Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

• 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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Qualification:

• Degree in Nursing specialisation 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
• Drivers 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