Employee Health Nurse Full Time - San Leandro, United States - Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area

Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area
Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area
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San Leandro, United States

3 weeks ago

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Description

Description


What makes
Kindred Healthcare a great place to work? Our people, of course Our
clinicians answer this special calling because they have a fundamental, internal drive to directly help people.

In return, we serve, develop and respect our employees in environments created to optimize their
job effectiveness, experience, and satisfaction.

_This is who we are._

  • Who are you? _To succeed in our highenergy, highreward environment, our
    clinicians provide compassionate
    critical care and deliver exceptional
    patient experiences, meaningful outcomes, and bonds for life.


As our most acute level of care,
Kindred's transitional care hospitals offer the same
critical care patients receive in a traditional
hospital or
intensive care unit, but for an extended recovery period.

Our
clinicians play a vital role in the recovery process for
chronic, critically ill and medically complex patients.

As an
Employee Health Nurse you will:

  • Under general supervision manages employee health services and the hospital's Worker's Compensation program.
  • Manages employee health initiatives such as maintaining employee health files, employee TB screenings/chest x-rays, vaccines, etc.
  • Coordinates and conducts new employee health screenings.
  • Identifies employee illnesses, exposures and injuries in order to assess risk potential for prevention of transmission or recurrences.
  • Develops and maintains policies and procedures to direct the activities of the employee health program.
  • Administers Employee Hepatitis B Vaccine program.
  • Institutes employee work restrictions if the potential for transmission of infection exists.
  • Serves on committees, as appropriate, which are involved in selection, evaluation and design and impact the employee health program.
  • Enters incident/claim information into the Event Reporting System (ERS).
  • Acts as a liaison for OSHA or Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations (DILHR) inspections.
  • Maintains the OSHA log.

Qualifications

As an
Employee Health Nurse you will have:

  • Associates degree leading toward licensure as a Registered Nurse / RN or Licensed Practical Nurse / LPN.
  • Valid state licensure as a Registered Nurse / RN or Licensed Practical Nurse / LPN.
  • 1 year clinical experience in medical-surgical or critical care nursing.
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