RN - Occupational Health

Job Title

Spectrum Healthcare Resources has a potential opportunity for an Occupational Health RN for White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Job Requirements:

Degree/Education: A diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in Nursing from a professional nursing program and possession of at least one full year of professional nursing experience which includes performing occupational or routine patient assessments, educating individuals or groups on occupational health topics, and assisting with coordination of occupational health programs.

Licensure/Registration: Maintain an active, valid, current, and unrestricted license to practice nursing as a registered nurse in any US state/jurisdiction.

BLS through American Heart Association

Experience: Minimum 1 year experience in occupational health or related area such as public health/community health, outpatient clinic, school nursing, or physician office nursing.

Recent clinical experience required

Duty Summary: Utilizing major components of occupational health management, ensures health care interventions for individuals to achieve occupation health management compliance, improve overall quality of life, and reduced healthcare costs.

Works with base personnel (DPCLC) on medically disqualified, compensation, and limited duty programs. Assist in the investigations of illness and injuries for both active-duty military and civilian personnel. Supports Occupational Medicine Services (OMS), Aerospace Medicine and Civilian Personnel on coordination and compilation of compensation data relevant to adjudicating and/or controverting compensation claims.

Strongly preferred working knowledge of the military health care system including TRICARE health benefits. Applies knowledge of military health care system including TRICARE health benefits or a working knowledge of the principles of fee-for-services, preferred provider network and managed care/HMO organizations.

Ability to synthesize data from a variety of sources and make appropriate clinical decisions.

Coordinates patient care through a continuum and facilitates the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality, and cost effectiveness.

Ensures compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the medical treatment facility. Provides care within ethical and legal boundaries.

Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.

Assesses patient needs telephonically.

Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.

Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization. Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing professional issues.

Excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity, including telephone contacts, in accordance with requirements.

Makes referral appointments and arranges specialty care as appropriate.

Skill in setting up, operating, and monitoring specialized medical equipment such as cardiac monitoring devices, EKG units, oxygen analyzers, nebulizers, and other clinic specific equipment.

Performs/assists with procedures such as bladder catheterizations, administration of oxygen, visual acuity tests, EKGs, irrigation of eyes and ears, tympanograms, splinting, phlebotomy, and other clinic specific procedures, in accordance with established protocols.

May be required to work various shifts or augment clinical nursing support during the absence of other team nurses due to illness, leave or deployment.

Ensures a safe work environment, employee safe work habits and patient safety IAW regulatory agencies, infection control policies, and process improvement initiatives.

Position Highlights:

Emphasis on work-life balance | low stress environment focusing on employee health

Monday - Friday | 7:00 am-4:30 pm

Freedom from evening, holiday, and on-call responsibilities

Care for federal employees, not the general public