Occupational Health Nurse

Career Area:

Human Resources

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Implements nursing activities for occupational health services and ensures compliance with occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Responsibilities
•    Provides on-site nursing care for employee safety in the workplace; investigates accidents and inspects any health or safety hazards.
•    Ensures the implementation of occupational health, safety, and environmental rules and regulations.
•    Provides health and safety awareness information to promote overall employee health in the workplace.
•    Assists in initiating and coordinating patient care plans for a client company.
•    Accredited Registered Nurse (RN) degree, current state Registered Nurse (RN) license, and current CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)/First Aid certification
 

Degree Requirement
Degree required
 

Skill Descriptors
Office Support Tools: Knowledge of commonly used office hardware, software and equipment; ability to use the tools available at the desktop (for example: word processing, email, presentation software, and spreadsheets.)
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Describes the benefits and relative strengths of tools for a specific application.
•    Demonstrates some advanced functions of at least one product.
•    Performs first-level problem resolution before seeking help elsewhere.
•    Helps colleagues with desktop tools where necessary.
•    Works with all basic office-support products.

Interpersonal Relationships: Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Seeks out what's common in conflicting points of view.
•    Influences key individuals inside and outside own group and earns their respect.
•    Resolves potentially harmful differences between individuals and groups of people.
•    Contributes as a member on a variety of teams.
•    Establishes and maintains productive working relationships within and outside of own area.
•    Establishes and maintains credibility with clients and teammates.

Medical Record Keeping: Knowledge of the concepts, methods, tools and applications used in medical record management; ability to document, manage and maintain patient medical records following established processes and guidelines.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Monitors the activities of medical record keeping to ensure compliance with legal requirements and security measures.
•    Creates a medical record system for the health facility to improve the efficiency of data retrieval and processing.
•    Designs quality assurance program for medical record keeping to ensure accuracy and completion of data.
•    Resolves operational issues regarding the transfer of medical records.
•    Coaches others on the proper use of medical record keeping applications.
•    Trains others on sharing medical records with other entities.

Clinical Leadership: Knowledge of key business and clinical leadership concepts relevant to the healthcare function; ability to balance business needs with the needs of patients' and patient care priorities.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Gathers data to be used in the evaluation of treatments or technologies.
•    Administers treatments in a manner that improves clinical outcomes and reduces risk or cost.
•    Collects statistical information to be used in the evaluation of clinical and financial performance.
•    Monitors expenditures to ensure the department stays on budget.
•    Identifies potential changes that reduce costs without impacting the quality of patient care.

Diagnosis: Knowledge of the techniques, roles, and responsibilities in assessing and diagnosing patients; ability to apply the knowledge appropriately assess and diagnose patients in to diverse situations.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Creates documentation to guide others in the diagnosis procedures.
•    Coaches others to help them develop their diagnostic skills.
•    Conducts numerous diagnoses covering a wide range of patient conditions.
•    Analyzes data from diagnostic tests and orders additional testing if necessary.
•    Explains diagnosis to patient and the resulting tr