Employee Health Nurse

Mclaren-Health-Care; Petoskey (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks an experienced Registered Nurse for its Occupational Health / Employee Health program. The role emphasizes evaluating and treating work-related injuries, ensuring OSHA-required precautions, and coordinating with HR and departments.

Candidate must hold an RN license with at least 3 years of emergency/occupational health experience and an active BLS certification. A BSN is preferred. Schedule is full-time, daytime hours.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in the state.
• Minimum three years of nursing experience in emergency, occupational health, urgent care, or employee health.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat work-related injuries/illnesses or refer per protocol.
• Ensure OSHA-required lab tests, immunizations, TB precautions and fit testing for new employees.
• Assist with evaluating work environment and implementing changes.
• Support Workers’ Compensation processes and employee leaves of absence.
• Educate employees per OSHA guidelines (BBP, TB) and conduct annual reviews.
• Maintain files, records, and forms; liaison between employees on leave, HR, and departments.
• Maintain awareness of regulatory recommendations and guidelines; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Employee health

Emergency care

Education

Associate degree in Nursing (ADN)

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (preferred)

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Responsible for the evaluation, follow-up, and ongoing care of employees and non-employees as required, including pre-employment evaluations and related health records and reports.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Assesses work-related injuries and illnesses, treating injury or referring according to protocol and assisting with follow-up as needed.
• Insures that all OSHA required lab tests, immunizations, TB precautions and fit testing are completed on new employees.
• Implements OSHA requirements as recommended for employees.
• Assists with assessing employee’s work environment, related conditions, initiating work site evaluations, and insuring changes are made when possible.
• Assists with assigned tasks related to the Workers’ Compensation process or employee leave of absences.
• Participates in employee’s education as required by OSHA guidelines (i.e., BBP pathogens, TB, etc.) for new employees as well as an annual review for all employees.
• Completes and maintains files, records, reports, logs, investigations, and forms as required.
• Acts as a liaison between employees on leave (work related and non-work related), Human Resources Department, and the employee’s department.
• Assesses exposures (i.e., blood borne exposure) and insuring appropriate evaluation and follow-up is completed per OSHA, CDC guidelines and MGL protocol.
• Maintains current knowledge of all regulatory agency recommendations and guidelines.
• Performs other duties as requested or directed.

Required:

Associate degree from an accredited nursing school.

• State licensed as a registered nurse.
• Three years nursing experience in emergency, occupational health, urgent care, or employee health.
• BLS certification

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004390
• Daily Work Times: 7:30am-4:00pm
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.