Occupational Health Nurse (Cordova, IL)

Occupational Health Nurse

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Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role

The person hired for the position of Occupational Health Nurse will promote health and well-being of 3M employees through onsite services and programs, implementing population-based programs to manage or improve health.

Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Become an active team member of the Corporate Occupational Medicine (COM) Department
• Provide direct care of illness/injury
• Conduct pre-placement medical evaluations for all potential employees onsite in accordance with company and government policies
• Maintain the medical surveillance program for the site; conduct HAZWOPER, spirometry, and hearing and vision tests
• Leads case and care management for employees with work-related or non-occupational illness and/or injury, coordinating with vendor or appropriate parties to determine return to work/disability management plan
• Leads cross-functional disability management and return to work planning with location management team, advising on legislative and regulatory requirements in relation to medical needs
• Drive the Health & Wellbeing initiatives for the site
• Provide employee training on health-related topics
• Communicates with EHS information regarding work-related illness/injury for incident log management and required government reporting
• Maintains medical files with preservation of confidentiality; maintains electronic records/reports. Assists in preparing data for management summaries
• Participate in plant walk-through with the EHS team, providing recommendations for improvements

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate's degree or higher in Nursing from an accredited institution (completed and verified prior to start)
• Current, unrestricted, Illinois Registered Nursing license, or the ability to obtain.
• Three (3) years of combined experience in Occupational Health, Public Health and/or Clinical Nursing in a private, public, government or military environment
• One (1) year of experience with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Experience with local, state and federal regulatory and/or legislative occupational health requirements
• Minimum of three (3) years of occupational health nursing with direct delivery of services to workers
• Professional certification(s) such as: Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN-S), Certified Case Management (CCM), Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist (CAOHC)
• Certification in CPR/AED
• Completed NIOSH approved Spirometry course
• Computer skills sufficient to create documents, presentations, analyze data, generate reports and provide communications

Location: Cordova, IL

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.