Carnarvon: Occupational Health Practitioner posted by The Hiring House

Key Responsibilities:
* Providing comprehensive occupational health services to staff and stakeholders.
* Conducting pre-employment, follow-up/periodic and exit and transfer medical examinations, audiometry, spirometry to employees to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety legislation and signing off.
* Conducting fitness declaration according to the medical standards and requirement for specified job, considering the requirements of the Labour Relation act.
* Liaising with and advice internal and external stakeholders to promote occupational health.
* Management of incapacity in line with applicable policy, standards and legislation.
* Conducting health risk assessment to establish risk exposure, risk profile and design and implement medical surveillance programme.
* Identifying and reporting of occupational injuries and diseases (COIDA).
* Management of clinic stock: ordering, dispensing and record keeping.
* Management of contractors of the occupational health clinic
* Management of clinic by managing and keeping up-to-date with new legal requirements and standards and communicating these to stakeholders.
* Development, reviewing and implementing Standard Operations Procedures to ensure compliance with legislation.
* Drafting and reviewing policies to ensure alignment with occupational health
* Establish and maintain accurate and effective Recording system
* Establish and maintain healthy and conducive environment
* Implementation, Coordination and Management of Procurements.

Key Requirements:
Qualification:
* Degree in Nursing specialization in Occupational Health
* Registration with the South African Nursing Council (Must be a member in good standing)
* Registration with the South African Society of Occupational Health Nursing (Must be a member in good standing)
* Certificate in Audiometry
* Certificate in Spirometry
* Driver?s License Code 8/10 (Must be able operate a motor vehicle)
* Computer literate

Experience:
* 5 Years post registration experience in Occupational Health Care Practitioner
* 2 years team management experience (advantage)

Knowledge:
* Occupational health legislation
* Occupational and Safety legislation
* Compensation of injuries and diseases legislation (COIDA)
* Vaccination protocols
* Medical examination (Baseline, follow ups and exit)
* Employee counselling processes
* Team Performance management
* Development of procedures and process
* Occupational health risk assessment and controls
* Primary Health Care
* Dispensing medicines

 
Please call us on (***)***-**** for more information. 

NB: Should you not hear from us in 6weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.