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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:

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

Work Experience:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma from an accredited professional nursing program.
• 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:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience with Workers 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.