ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, REHABILITATION & REENTRY 

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSE

Job Location:

Address:  

Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC) - Yuma
7125 East Cesar Chavez Blvd
San Luis, AZ 85349

https://corrections.az.gov/

Posting Details:

Salary: $84,000.00 

Grade: N1

Closing Date: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Job Summary:

Would you like to be part of an amazing team?

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for a very professional and compassionate full time experienced Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) responsible for the health and wellbeing of staff.
The main focus of this position is to promote health , prevent illness, injury and protection from work environment hazards materials. This position is also responsible for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Family Medical Leave Act rules and implementation of the Return to Work program at the Arizona State Prison Complex - Yuma.

This opportunity is for you, Apply today, and take your career to the next level!

Job Duties:

- Maintains OSHA Log in compliance with record-keeping guidelines (29 CFR 1904)
- Determines eligibility for leave under the Family Medical Leave Act in compliance with the rules
- Monitors industrial injury/illnesses in order to facilitate a safe return to work and ensures the work environment contributes to recovery
- Implements the return to work program, this includes modified duty, temporary work assignment
- Conducts TB and Hepatitis B clinics to required employees, monitors inoculations and tests for all department new hires and annual follow-up (20 CFR1910)
- Conducts in depth investigation of occupational exposure incidents, counsels employees, educates and monitors the process flow with required laboratory tests and case management
- Assists local managements with tracking employees’ absences due to health reasons
- Maintains confidentiality of occupational health medical records in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) laws
- Implements wellness programs that support positive lifestyle changes and individual efforts to lower risk of disease and injury through health promotion, safety awareness, work-life balance
- Counsels staff on issues related to substance abuse and psychosocial needs
- Recognizes and identifies workplace hazards
- Monitors, evaluates and analyzes these hazards by conducting research on the effect of workplace exposures
- Coordinates and provides communicable disease testing, surveillance in compliance with Federal laws
- Maintains supply inventory, networks and partners with key customers regarding health and safety concerns that may impact employee
- Drives on State business
- Perform other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Occupational Health Nursing standards of practice
- Preventive medicine, general public health programs and science, methods of control and transmission of communicable disease
- Federal and State laws and rules governing Occupational Health Nursing
- Case management for occupational and non-occupational illnesses and injuries
- Management and supervisory principles

Skill in:
- Training and conducting presentations
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Verbal and written communications

Ability to:
- Maintain confidentiality of occupational health medical records
- Investigate, assess and monitor occupational injuries/incidents
- Research and prepare reports
- Drive a State Vehicle
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