Occupational Health Nurse

Job Title: Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene Advisor Location: Houston, TX 77079 Benefits: Comprehensive benefits (401K, Health, Dental, and Vision) through Icon Consultants are available Pay: $247/hr. Job Type: 6‑month contract role Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene Advisor Provides specialized occupational health nursing services to ensure workforce health protection, regulatory compliance, and effective implementation of organizational occupational health management systems. The role supports operational sites through delivery of medical surveillance, clinical case management, health risk assessments, and health capability building, contributing to safe, healthy, and productive workplaces. Role Purpose & Scope The role delivers professional occupational health services across operational and office environments, ensuring alignment with legislative requirements and corporate health standards. It provides frontline clinical expertise, supports assurance and audit readiness, and contributes to continuous improvement of occupational health performance at site level. Deliver occupational health risk assessments, including exposure‑based evaluations, site gap analyses, and self‑verification activities. Execute statutory and corporate medical surveillance programmes, including pre‑placement, periodic, and exit medicals. Provide clinical case management within scope of practice, including triage, treatment, documentation, follow‑up, and referrals. Implement and monitor controls for occupational health stressors such as noise, heat stress, ergonomics, fatigue, and chemical exposures. Maintain audit and inspection readiness through accurate health records, compliance documentation, and corrective action tracking. Deliver occupational health training and awareness programmes to employees and contractors. Manage drug and alcohol testing programmes, including chain‑of‑custody and incident‑related testing. Support emergency medical response capability, including first aid team training and readiness. Review Industrial Hygiene related reports and feedback to relevant stakeholders. Summary Decision Rights In accordance with delegated clinical authority, occupational health legislation, and corporate governance requirements. Education Nursing/medical degree qualification with specialization in Occupational Health. Professional Qualifications (Desirable) Registered Occupational Health Nurse with current professional council registration. Experience Experience delivering occupational health services in industrial or operational environments, including medical surveillance and health risk management. Occupational health legislation and compliance; clinical assessment and case management; health risk identification and control; audit readiness; training delivery; emergency response preparedness. Role will be responsible for working with Local and Global HSE&C team, Site Managers, internal and external customers partners, experts and regulatory authorities, subject matter experts, etc. #J-18808-Ljbffr ICON Consultants, LP