Occupational Health Nurse – Cape Town needed at University of Cape Town
Job title : Occupational Health Nurse – Cape Town
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : May 08, 2024
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Requirements for the Job:
- NQF – 8 Registered Nurse with postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health
- Must have at least 5 years’ experience as an Occupational Health Practitioner in an Occupational Health setting.
- Experience in administrative facilitation of reporting of Occupational Injuries and Occupational Diseases.
- Member of a nursing professional body such as the South African Nursing Council.
Advantageous
- Experience in a Higher Education or complex environment
- Member of the South African Society of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (SASOHN)
Responsibilities of this position will include:
- Engage directly with employees and line management regarding clarity on the occurrence of work-related incidents in the workplace and accurate details for submission to the service provider responsible for submission of claims to the Department of Employment and Labour (DOEL).
- Report and discuss any individual or personal health risk or vulnerability of employees (willing to disclose such information) with medical practitioners, Organizational Health, and OHU Manager without breaching patient confidentiality.
- Provide the Governance Monitoring Risk and Compliance (GMRC) Manager with information related to COIDA to enable the compilation of statistical trends and analysis on incident management.
- Provide subject matter guidance on institutional occupational health matters.
- Planning, coordinating, and implementing the medical surveillance programme for staff at pre-employment, baseline, pre-placement, periodic, and exit of employment at UCT.
- Meet all compliance requirements of the Occupational Health & Safety Act and all the Regulations, COID Act, Hazardous Substances Act, Nursing Act DOH Directives, and Nursing Council directives in all practices and operations within the OHU Clinic
Pre-placement medical
- The potential candidate must pass a pre-employment medical which is aligned to the job functions before being nominated for employment.
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