Occupational Health Nurse

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

Responsible for implementing an effective occupational health program at the facility level. The OHN acts as a business partner to maximize productivity and reduce health related costs. OH program elements include: immediate care for illness and injury, health surveillance, job placement, regulatory compliance, case management and health promotion. Provides healthcare services to employees or persons who become ill or injured at the facility. Practices within the parameters of professional licensure to ensure consistency with legal, labor, regulatory and Corporate requirements.

Your Team at Baxter

Within the EHS&S Organization, we strive to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and Baxter requirements, committing to Prioritize Compliance, Promote Health & Safety and Protect the Planet while creating value for our employees, our customers, our suppliers and contractors, the communities and the patients that we serve.

We build relationships with each other to get work done. Building these relationships is easy because we all share common traits of being reliable, ethical, and caring. We lean on our colleagues for their expertise and hold each other accountable. We feel empowered to speak up when there's a new insight or opportunity to improve something. This open dialog builds trust within the team and helps create a better product for our customers.

What you'll be doing

• Implements a facility-level occupational health program to meet employee health risks.

• Provides a system for the immediate care of employee and visitor injuries and illnesses, including coordinating a medical emergency response team. Actively participates in the root cause analysis process to understand those events.

• Implements appropriate job placement and health surveillance of employees. Examples include: required hearing conservation program and audiometry, respiratory surveillance, and management of reproductive and chemical hazard exposures.

• Maintains a documentation system for occupational health record keeping and confidentiality. Responsible for all required reporting (I.E., OSHA, Workers Compensation, etc).

• Implements an effective case management program including coordination with other health care professionals, human resources, department managers, and insurance carrier representatives or third party administrators to facilitate timely return to work and appropirate utilization of benefits.

• Facilitates and coordinates a risk-based health promotion program to enhance employee and family wellbeing.

• Provides health-related counseling for employees within the scope of the nursing knowledge and practice.

• Partners with other health and safety professionals to recognize health hazards and environmental risk factors in the workplace that may cause negative health impacts among employees. Actively participates in determining strategies to reduce those risks.

• Establishes a relationship with an external physician to provide support as needed for the occupational health program.

• Responsible for the on-site drug-testing program, including follow-up with outcomes as appropirate.

• Uses basic ergonomic principles to perform simple office ergonomic assessments. Works with EHS to support risk reduction for employees experiencing potentially work-related musculoskeletal systems.

• Maintains professional continuing education and secures task-based certification as appropirate to practice (ex. pulmonary function, hearing testing).

• Facilitates compliance with applicable health and safety regulations.

What you'll bring

• Registered nurse with current license to practice required

• Minium 3 years of experience in a clinical nurse setting

• BSM preferred

• OH Certification preferred

• Critical thinking and decision making skills

• Proficient in computer program use

• Solid com