Clinical Staff Educator and Occupational Health Nurse Manager

Title: Clinical Staff Educator and Occupational Health Nurse Manager

Reports To: Director of Nursing

Direct Reports: Clinical Preceptors

Classification/Category: Clinical Level II

Workgroup(s): Nurse Manager

Work Status: Hybrid

Stipend(s): None

Status: Exempt

Summary of Position

The Clinical Staff Educator and Occupational Health Nurse Manager is a key member of the clinical team responsible for clinical staff education and development. The position works in collaboration with the Chief Nursing Officer and Nurse Managers in the planning, developing, coordinating, facilitating, and teaching the organizational educational programs. Assists with the coordination of annual education: employee health, risk management, patient safety, and infection control in compliance with Federal, State, and local regulatory rules. The Nurse Educator fosters knowledge expansion and professional growth of a staff through the delivery of evidenced based nursing practice.

The Clinical Staff Educator and Occupational Health Nurse Manager is responsible for providing occupational health services to the employee population as indicated by policies and procedures, assessment, planning intervention and evaluation of care provided. Serves as a medical care manager of worker's compensation cases.

RCCHC Mission, Vision and Values

Mission: Great care for every one every day.

Vision: Striving to be the primary healthcare provider, dedicated to and supported by the people we serve.

Values: (R)espectful, (C)ompassionate, (C)aring, (H)onest, (C)omitted

Population Served

Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center will provide open access, community-oriented primary care of the highest quality to all residents, migrants and seasonal farmworkers, as well as, visitors of Hertford, Bertie, Northampton, Gates, Washington and surrounding counties, regardless of their ability to pay.

Minimum Qualifications

• Works effectively with others and is able to organize workload, as well as assume responsibility for assigned scope of work responsibilities
• Proficient in working with electronic medical records, information systems, and technology
• Must be able to work independently, exercise appropriate decision making skills, and function effectively on a team
• Knowledge of CDC and OSHA guidelines related to employee health and transmission-based precaution
• Knowledge of best practices in basic infection control
• Must be able to speak and communicate clearly and effectively

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or current matriculation in an accredited BSN program required

Experience: Three to Five years nursing experience in primary care or public health preferred. Nurse management and occupational health experience preferred.

Certification(s)/Licensure: Current license as a RN in state of North Carolina required. BLS certification required.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and thorough understanding of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC's) in regard to the Federal 330 Public Health Service Act
• Knowledge of computer systems and applications.

Skills:

• Skill in exercising a high degree of initiative, judgment, and discretion.
• Skill in analyzing situations accurately and taking effective action.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with the medical and administrative staff, patients and the community.
• Skill in planning, organizing, and prioritizing work; delegating and achieving goals and objectives.
• Skill in exercising judgment and discretion in developing, interpreting, and implementing departmental policies and procedures.
• Skill in identifying and resolving problems.
• Skill in developing comprehensive reports.

Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures manual
• Ability to write reports and correspondence
• Ability to communicate effectively before groups, individuals and organizations
• Ability to communicate with patients and family members from various educational, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds
• Ability to interpret communication between patient and provider following RCCHC policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

• Primary coordinator for all organizational-wide educational initiatives which impact nursing to include new and changing products; equipment, and practice; and serve as the coordinator of newly hired experienced and transferring nurses transition into practice beyond the orientation period.
• Provides and coordinates orientation, in-service education, continuing education, patient safety and education in the clinical setting for clinical staff personnel in keeping with individual needs, departmental needs, regulatory and agency requirements
• Provide or manage the required physical evaluation programs and services to meet regulatory requirement; such as OSHA, CDC, HRSA etc.
• Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and workers' compensation laws
• Help navigate workers compensation regulations
• Work with the Chief Medical Officer for cases requiring medical recommendations
• Coordinates staff orientation and ancillary clinical staff orientation in collaboration with Human Resources
• Reviews annually and updates orientation skills checklist in conjunction with the Nurse Managers and Departmental Managers as required by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Coordinates Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support (BLS for clinic staff to promote professional growth of employees in the clinical service's areas
• In collaboration with Human Resources, maintains immunization, and educational records; ensure that all necessary documentation of clinical education is provided for filing in employment files to support credentialing requirements.
• Assists clinical staff to acquire, maintain, and/or expand competence in clinical procedures, equipment operation, patient education, and/or documentation
• Verify onboarding requirements and verify and maintain accurate personal medical records
• Reviews new employee immunization records and coordinates vaccine administration
• Serves as employee health nurse and delivers employee health program in accordance with RCCHC's policy and regulatory expectations
• Utilizes evidence to support change and educates others toward a culture of evidence based practice
• Maintains program documentation and records/files in accordance with organization policy and regulatory expectations
• Coordinate the care of ill and injured workers, including return to work assessment and fit for duty evaluation
• Attain/maintain current knowledge of the site risks/hazards including chemical, biological, and physical and participate in reviews and overall risk assessment
• Interpret and evaluate health data and screening tests to determine current health status, vaccinations and exposure to communicable diseases
• Triages injuries and connects employees with providers as needed
• Recognizes and reacts appropriately to potential occupational emergency situations

Other job duties may be required that are not listed above.