Professional Nurse Occupational Health at Anglo American

Job Description:

As a Professional Nurse Occupational Health your responsibilities will include:

• Implement Safety & Health systems within work area
• Assess the 'fitness for duty' of team members and take any subsequent necessary action
• Engage in physical safety checks, interventions, and coaching
• Report deficiencies and implement plans to address deficiencies
• Conduct continual safety audits to check that all safety requirements are being met
• Perform daily planning of activities and tasks to ensure timeous completion of tasks ahead of deadlines
• Conduct pre-employment and exit medical examination in accordance with medical examination protocols
• Conduct pre-placement and transfer medicals in accordance with medical examination protocols
• Provide a baseline health status and determining fitness for duty
• Report and assist on all injuries on duty and occupational diseases
• Assess the ability to work and the health status of an employee/client
• Ensure medical records are recorded and signed

This role is at the Safety, Health & Asset Reliability at a level 8 level reporting to the Senior Professional Nurse.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing
• BTech or Diploma in Occupational Health Nursing
• Registered with SA Nursing Council as well as SASOHN (South African Society of Occupational Health Nursing)
• Certificate in Audiometry, Spirometry and Vision (advantageous)
• Basic Life Support certificate (advantageous)

Experience: 

• 2 years’ experience in medical occupational nursing care role (within the mining environment will be preferable)
• Administration and Record Keeping according to legal and ethical parameters
• Must have excellent people Skills, writing and administration skills
• Communication skills and critical thinking

Knowledge and skills

• Must have a Driver’s license, and with own transport
• Computer proficiency
• Certificate of Fitness

Closing Date: 22nd, April 2022