Registered Nurse - Occupational Health

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Job Description

Status:Contingent 

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Maintain an autonomous nursing practice focused on the promotion, protection and restoration of employees' health utilizing the standard AAOHN domains of occupational health nursing within the context of a safe and healthy manufacturing and non manufacturing environment as well as following the nursing practice standards of the State of Michigan

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum Work Experience 12 months of accumulated experience within the last 5 years; new graduate; in lieu of 12 months of accumulated experience, a new graduate will be eligible for employment after completion of 1200 verified hours of employment within the last 12 months or the standard practice within the RN community.

REQUIRED:

• RN diploma/degree from accredited School of Nursing
• Valid RN license in the appropriate state
• Current BCLS certification.

PREFERRED:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• ABOHN certification COHN, COHN-S, COHN-S/CM, etc.
• CAOHC Audiometric certification
• Respiratory Fit certification
• Breath Alcohol certification (BAT)
• Continuing Education Credits
• Experience in occupational healthcare.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• High level of initiative and sound independent nursing judgment
• Analytical ability; problems may be complex
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others
• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills
• Basic knowledge/comfort of computer systems (e.g., Windows, MS Word & Office);
• Completion of core competencies in OHN Services.

• Preferred: Experience in occupational healthcare