Professional Nurse Occupational Health at Anglo American

Job Description:
Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Perform daily planning of activities and tasks to ensure timeous completion of tasks ahead of deadlines
• Allocation of staff to various stations
• Conduct pre-employment medical examination in accordance to medical examination protocols.
• Conduct pre-placement and transfer medicals in accordance to medical examination protocols.
• Provide a baseline health status and determining fitness for duty.
• Conduct periodic health screening to detect early signs of target organ damage related to specific health hazard exposure.
• Identify and ensure early and prompt intervention measures to affected employees and referrals to appropriate functionaries.
• Report and assist on all injuries on duty and occupational diseases.
• Conduct exit medicals to detect and exclude possible occupational diseases related to occupational exposure.
• Follow organisational standards and procedures for medical surveillance process.
• Assess the ability to work and the health status of an employee/client.
• Present recommendations to line manager.
• Ensure medical records are recorded and signed.
• Assess, monitor and provide support to patients with medical problems impacting on work ability.
• Provide input into incident investigations.
• Implements health promotion activities within the Operation
• Ensure that reports are prepared according to prescribed standard and distributed to the relevant supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing
• BTech Occupational Health Nursing
• Registered with SA Nursing Council
• Basic Life Support certificate
• Certificate in Audiometry, Spirometry, Vision

Experience:

• 2 years’ experience in similar role

Knowledge and Skills:

Operations:

• Knowledge of operational processes within scope of role

Management:

• Risk management techniques and critical controls

Compliance:

• Safety, health and environment, legislative, statutory, regulatory and permitting requirements
• Knowledge of relevant mining & labour legislation

Technical skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient in communication skills
• Proficient in organisation skills
• Emerging in counselling skills