Employee Health RN - PRN

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans, LA, is seeking an experienced Employee Health professional to oversee and advance our health and safety initiatives. You will coordinate pre-employment screenings, manage immunization records, and lead education and policy efforts within Infection Prevention and Control.

You will analyze data, implement evidence-based strategies, and train staff at new employee orientation, ensuring CDC/CMS/OSHA alignment and privacy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and supports 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 planning for emergencies, pandemics and disasters.
• Documents employee health education, vaccinations, screenings in accordance with policies.
• Educates and counsels employees on identifying, reducing and eliminating health and safety risks.
• Analyzes data to identify trends and control health and safety risks; implements policy changes.
• Plans and implements evidence-based programs and evaluates health/economic impact.
• Coordinates pre-employment health screening and clearance for new hires.
• Maintains the employee health program following established policies and procedures.
• Reviews immunization records and administers vaccinations per CDC guidelines.
• Performs TB surveillance, respiratory fit testing surveillance, annual flu campaigns, etc.
• Provides education on blood borne pathogens exposures.
• Coordinates exposure evaluation and follow-up with Infection Prevention and Control.
• Develops and disseminates employee health policy and procedures under applicable laws.
• Maintains employee health records with confidentiality and privacy.
• Reviews accidental exposures to blood/body fluids and coordinates post-exposure follow-up.
• Coordinates post-exposure prophylaxis and follow-up testing with Infectious Disease.
• Develops educational programs on employee health practices and issues.
• Conducts employee health training at new employee orientation.
• Keeps informed of nursing, employee health and infection control developments via professional memberships.

Job description

Your job is more than a job

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.