Manager Occupational Health

NiSource Corporate Services Co; Chester (VA); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

NiSource Corporate Services Co. seeks an experienced Occupational Health Program Manager to provide strategic leadership for the enterprise occupational health and injury prevention programs across NiSource operating companies.

You will collaborate with Safety, Operations, HR, and Legal to set strategic direction and align health initiatives with broader safety and business priorities. The role includes leading the occupational health nursing team, governing clinical standards, and ensuring

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare, clinical operations, safety, occupational health, or related leadership.
• Minimum of 2 years of occupational health, employee health, workplace safety, or injury prevention program leadership experience.
• Experience leading complex programs and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience developing and implementing programs, policies, procedures, workflows, and performance measures.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with clinical professionals, operational leaders, and cross-functional partners.
• Experience using data and performance measures to evaluate outcomes and drive improvement.

Aufgaben

• Provide overall leadership and day-to-day management of enterprise occupational health and injury prevention program.
• Recruit, hire, supervise, develop, and evaluate occupational health team members.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, coverage, employee relations, performance expectations, and professional development.
• Establish roles, workflows, and performance expectations to support consistent program delivery.
• Foster a collaborative team culture focused on safety, service, confidentiality, quality, and improvement.
• Oversee clinical competence and scope of practice ensuring delivery of high-quality care.
• Serve as primary liaison with operations, safety, safety teams, workers' compensation, and HR.

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health or related field

Master's degree in Nursing (MSN) or related field

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Occupational Health data programs

Jobbeschreibung

Job Summary

The Occupational Health Program Manager ("Manager") reports to the Director of Operational Safety and provides strategic, operational, and administrative leadership for NiSource's enterprise occupational health and associated injury prevention programs. The Manager leads and facilitates the continued development, implementation, administration, and evaluation of the program across NiSource operating companies and service territories.

A key responsibility of this role is coordination of programmatic and case-specific responsibilities across the organization, as well as identifying and addressing barriers. The Manager leads the occupational health team and partners with Safety, Operations, Human Resources, Workers' Compensation, Claims, and other organizational leaders to promote program awareness, ensure effective integration, establish strategic direction, and align occupational health initiatives with broader safety and business priorities.

The Manager provides administrative and operational leadership for the occupational health nursing team while partnering with the Consulting Medical Director and designated Nursing Lead to support clinical governance, clinical competency, nursing practice standards, scope-of-practice compliance, and consistent application of established clinical protocols.

Essential Functions

• Provide overall leadership and day-to-day management of the enterprise occupational health and injury prevention program.
• Recruit, hire, supervise, develop, and evaluate occupational health team members.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, coverage, employee relations and personnel matters, performance expectations, professional development, and operational issues, partnering with Human Resources as appropriate.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, workflows, escalation pathways, and performance expectations to support consistent and effective program delivery.
• Foster a collaborative and accountable team culture focused on employee safety, service, confidentiality, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee COHN clinical competence and scope of practice ensuring delivery of high-quality care and adherence to industry standards
• Serve as a primary occupational health program liaison with Operational Safety, local Safety teams, Corporate Safety, Workers' Compensation, Claims, Human Resources, Operations, Legal/Compliance, and other organizational stakeholders.
• Lead the ongoing development, implementation, administration, and evaluation of the occupational health and injury prevention program in alignment with organizational safety and operational priorities.
• Develop and execute program strategy in collaboration with the Director of Operational Safety and other organizational leaders.
• Ensure appropriate processes are in place to support nursing competency, scope-of-practice compliance, adherence to approved protocols, and applicable professional standards.
• Ensure program operations align with applicable federal and state requirements, company policies, privacy and confidentiality requirements, and relevant occupational safety, health, and professional standards.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators to evaluate program utilization, service delivery, injury outcomes, operational performance, and overall program effectiveness.

Required Qualifications For Position

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare, clinical operations, safety, occupational health, employee health, or a related leadership environment.
• Minimum of 2 years of occupational health, employee health, workplace safety, or injury prevention program leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex programs and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience developing and implementing programs, policies, procedures, workflows, and performance measures.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with clinical professionals, operational leaders, and cross-functional business partners.
• Experience using data and performance measures to evaluate outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
• Experienced in use of computers, email, MS Word, MS Excel, and Occupational Health data programs

Preferred Additional Qualifications for Position

• Master's degree in Nursing (MSN), Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Health or related field.
• COHN - Certified Occupational Health Nurse
• COHN-S - Certified Occupational Health Nurse-Specialist

Physical Demands

• Standing - Constantly
• Walking - Constantly
• Sitting - Rarely
• Lifting - Frequently
• Carrying - Frequently
• Pushing - Occasionally
• Pulling - Occasionally
• Climbing - Occasionally
• Balancing - Occasionally
• Stooping - Frequently
• Kneeling - Frequently
• Crouching - Frequently
• Crawling - Occasionally
• Reaching - Frequently
• Handling - Frequently
• Grasping - Frequently
• Feeling - Constantly
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Con