Senior Professional Nurse Occupational Health at Anglo American

Job Description

As a Senior Professional Occupational Health Nurse your responsibilities will include:

• Conduct pre-employment medical examination and transfer medicals in accordance to medical examination protocols.
• Provide a baseline health status and determining fitness for duty.
• Conduct periodic health screening to detect early signs of target organ damage related to specific health hazard exposure.
• Identify and ensure early and prompt intervention measures to affected employees and referrals to appropriate functionaries.
• Report and assist on all injuries on duty and occupational diseases.
• Conduct exit medicals to detect and exclude possible occupational diseases related to occupational exposure.
• Follow organisational standards and procedures for medical surveillance process.
• Assess the ability to work and the health status of an employee/client.
• Assess, monitor and provide support to patients with medical problems impacting on work ability.
• Provide input into incident investigations.
• Recommends to the OMP any issue/IOD’s/incidents that transpired at the OHC.
• Communicates and compiles reports related to medical surveillance/occupational injuries and diseases to the relevant internal and external stakeholders/departments.
• Act in line and support a purpose-led, high performing culture, applying the company values and principles of inclusion and diversity,
• Act as a role model and actively engage as a team member in all team processes.
• Set clear and consistent expectations. Embrace and encourage feedback, and constantly strive for improvements by engaging with teams to gain feedback and suggestions.
• Lead day to day communications with teams.
• Perform daily planning of activities and tasks to ensure timeous completion of tasks ahead of deadlines.
• This role is in the - Safety, Health & Asset Reliability department at a Band 8 level reporting to the Chief Professional Nurse.

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Diploma or Degree in Nursing
• B.Tech Occupational Health Nursing
• Registered with South African Nursing Council
• Dispensing licence (where applicable to operation)
• Health Services Management certificate or equivalent will be advantageous
• Certificate in Audiometry, Spirometry, Vision and VCT

Experience

• 3 to 5 years’ experience as an Occupational Health Nurse within the mining or industrial environment
• Registered with the South African Society of Occupational Health Nursing would be advantageous
• Health Services Management certificate or equivalent would be advantageous
• Must have excellent people Skills, writing and administration skills
• Communication skills and critical thinking
• Must have a Driver’s license
• Computer proficiency
• Certificate of Fitness