Perform the functions and duties necessary to ensure employees meet and maintain the regulatory and physical health requirements to support the facility needs. Provide initial screening, ongoing job-related health maintenance, injury reporting, tracking, and required record keeping. Interacts with Worker’s Compensation Carrier, state and federal agencies, and accrediting bodies as required.
Primary Duties
- Pre-employment health history evaluation including susceptibility to communicable disease (MMR, varicella, hepatitis B), immunization status, pregnancy, compromised immune status, absence of infectious disease, and/or latex sensitivity
- Medical history assessing communicable disease history and conditions that increase risk (e.g., long-term steroid therapy, immunocompromise)
- Assesses tuberculosis status and provide skin testing and follow-up as needed
- Provide antibody titer testing
- Evaluate changes in employee health status as needed
- Assesses TB exposures and provides follow-up testing and referral as needed
- Monitor and repot TB sero-conversions
- Send employee health records to human resources
- Educate employees about immunizations
- Provide immunizations
- Track series immunizations and provide as needed
- Complete exposure lab draws for employee
- Review exposure results on patients and employees
- Inform employee of results
- Provide repeat lab draws with serial testing / tracking (6wk, 12wk, 6 month, 12 month)
- Provide exposure education for employees and patients
- Maintain OSHA 300/301 Log
- Provide OSHA log for posting annually
- Complete reporting for employee injuries / exposures / lost days / restricted days.
- Track lost time related to injuries
- Maintain needle stick log
- Maintain exposure log
- Maintain employee injury log
- Maintain employee illness log
- Compile employee health reports
- Report employee health activities to the Infection Control and Environment of Care Committees
- Track employees with repeat injuries, communicate with director / VP
- File injuries / exposures with Worker’s Compensation Provider
- Evaluate and trend “notice only” injury reports
- Communicate with employee and their insurance case worker
- Track progress of injured employee through Concentra
- Monitor work restrictions, advise directors / human resources of employee clearance to return to work
- Keep current with CDC guidelines
Qualifications/Specifications
- Education: High school diploma or G.E.D. required (if hired after January 1, 2003). Graduate of a certified Medical Assistant program preferred.
- Licensure/Certification: Registered Medical Assistant certification required. BLS certification required. Basic EKG skills required within 6 months of employment. Certification is to be renewed by recommended renewal date on certification card.
- Experience: 6 months- 1 year continuous experience in an acute care setting highly preferred.