Occupational Health Nurse

Job Title: Occupational Health Nurse - Manufacturing

Location: Columbus, OH

Job Type: Full-Time

Req ID: 7620

About Us:

As a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of essential medicines, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and its affiliates’ mission is to bring Better Health. Within Reach. Every Day.® for millions of patients around the world.  We are a trusted, reliable partner and dependable source of over 750 high-quality generic, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products that hospitals, physicians and pharmacists need to treat their patients across North America, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.  Through our 32 manufacturing plants, eight R&D centers, and 8,500+ employees worldwide, we are always hard at work creating high-quality medicines and making them accessible to the people who need them.

**The individual in the role will have flexibility to arrange their work schedule to accommodate coverage of 1st and 2nd Shifts with the option to work either 4-10’s (8a-630p) or 5-8’s (11a-7p).

Description:

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.  We are seeking a talented and motivated Occupational Health Nurse to join our team.

In this role, you will provide for and deliver health and safety services to company employees. Job functions focus on promotion and restoration of health, prevention of illness and injury, and protection from occupational hazards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides primary nursing care, emergency services and management of occupational and non-occupational illnesses and injuries; provides follow-up care and makes appropriate referrals as necessary; requires experience and skill in the following: use of automatic external defibrillator (AED), physical assessment, and emergency care.  Position occasionally provides phone consultations with on-site facility emergency response teams during off shift medical emergencies. 
• Conducts health hazard assessments, drug and alcohol testing, new hire exams, surveillance programs, and  periodic exams for employee groups and workplace according to regulatory and company policy/procedure.
• Utilizes and maintains updated, accurate, complete, and confidential record keeping system (e.g. employee medical files/records) according to regulatory requirements (FMLA/ADA/OSHA) and company policies/procedures.
• Responsible for assisting with various wellness programs throughout the year for company employees which focus on health promotion and disease prevention; requires interaction with vendors ; communicates employee attendance and response rate.
• Case management of occupational injuries and illnesses; instructs and directs employees to appropriate health care providers as necessary; initiates and submits necessary company paperwork/forms, enters appropriate information into departmental and company databases.
• Pre-placement exams are scheduled through Occupational Health Coordinator; Surveillance exams are scheduled on an annual basis; work is performed both on an emergency and time available basis and determined case-by-case; some programs are determined by vendor availability and schedule/ time- permitting.
• Attends professional conferences/meetings and re-certification programs (e.g. AED/CPR/Audiometric, etc…) as needed.