Occupational Health Nurse (FT) - Massillon & Canton
At Fresh Mark, Occupational Health Nurses are member of the Human Resources team. While you will occasionally triage injuries and provide basic first aid/emergency care, the majority of your time will be spent managing the leave programs for your site - Worker's Compensation, FMLA, and Leave and Disability programs.
Primary Functions and Responsibilities include:
- First aid treatment for minor injuries and illnesses. Determine the need for referral to outside health care agencies as needed.
- Case management of injuries & illnesses and administration of the workers’ compensation program.
- Implement effective return-to-work strategies following work related absences.
- Prepare for and attend BWC audits to maintain workers’ compensation self-insurance.
- Advise Human Resources on disability issues in the workplace (FMLA, ADA, Modified duty).
- Maintain recordkeeping and reporting requirements (OSHA 300 Log, Summary Logs, etc.) and confidentiality of employee health records.
- Manage medical requirements and the required health programs/assessments for specific programs (hearing protection, HAZWOPER and maintenance physicals, respirator fit-testing, Bloodborne Pathogens, Hearing Conservation, etc.) to ensure medical programs are compliant.
- Oversee the Drug Free/Substance Abuse Program for pre-employment, post-accident and reasonable suspicion.
- Manage claim determination process.
Requirements
- ADN, LPN or EMT experience will be considered.
- Preferred candidates will have hands on experience with FMLA, WC and Leave and Disability case management, paperwork, and documentation.
- Experience managing safety and workers comp in a manufacturing environment desired.
- Stong case management and reporting is required.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- English/Spanish bi-lingual a strong plus
We invite you to be part of our exciting team and rapidly growing business.
Fresh Mark provides an excellent work environment and comprehensive benefits including paid vacations and holidays, educational assistance and reimbursement, health care with low premiums and deductibles, vision, 401K with company match and more.
About Fresh Mark, Inc.
At Fresh Mark, people come first. It’s not just a slogan, it is engrained in the fabric of who we are and what we work to achieve every day. The cornerstone of our culture is based on a foundation of taking care of all our employees on every level. As a team member here, you will be given the tools, leadership, and support to grow in your knowledge and career and as a leader yourself.
Owned and made in the USA for more than 100 years, Fresh Mark’s Sugardale brand takes a personal approach to making great tasting high quality meats. For a century, we’ve been dedicated to making the best products, the best way. Made with top quality ingredients and workmanship, Sugardale supplies bacon, ham, hot dogs, sliced lunch meats, pepperoni and salami and other specialty meat items with annual sales of more than $1 billion.
Fresh Mark welcomes all interested people to apply for job opportunities in our company. We pride ourselves in being a diverse company and we consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, disability or any legally protected status.
Fresh Mark is a drug free workplace.