Nurse Practitioner

Title: Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Type: Contract
Location: Rocky Mount, NC
Client: Global Pharmaceutical Company

Job Description:
• Participates in medical triage.
• Communicates perceived health problems related to workplace exposure and promotes good hygiene and safety practice.
• Helps to evaluate employees returning to work after absences, injuries, illnesses, and surgeries.
• Facilitates earliest return to work for workers compensation cases.
• Participates in compliance with medical aspects of OSHA, MSHA standards.
• Administers medical surveillance programs.
• Schedules exams.
• Obtains urine specimens.
• Dispenses medications and immunizations and administers treatments.
• Maintains medical department physical plant and provides inventory control of medications and supplies.
• Maintains medical confidentiality Records.
• Registered Nurse.
• Nursing license.
• Experience in non-occupational nurse setting.
• Experience in an occupational health setting.
• Certification in audiometry and spirometry testing.
• Working knowledge of applicable OSHA and MSHA regulations and state Worker's Compensation.
• Certification as a breath alcohol technician and drug test collector.
• CPR certification.

Technical Competency Description:
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Workers' Compensation
• OSHA
• OSHA Blood-borne pathogen/Universal precautions

Clinical Skills:
• Phlebotomy experience required, perform EKGs, etc.
• Administer vaccinations

Work Environment: Onsite

Will overtime be needed?: No
Experience/Education:
• MS/NP in nursing degree and current NP license in North Carolina
• Master's Degree in Advanced Practice Registered Nursing
• Current APRN Board Certification
• Minimum of 3-5 years' experience as an occupational nursing professional
• Minimum experience of 1-3 years in case management, utilization review and/or quality assurance
• Experience in episodic care, wellness care and counseling of adults
• Proficiency in use of electronic medical record keeping systems desirable
• BLS certification required

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