Specialist - Occupational Health (Re-advert) at Transnet

Position Purpose:

• To ensure implementation of healthcare principles and systems to promote and maintain the highest degree of physical,mental and social wellbeing of all employees in order to maximize productivity.

Position outputs:

• Plan, develop protocols and standards for Occupational Health services to ensure compliance to statutory legislation and company policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance to the Transnet Transversal contract scope of work and pricing schedule and overall management of the contracts.
• Provide health and wellness programmes that lead to the promotion, protection and restoration of employees’ health within a safe working environment.
• Manage and monitor the medical surveillance programme in order to identify, treat early all occupational diseases thus ensuring healthy individuals that are productive.
• Assess and manage absenteeism cases to ensure corrective measures and action plans are put in place.
• Provide input in the business continuity plans to ensure disaster cases are managed and referred accordingly.
• Manage and drive HIV programmes and projects to notify management on future plans for human and budgetary resource allocation.
• Prepare and manage all expenditure of the occupational health budget to ensure effectiveness of the service and to maintain statistical records.
• Manage the Occupational Health Clinics in the order to ensure that service delivery to employees and stakeholders is of a high-quality standard and according to legal requirements.
• Coordinate and communicate with internal and external service providers and other stakeholders to ensure collaborative effort in human health management.
•  Act as a resource and advisor to management and staff regarding health care services that are provided to employees.
• Compile report and statistics to advise management of prevalent health trends within the organization.
• Supervise the development and maintenance of accurate and up to date medical record system to ensure safety and confidentiality of medical information. Monitor the medical surveillance programme for all ports and business units.
• Evaluate performance, coach, support, and counsel Occupational Health staff as necessary.
• Plan for, promote and supervise the implementation of prompt and effective medical assistance to employees in acute and medical conditions.
• Co-ordinate the training of management and peer educators to ensure support for all port planned activities and projects.
• Compliance to statutory requirements by regular auditing of drug registers, dispensing licenses, registration certificates, calibration certificates etc.
• Represent Occupational Health to management meetings to provide health input.
• Maintain a regular stock check-equipment, medicines, and sundries to ensure budgetary requirements are met.
• Deal with all correspondence that is required for external consultants or auxiliary services e.g. hospital referrals, doctor referrals, SANCA etc.
• Ensure clinic staff are kept abreast of all latest developments and statutory requirements that may have changed.
• Draw up a business plan for Health Services.
• Develop and key performance areas for staff, guide and monitor Individual Development Plans.
• Co – ordinate the HIV Research project for the business.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Basic qualification as a Professional Nurse (General Nursing Science Diploma or B. Cur Degree Nursing Science)
• Diploma or B. Tech Degree in Occupational Health Nursing
• Diploma / Degree in Nursing Management or General Management
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council
• Registration with the South African Society for Occupational Health Nursing (SASOHN)
• Possession of a Dispensing License
• Certificate in audiometry, spirometry, pharmacology
• 8 years of experience in Occupational Health of which 3 years in a supervisory level.
• Standard Job Requirements
• Driver’s license code 08
• Travel as required and approved

Competencies:

Knowledge

• Principles aHealth Initiatives

Skills Required

• Administrative skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Attention to detail
• Analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to analyse
• Ability to analyse and interpret legislation and regulations
• Good interpersonal skills
• Meet deadlines
• Able to work under pressure
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Sound time management
• Strong presentation skills
• Communication
• Decision Making
• Supporting Others
• Computer Literacy
• Organizing
• Feedback
• Documentation
• Managing resources

Attributes

• Accountability
• Respect for work environment
• Questioning attitude
• Continuous learning
• Initiative
• Confidentiality
• Customer/client focused
• Interpersonal sensitivity
• Influential
• Information seeking and Informative
• Strategic planning
• Adaptable
• Ability to network
• Energetic and be able to energies others
• Empathetic
• Good listener
• Be able to priorities.