Occupational Health Nursing Practitioner

About Kaelo

Kaelo provides essential healthcare solutions ensuring the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of all South Africans towards lasting social change. Kaelo meets the Healthcare needs of Corporate and Retail clients across South Africa – products offerings include Medical Insurance, Medical Aid, Gap Insurance, Kaelo Money and employee assistance programmes.

Key Outcomes:

• Sound knowledge and experience in the provision of  Occupational Health and Primary Health care, IOD and medical emergencies
• Conducting medical surveillance examinations
• Interpret and record medical surveillance findings and refer medical surveillance findings to Occupational Health Medical Practitioner
• Document management
• Health Risk assessment knowledge
• Ensure legal compliance of on-site clinic

Requirements:

• Professional Nurse and a Qualification in Occupational Health will be an advantage                
• Up to date and relevant  registration with SANC, SASOHN and DoH                                 
• Certificate in dispensing, audiometry and spirometry           
• Computer literacy (Ms Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).                                      
• Customer orientation, focus on excellence and teamwork                                                               
• Ethical behaviour       
• Excellent communication skills   

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 2 years in an Occupational Health environment
• Primary Health Care experience
• Emergency Care/ Emergency drugs
• Injury on duty Management
• Professional Nurse with Certificate in Dispensing, Audiometry and Spirometry

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES: COMPETENCIES 

• Sound knowledge and experience in the provision of Occupational Health and   Primary Healthcare, IOD and medical emergencies 
• Conducting medical surveillance examinations
  
  Interpret and record medical surveillance findings and refer medical surveillance findings to Occupational Health Medical Practitioner
• Document management
• Health Risk assessment knowledge
• Ensure legal compliance of on-site clinic
• Qualifications: Professional Nurse and a Qualification in Occupational Health will be an advantage
• Up to date and relevant registration with SANC, SASOHN and DoH
• Certificate in dispensing, audiometry and spirometry
• Computer literacy (Ms Office, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Customer orientation, focus on excellence and teamwork
• Ethical behaviour
• Excellent communication skills