health status and determine risks
* Carry out research on the effects of workplace exposures
* Document and tend to employee injuries and illnesses that occur in the workplace
* Work alongside executives to lower costs of disability claims and other related expenses
* Act as a gatekeeper for different healthcare services like disability and rehabilitation
* Assures accurate maintenance and documentation of patients' records.
* Performs client services related to Occupational Health and Safety protocols.
* Work in a fast-paced, interruption prone environment.
* Other duties as needed
What you can bring to the role:
Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do.
To be successful in this role and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:
Minimum Qualifications:
* Associates Degree in Nursing
* License to practice as an RN or LPN in the State of Indiana
* Must be available to work overtime and be on call on an as-needed basis
* ...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Newburgh, US-IN
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Science
- Recruiter: Alcoa USA Group
- Contact: Not Specified
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: Req-30182
- Posted: 2025-01-17 07:28:25 -
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