Employee Health RN - PRN

LCMC Health; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Deliver healthcare with heart.

Give people a reason to smile.

Put a little love in your work.

Be honest and real, but with courage.

Lagniappe in all you do.

One-of-a-kind care.

See opportunities, not problems.

Cheerlead ideas and teamwork.

Love what makes you, you.

Job summary

LCMC Health in Louisiana is seeking a Registered Nurse to lead Employee Health services, promoting a healthy workforce and applying evidence-based nursing within licensed practice.

You will coordinate pre-employment screenings, vaccinations, TB surveillance, and exposure management, while partnering with Infection Prevention and Control to safeguard staff.

This role emphasizes education, policy development, and maintaining confidential health records in compliance with federal and state laws.

Qualifications

• Active RN license with state board—Louisiana preferred.
• Experience in employee health or infection prevention is ideal.
• Knowledge of CDC guidelines and OSHA regulations.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and supports health initiative performance improvement.
• Coordinates pre-employment health screenings and vaccinations.
• Maintains employee health records and confidentiality.
• Investigates needle-stick and exposure events with post-exposure follow-up.
• Educates staff on safety, exposures, and infection control.

Skills

Infection control

Employee health programming

Data analysis

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

RN license — Louisiana or ability to obtain

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Your job is more than a job

The RN Employee Health provides services to promote and maintain a healthy workforce for LCMC Health employees using appropriate evidence-based nursing care within the licensed scope of practice.

Your Everyday

Performance improvement:

• Promotes and supports LCMC Health’s performance improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrates and actively promotes compliance with all state, federal regulatory and accrediting agencies coordinating with other hospital departments.
• Participates on and/or leads interdisciplinary teams, including those that plan for and respond to emergencies, pandemics and disasters.
• Appropriately documents employee health education, vaccinations, screenings in accordance with departmental and organizational policies.
• Educates and counsels employees on identifying, reducing and eliminating health and safety risks in the work environment.
• Analyzes data to identify trends and control health and safety risks. Implements policy changes and decisions at the department, organizational and systems levels.
• Plans and implements evidence-based programs, services and new initiatives and evaluate them for health and economic impact.

Employee Health Program:

• Coordinates pre-employment health screening and clearance for new hires.
• Maintains the employee health program by following the established policies and procedures.
• Reviews employee immunization records and administers vaccinations as indicated using CDC guidelines.
• Conducts and coordinates employee TB surveillance, respiratory fit testing surveillance, annual flu campaign, chemotherapy surveillance, etc.
• Provides education on blood borne pathogen exposures as indicated.
• Works with Infection Prevention and Control for exposure evaluation and follow up for employee exposures to infectious diseases.
• Develops and disseminates employee health policy and procedures based on current federal, state and local laws and information from TJC, CMS, CDC and OSHA.
• Establishes and maintains employee health records within state and federal laws. Ensuring confidentiality and privacy of health and personal information while limiting the organization’s exposure to risk.

Investigates accidental exposures to blood, body fluids and infectious agents:

• Reviews all accidental needlesticks or exposures to blood and body fluids.
• Coordinates and follows post blood/body fluids exposures and hazard medication exposures of employees. Counsels and educates employee on processes and prevention of exposures
• Reviews all documented exposures to potentially communicable/infectious diseases and/or agents.
• Provides initial counseling, assessment and investigation to exposed employees. Provides post-exposure follow-up and counseling.
• Works with Infectious Disease to coordinate appropriate prophylaxis and follow-up testing after exposure according to CDC and OSHA recommendations.

Implements and evaluates the Employee Health Program:

• Develops and presents educational programs concerning employee health practices and issues when appropriate.
• Conducts employee training on employee health at new employee orientation.
• Keeps informed of new developments in nursing, employee health and infection control through membership of professional organizations.

The Must-Haves

Minimum:

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

American Heart Association Basic Life Support Health Care Provider

Licensed Registered Nursing through the Louisiana State Board of Nursing

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little come on in attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Simple things make the difference.