Employee Health Nurse LVN (Full Time/Days)

Job Summary: The position of the Employee Health (EH) Nurse is a Nurse who provides direct and indirect nursing care for Employees, contract employees and non-employee groups, with particular emphasis in occupational health. The EH Nurse utilizes established protocols, state and federal regulatory requirements, and current standards of care to meet the wide variety of health care needs of the employee population. Actively and consistently contributes to department operations and communications, behaves in a manner consistent with the mission, vision, and values of Pipeline Health, upholding standards of AIDET (Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you) patient communication.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Essential Functions: 

• Completes Employee Health visits per organization policy and department protocols.
• Travel to all Pipeline Health sites to assist or fill in for local employee health nurses.
• Monitors employee work-related illness and injury trends and assesses, develops, and implements strategies to prevent work-acquired injury or illness and expedite return to work.
• Participates in preventative screening programs (e .g., TB testing, influenza, hepatitis B, MMR, varicella, and other appropriate immunizations) and surveillance programs designed to identify and monitor risks to the employee’s health.
• Provides safe, competent, and efficient nursing care for minor and acute injuries and illnesses via protocols and medical directives.
• Performs bloodborne pathogen exposure assessment and follow up.
• Safely administers and appropriately documents on immunizations and TB tests given to Pipeline Health employees per protocol.
• Develop, implement, and monitor influenza vaccine policies for all employees, volunteers, and students.
• Gather influenza vaccine compliance data and report findings to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network per CMS deadlines.
• Develop educational material on influenza for employees to increase awareness of the disease.
• Remain current with CDC guidelines in reference to influenza vaccinations and required reporting.
• Perform communicable disease exposure follow-up in collaboration with Infection Prevention and Department Director(s).
• Counseling employees on physical and mental health issues and guiding them toward community resources and/or employee assistance programs.
• Assist with Workers Compensation Injury Counselor Program: communicate with injured worker, act as liaison between management, claims adjuster, and injured employee, assist with appropriate transitional duty assignments, and keep detailed documentation.
• Demonstrates cost control in all practice activities.
• Documents employee visits thoroughly and accurately in EMR.
• Maintain electronic employee health records and complete audits.
• Oversee on-going employee records review to certify vaccine and tuberculosis testing completeness for employees, volunteers, and contractors to meet regulatory requirements.
• Assists with staff outbreak investigations that require follow-up testing of staff (e.g., scabies) and education on when to report infectious symptoms to Employee Health prior to work.

• Act as an advocate for the rights of employees by ensuring access to preventative health and safety measures.
• Uses clear, concise, professional communication with coworkers, patients, all customers internal and external.
• Uses AIDET in interactions with patients and family members. Utilizes white boards for patient communication.
• Collaborates across disciplines to assist in coordination of patient care, including but not limited to patient transfer, discharge, referrals, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Acts with a sense of urgency when performing tasks.
• Basic unit/department maintenance such as keeping files, drawers, cabinets free from unnecessary clutter.
• Reports on any equipment and or environmental issues for repair.
• Abides by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations.
• Utilizes SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) when communicating with oncoming shift, physician communication and giving report to ancillary or other nursing services.
• Speaks up to stop the line and escalates potential safety events if necessary.
• Completes and attends monthly training assigned.
• May float to other areas of the hospital as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Behavioral Standards: 

• Staff Education
• Provides counseling and emotional support with compassion and respect for the