Job Description

Requisition ID: 352274

Position Number: 20002590

Posting End Date: January 24, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: WRHA Corporate

Department / Unit: OESH Occupational Health

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MNU

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $42.124, $43.683, $45.245, $46.947, $48.898, $50.789, $52.855, $55.007

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Position Overview

The Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) is a vital member in the Occupational Health & Safety team of professionals who work collaboratively to provide a safe working environment for hospital and / or community health service employees. Under the general direction of the Director, the OHN is responsible for assisting with the design, delivery, maintenance and evaluation of a prevention orientated occupational and environmental safety & healthy program for the clients it serves. Working independently, as well as in collaboration with others, the OHN advocates for workers and worker groups to promote health in a safe & healthy work environment. Working in collaboration with the worker / worker group, employer, union, health professionals, and others, the OHN assists clients with health issues through informed decision-making. The OHN manages and administers an occupational health service within legal and professional parameters which may include: conducting health examination, assessing the work environment, providing prevention strategies, providing health education and health promotion program, providing counseling interventions and programs, managing the data collection and information system, conducting health surveillance program, assessment and follow-up of work related injury / illness, participation in return to work planning and monitoring of occupational illness / injury trends, developing education and wellness programs applicable to non occupational illness trends, program planning / coordination / delivery, policy development and cost-containment strategies.

Experience

• 4 years nursing experience to include three years Occupational Health Nursing.
• Experience in community health, ambulatory care, critical care or emergency nursing preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing.
• Occupational Health Nursing Certificate.
• Canadian Certification in Occupational Health Nursing preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Current CRNM registration.
• Active participation in professional associations e.g. Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM) preferred.
• BCLS certified.

Qualifications and Skills

• Scope of practice as documented in the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
• Knowledge of Occupational Health policies / protocols / programs, disability case management, Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba programs and processes, Manitoba Workplace Health & Safety Act and regulations and additional education appropriate to the work setting.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services. Effective April 1, 2024, Golden West Centennial Lodge will also be part of the WRHA legal entity.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority