Occupational Health Nurse - Cape Town at University of Cape Town

Requirements for the Job:

• NQF – 8 Registered Nurse with postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience as an Occupational Health Practitioner in an Occupational Health setting.
• Experience in administrative facilitation of reporting of Occupational Injuries and Occupational Diseases.
• Member of a nursing professional body such as the South African Nursing Council.

Advantageous

• Experience in a Higher Education or complex environment
• Member of the South African Society of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (SASOHN)

Responsibilities of this position will include:

• Engage directly with employees and line management regarding clarity on the occurrence of work-related incidents in the workplace and accurate details for submission to the service provider responsible for submission of claims to the Department of Employment and Labour (DOEL).
• Report and discuss any individual or personal health risk or vulnerability of employees (willing to disclose such information) with medical practitioners, Organizational Health, and OHU Manager without breaching patient confidentiality.
• Provide the Governance Monitoring Risk and Compliance (GMRC) Manager with information related to COIDA to enable the compilation of statistical trends and analysis on incident management.
• Provide subject matter guidance on institutional occupational health matters.
• Planning, coordinating, and implementing the medical surveillance programme for staff at pre-employment, baseline, pre-placement, periodic, and exit of employment at UCT.
• Meet all compliance requirements of the Occupational Health & Safety Act and all the Regulations, COID Act, Hazardous Substances Act, Nursing Act DOH Directives, and Nursing Council directives in all practices and operations within the OHU Clinic

Pre-placement medical

• The potential candidate must pass a pre-employment medical which is aligned to the job functions before being nominated for employment.