PURPOSE:

• To contribute to health and wellbeing of employees.
• To provide primary health care services and support the provision of occupational health services.
• To implement Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Tuberculosis (TB) programmes and provide counselling.

Minimum Requirements    
QUALIFICATIONS:

• Diploma Nursing (Essential/Minimum)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 2-3 years  Essential general nursing experience. Recommended experience in primary health care and TB/HIV training and counselling.  (Essential/Minimum)    Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• Reg: South African Nursing Council (Recommended/Desirable)

Duties & Responsibilities    
Administration and Support Services    

• Monitor the storage and availability of medical records for identification of health issues and the provision of appropriate courses of treatment
• Provide assistance with occupational health programmes and procedures
• Process medical aid documentation, costs of private and benefit member’s treatment accounts and resolve employee queries

Best Practice and Knowledge Management    

• Maintain internal/external professional networks
• Adhere to quality assurance standards and programs
• Operate within professional scope of practice
• Ensure ethical and professional conduct
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation

Business Performance and Operations    

• Coordinate and implement primary health care services
• Conduct regular examinations e.g. blood pressure, urinalysis and physical examinations
• Conduct nursing diagnosis, recommend or implement treatment where applicable
• Advise patients on general health e.g. family planning, weighing and immunisation
• Monitor the progress of patients and take appropriate action where necessary
• Assist with the implementation of medical and hygiene procedures and codes of practice
• Support in the monitoring of employee exposure to hazardous substances and undertake statutory and non-statutory health surveillance
• Where required, report for standby duty and perform required emergency medical services and administer medicines

Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

• Adhere to relevant Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) legislation, statutory requirements (e.g. Nursing Act, National Health Act etc.) and company specific policies and procedures
• Implement effective primary health programmes for the management of health risks
• Adhere to quality assurance standards and programs

Customer and Client Relationship Management    

• Assist in the development of primary health services and processes for administrative, systems and record keeping
• Assist in the evaluation of discipline-specific standards, principles and practice to enable planning and implementation of health programmes

Internal Business Processes    

• Support occupational health nurse in the implementation of a medical surveillance programme (including periodic, annual pre-employment and exit medicals), occupational health programmes and relevant codes of practice to ensure compliance to all legal and regulatory requirements
• Support with the management of occupational injuries and diseases
• Ensure safe keeping of medical records in accordance with legislation and Company guidelines
• Implement the Company’s Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Tuberculosis (TB) programmes
• Assist with the monitoring of TB and HIV transmissions
• Perform HIV/AIDS counselling and create awareness

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Maintain and ensure a healthy environment and safe operations practices.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations.

Behavioural Alignment    

Demonstrates the following:

• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective