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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


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