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Anglo American is looking for Occupational Health Professional Nurses- x2 vacancies

Shingirayi February 10, 2025

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Anglo American is looking for Occupational Health Professional Nurses- x2 vacancies

DEADLINE: 12 March 2025

The Professional Nurse Occupational Health will be responsible to provide quality medical occupational nursing care to all patients to establish the physical, psychological and social well-being of patients.

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Participate in the formulation of an annual calendar that outlines key activities for the year in relation to execution of broader medical and nursing plans.
Create a quarterly and monthly plan for key nursing activities that contribute to the achievement of the annual plan.
Monitor daily planning of activities and tasks to ensure timeous completion of tasks ahead of deadlines.
Formulate a duty roster/ schedule and allocate staff to various stations in line with the leave schedule.
Conduct medical examinations and fitness assessments based on parameters as stipulated in the COP on Minimum Standards of Fitness to Perform Work on a Mine and the COP on Medical Surveillance;
Refer health conditions requiring further intervention and that impacts on fitness for duty status to the relevant specialist; and on return determine fitness to work in discussion with the OMP.
Refer conditions which are non-occupational to the relevant Health Care Worker for further management.
Assists in health risk management, i.e. gathering health and hazard data, and uses the data to prevent injury and illnesses.
Assists in workplace examinations, in conjunction with other occupational health practitioners, i.e. Section 12.1 Appointee.
Assists in follow-up of fitness to work of employees with chronic diseases, as requested by the OMP from time-to-time.
Engages in health promotion programs to encourage workers to take responsibility for their own health.
Renders emergency care services where applicable
Advises the employer on legal and regulatory compliance on occupational medicine and health issues where applicable.
Where both PHC services and Occupational Medicine Services are provided on site by the OHNP, she/he performs the functions above
Provide occupational health nursing expertise in line with the set Mine, Health and Safety Regulatory standards.
Conduct pre-employment medical examination in accordance to occupational risk matrix medical examination protocols.
Conduct pre-placement and transfer medicals in accordance to medical examination protocols.
Provide a baseline health status and determining fitness for duty.
Conduct periodic health screening to detect early signs of target organ damage related to specific health hazard exposure.
Identify and ensure early and prompt intervention measures to affected employees and referrals to appropriate functionaries.
Provide a report and assist on all injuries on duty and occupational diseases.
Conduct exit medicals to detect and exclude possible occupational diseases related to occupational exposure.
Follow organisational standards and procedures for medical surveillance process.
Conduct health assessment to determine ability to work and provide prevention and treatment of existing health conditions to employee/client.
Present recommendations to OMP to make medical occupational health decisions that is presented to line managers.
Ensure medical records are recorded, signed and filed through a well-managed data management system.
Assess, monitor and provide support to patients with medical problems impacting on work ability.
Provide input into incident investigations.
Contribute to the health and wellness initiatives that promote employee health across allocated operations.
Ensure that reports are prepared according to prescribed standard and distributed to the relevant supervisor
Work at clinics in various locations