Employee Health Associate

**Employee Health Associate**

**Full-Time, Non-Union**

**#R/24-54**

**The Organization**:
St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph (SJHCG) is a faith-based organization that is part of St. Joseph’s Health System. We live by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and embed person
- and family-centred care throughout our 240 long-term care beds, 106 hospital beds, and a variety of outpatient and community support services. Our staff complement of approximately 700 employees is committed to contributing to a healthy, safe, and respectful environment. If you are a passionate and highly motivated individual, looking to help us advance in our mission, vision and values, we look forward to you joining our team

**The Job Summary**:
The Employee Health Associate is a member of the Employee Health Services Department. In this role, the Associate is accountable for supporting ability management, wellness, case management of employee work related and non-work-related disability claims. The role includes the adjudication of benefits, the coordination of modified transitional return to work plans and coordination of temporary and permanent workplace accommodations. The associate supports the mission, vision and values of St. Joseph's Health Centre Guelph as well as established goals, objectives and policies of the Health Centre.

**Key Accountabilities & Success Criteria**:

- Provide support to the Employee Health Services department
- Assist with the management and facilitation of the Early and Safe Return to Work process
- Support Employee Health staff as required, to research and prepare presentations, communications and reports for various internal and external committees
- Assist with the coordination and planning of the annual influenza clinic for all staff
- Support the new employee orientation program
- Act as the departmental superuser for the departmental software
- Maintain statistical data and provide routine reports
- Manage employee health records, medical documentation and follow-up to ensure meeting obligations for medical absence
- Responsible for completion and submission of WSIB form 7 and monthly organizational statistics related to incident reporting
- Responsible for disability claims administration and reporting, internal staff communication
- Participate in onboarding of new hires by completing Health Assessments and medical requirement follow up
- Coordinates and supports return-to-work meetings as needed
- Participate in committees as assigned, creating agendas, taking minutes and following up on action items
- Support and/or leads EHS improvement initiatives
- Contributes to a transparent culture of client and staff safety by adhering to and abiding by patient and staff safety policies and procedures set by SJHC.
- Promotes an environment that encourages and supports change using change leadership theory.

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**Qualifications**:

- Diploma/Degree in health related discipline (e.g. nursing or other allied health) or equivalent combination of education and experience
- One (1) to three (3) years experience in disability management (preferred)
- Post-secondary education in Occupational health and safety (an asset)
- Knowledge in _WSIB _Act, _OHS_ Act, _Employment Standards_ Act and _Ontario Human Rights Code_ (preferred).

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Demonstrated proficiency in spreadsheet and database systems, including Microsoft Suite 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) Familiarity with Quadrant and Parklane (an asset)
- Excellent organizational, problem solving, and time-management skills
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
- Strong customer-service focus and experience (preferred)
- Ability to take initiative and work independently under pressure
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team
- Adaptable and flexible to changing workplace demands
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Maintain a high standard of work and an excellent attendance record