Registered Nurse - Associate Wellness

Associate Wellness Coordinator

To be fully engaged in providing No Harm / Quality, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by contributing to outstanding quality, value and service to the customer by coordinating Associate Wellness programs.

Primary Accountabilities

1. Evaluate and educate associates regarding their illnesses, injuries, and exposures.
2. Perform annual Associate Wellness evaluations and update immunizations.
3. Ensure associate compliance of N-95 and influenza requirement.
4. Coordinate all pre-employment testing, including drug screens, immunizations, and medical history documentation, N95 fit testing and color-blind testing as required.
5. Coordinate for-cause drug/alcohol screenings in coordination with the Human Resources Partner.
6. Coordinate TB testing, Hepatitis B (as appropriate) and flu shots.
7. Coordinate the Hearing/Vision Conservation Program, HAZMAT, hyperbaric physicals.
8. Provide Associate Wellness statistics to the Infection Control department for review by the medical staff and the Joint Commission or others as needed.
9. Analyze data and trends and make recommendations for improving the health and wellness of Health First associates.
10. Research and respond to legal or regulatory programs or changes. Conduct educational programs or activities as appropriate.
11. Identifies and implements ways to reduce present and future costs and expenses without sacrificing quality or customer satisfaction.
12. Shows resilience and a positive perspective during stress and the unrelenting changes in today's health care environment.

Work Experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma from an accredited professional nursing program.
• Work Experience:
• Licensure: Active Florida RN or eligible for license.
• Certification: Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.
• Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

1. A working knowledge of computer data entry.
2. Current knowledge of federal, state, and local occupational health and safety laws, and employee health standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Work Experience: Prior experience with Worker's Compensation, occupational health, safety requirement infection control, wellness programs and health assessments.

Physical Requirements

• Physically agile.
• May require walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, or crouching frequently.
• Medium work that may include lifting or moving objects up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, with or without assistance.
• May require moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces, including reaching out and above shoulders or overhead.
• May be exposed to inside and outside environments with varied temperatures, air quality, lighting and/or low to loud noise.
• May require working with biohazards such as blood/body fluids and airborne particles following OSHA and CDC Guidelines.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform tasks.
• Workspace may vary from open to confined.
• Requires travel to various facilities within county perimeter and requires use of personal vehicle. May require travel outside of county perimeter with use of own personal vehicle.

About Health First

At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results. As an organization, it fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve.

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift Times: 7:30am_4:00pm

Paygrade: PG-PG-PG-PG-PG-PG-PG-PG-36