Occupational Health Nurse

3 weeks ago


Oakville, Ontario, Canada Halton Healthcare Full time
Job Description

The Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) works collaboratively with members of the Health, Safety & Wellness department to support individual employees and the organization in the delivery of a safe and healthy work environment. The OHN plays an essential role as a front line OHN in the delivery of the Health, Safety and Wellness Programs including: communicable disease surveillance, blood borne disease management, absence management, health assessments, N95 fit testing, health surveillance, health teaching and promotion, immunization, disability management - STD, LTD, WSIB; work accommodation, as well as others.

This is what you'll be doing:

Reporting to the Director of Health, Safety & Wellness, OHN will join a team of other nursing professionals and the Health, Safety & Wellness Department in the delivery of employee health and safety programs including but not limited to:
Ensuring compliance with legislation and applicable actsPrimary care and health assessmentHealth/medical surveillance programs for regulated, controlled substances, biological exposures, etc.Support safety and accident prevention specific to organizational hazardsProvide appropriate and effective first-aid and counseling to employees, as appropriateProvides pre-employment medical assessments based on the Public Hospitals Act and OHA/OMA guidelines. Assessment, follow-up, referral, reporting and documentation of all employees relating to disability management, injury, illness, and/or exposuresFacilitate disability claims management, Return-to-Work programs, assists with WSIB claims process, and other Employee Health related work, using a multidisciplinary approach, as required. Serve as an internal consultant to all departments related to Employee Health & Safety inquiriesIn conjunction with Human Resources, conduct follow up counseling meetings with employees and assist in development of plans to address attendance issuesSupport the Attendance Support programMake referrals to appropriate resources (EFAP, Occupational Health Physician, Disability Management Specialists, therapists)Development and facilitation of training programs related to Employee Health & SafetyCommunicable diseases programs and protocols not limited to (e.g., chicken pox, influenza, febrile respiratory illness (FRI), and other pandemic or epidemic diseases) program will address: blood and body fluid and other biological exposures, pandemic diseases,
• pre-placement infection control screening, occupational and non-occupational exposures, communicable disease surveillance and regular collaboration and information exchange with Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), monitoring, reporting and tracking of exposures and/or risk of exposures

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