Occupational Health Nurse

Career Area:Human ResourcesJob Description:Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.What you will do:Implements nursing activities for occupational health services and ensures compliance with occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations.Responsibilities• Provides on-site nursing care for employee safety in the workplace; investigates accidents and inspects any health or safety hazards.• Ensures the implementation of occupational health, safety, and environmental rules and regulations.• Provides health and safety awareness information to promote overall employee health in the workplace.• Assists in initiating and coordinating patient care plans for a client company.• Accredited Registered Nurse (RN) degree, current state Registered Nurse (RN) license, and current CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)/First Aid certificationDegree Requirement:Degree requiredOffice Support Tools: Knowledge of commonly used office hardware, software and equipment; ability to use the tools available at the desktop (for example: word processing, email, presentation software, and spreadsheets.)Level Working Knowledge:• Describes the benefits and relative strengths of tools for a specific application.• Demonstrates some advanced functions of at least one product.• Performs first-level problem resolution before seeking help elsewhere.• Helps colleagues with desktop tools where necessary.• Works with all basic office-support products.Interpersonal Relationships: Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.Level Extensive Experience:• Seeks out what's common in conflicting points of view.• Influences key individuals inside and outside own group and earns their respect.• Resolves potentially harmful differences between individuals and groups of people.• Contributes as a member on a variety of teams.• Establishes and maintains productive working relationships within and outside of own area.• Establishes and maintains credibility with clients and teammates.Medical Record Keeping: Knowledge of the concepts, methods, tools and applications used in medical record management; ability to document, manage and maintain patient medical records following established processes and guidelines.Level Extensive Experience:• Monitors the activities of medical record keeping to ensure compliance with legal requirements and security measures.• Creates a medical record system for the health facility to improve the efficiency of data retrieval and processing.• Designs quality assurance program for medical record keeping to ensure accuracy and completion of data.• Resolves operational issues regarding the transfer of medical records.Clinical Leadership: Knowledge of key business and clinical leadership concepts relevant to the healthcare function; ability to balance business needs with the needs of patients' and patient care priorities.Level Working Knowledge:• Gathers data to be used in the evaluation of treatments or technologies.• Administers treatments in a manner that improves clinical outcomes and reduces risk or cost.• Collects statistical information to be used in the evaluation of clinical and financial performance.• Monitors expenditures to ensure the department stays on budget.• Identifies potential changes that reduce costs without impacting the quality of patient care.Diagnosis: Knowledge of the techniques, roles, and responsibilities in assessing and diagnosing patients; ability to apply the knowledge appropriately assess and diagnose patients in to diverse situations.Level Extensive Experience:• Coaches others to help them develop their diagnostic skills.• Conducts numerous diagnoses covering a wide range of patient conditions.• Analyzes data from diagnostic tests and orders additional testing if necessary.• Explains diagnosis to patient and the resulting treatment plan.• Reviews diagnosis procedure of others and provides feedback.Medical Devices and Tools: Knowledge of medical devices and tools; ability to use medical devices and tools in order to evaluate and treat patients.Level Extensive Experience:• Works with all available medical devices and tools in treatment of injured workers.• Uses medical devices tools and devices in order to complete required taskings.• Decides when devices and tools need to be replaced and makes orders or notifies appropriate staff.Nursing Assessment and Care - HNU: Knowledge of the policies and activities regarding nursing assessment and care; ability to assess patients' nursing care needs, develop and implement a nursing care plan, monitor progress and make adjustments as necessary.Level Extensive Experience:• Shares experiences with developing and implementing nursing care plans for many and diverse patients.• Provides insight into alternative pain management therapies and associated nursing considerations.• Consults on defining expected outcomes for new and high-risk disorders and developing associated strategies.• Discusses cases where actual outcomes differed from expectations and lessons learned.• Compares and contrasts different interventions, potential outcomes and associated risks and benefits.Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) Compliance: Knowledge of regulations and standards regarding the occupational safety and health of employees working within an organization; ability to apply relevant regulations and standards to daily work activities.Level Extensive Experience:• Oversees compliance with OSHS regulations in various work activities and environments.• Coaches more junior colleagues on OSHS guidelines that will affect their daily work activities.• Recommends preventive actions to handle potential risks that may occur in work procedures.• Provides insights to optimize the effectiveness of various occupational safety protection methods.• Coordinates all major regulatory issues regarding OSHS safety management.• Investigates and mitigates situations with potential regulatory implications when working with hazardous materials.This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.Summary Pay Range:$87,456.00 - $131,184.00Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.Benefits:Annual incentive bonus plan*Medical, dental, and vision coveragePaid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)401k savings planHealth savings account (HSA)Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)Disability benefitsLife InsuranceParental leaveHealthy Lifestyle ProgramsEmployee Assistance ProgramsVoluntary Benefits and Employee DiscountsTuition ReimbursementCareer Development• Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.Posting Dates:Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.