Employee Health Specialist RN

Keeping our employees safe and healthy is a top priority at Franciscan Health. Our Employee Health Specialist plays a key role in that effort. Coordinating the activities of Employee Health services. Managing the workers compensation program. Coordinating required annual testing. It’s a career with plenty of variety and the opportunity to work with many different people.

WHO WE ARE
With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• Monitor RL6 daily for employee injuries or exposures.
• Maintain and enter data into Agility and monitor EHS visits including PPD/Quantiferon, incident report data entry, and case management of injuries.
• Work closely with Infection Prevention when a communicable disease exposure has occurred.
• Analyze and complete necessary reports to determine trends including tracking and analyzing all employee incidents.
• Maintain, monitor, and provide charts according to regulatory agencies, such as the Board of Health and HFAP.
• Process and manage mandatory employee testing, including annual physicals and new hire tests.
• Ensure lab compliance for, but not limited to titers, exposures, PPD, and hepatitis B vaccines and declinations.
• Plan, manage, and monitor the flu vaccine program and similar programs, as needed.
• Monitor return to work status for personal injury or illness; notify HR and appropriate manager.
• Coordinate Fitness for Duty evaluations including FEC, Reasonable Suspicion drug testing, and the EAP mandatory drug program.
• Provide reports to Infection Control, Safety, Quality and FPO committees and participates in assigned meetings as appropriate.
• Manage employee health workers compensation cases, including coordinating written and verbal communications with Franciscan Alliance workers compensation carrier, and filing claims within their system.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Monday to Friday 8am to 4:30pm
• Required Associate's Degree Nursing / Patient Care
• Preferred Bachelor's Degree Nursing / Patient Care
• 3 years Nursing/Patient Care Required
• 1 year Ambulatory Care Experience Preferred
• Tuberculin Skin Test Certification (TB) - American Lung Association
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) - American Heart Association
• Drug Screening Certified - .

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law.

Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.

Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.

Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.