Occupational Health Nursing Practitioner at Sea Harvest Corporation (Pty) Ltd

Purpose

• To support the health, safety, and well-being of all employees by delivering clinical care, preventing workplace injuries and illnesses, and ensuring compliance with occupational health standards in a food production environment.

Main Duties

• Administer and dispense medication and treatment to employees on-site, where required.
• Provide Family Planning information and administering contraceptives as needed.
• Maintaining employee’s medical files up to date
• Ensures that contents of first aid boxes on-site are adequate and in line with compliance requirements, lists of contents and protocols re the management of these
• Ensure that all Work-related incidents are timeously assessed and treated – either by administering appropriate care in situ or referring the case to the Company’s doctor or other suitable general practitioner. Maintain accurate and complete records of all work incidents
• Perform patient assessments, record medical histories, determine how an injury or illness may have occurred, develop or contribute to treatment plans.
• Co-ordinate Audiometry testing at suitable facilities and with appropriately qualified practitioners, as required.

DESIRED EDUCATION

• Registration with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Professional Nurse.
• Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate in Occupational Health Nursing.
• Valid Dispensing License and SANC Membership
• Valid First Aid Certificate

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Reliability
• Quality Focused (including detail orientation)
• Safety Focus
• Judgement and Decision-making