Occ Health RN Telephone Triage - Full-Time - Day Shift (Remote)

Position Overview

Pivot Onsite Innovations is now hiring an experienced and passionate Remote Triage Registered Nurse (RN) for our healthcare clinic located at our client's manufacturing plants. This is your opportunity to step out of a traditional nurse setting and make your impact on employee health, wellness and safety!

Great schedule: Monday - Friday 6AM to 2PM.

Greater Purpose and Core Values: Athletico’s Greater Purpose is to empower people, inspire hope and transform lives. We accomplish this by providing exceptional, progressive, and cost-effective fitness, performance and rehabilitative services through personalized care that emphasizes education and prevention of future injury. This is accomplished through building on our Core Values of one team, understanding our business, recognition, people-focused, accountability, continuous innovation and trust and integrity, which are the foundation for our unique culture.

Position Summary:

The Remote Occupational Health Nurse is responsible for utilizing evidence-based guidelines to employ best practices that require early intervention and setting of realistic expectations for recovery and return to work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The below is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organization and the overall business objectives of the organization.

• Provide initial injury intake, follow up and case closures in accordance with Policy Procedures
• Provide initial contact with injured worker, employer, provider and other appropriate stakeholders
• Obtain history of injury (mechanism and setting) and current job functions
• Assess functional status and provide recommendations for first aid, self-care, or medical treatment according to treatment protocols
• Assess and collect data regarding risk factors for delayed recovery, and generate creative solutions to minimize or eliminate obstacles which prevent, or delay return to work
• Provide appropriate stakeholders with updates regarding the nature and mechanism of injury as well as suggested level of care
• Serve as an advocate for the injured/ill worker
• Counsel employees on reduction of risks associated with occupational and environmental hazards, and provide appropriate care plans as needed
• Request medical records as needed
• Direct care to preferred providers and negotiate as necessary
• Ensure appropriate use of medical facilities, early and appropriate referrals, and quality of care at controlled or reduced cost
• Identify excessive, ineffective or inefficient delivery of health care services and redirect care as needed
• Perform additional duties and assume additional responsibilities as identified by supervisor

Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Associate’s Degree in Nursing required, BSN preferred
• Work Experience:
  • Min 2 years in occupational health preferred
  • Telephonic case management experience preferred
• Certification/Licensure:
  • Current Compact RN License required
  • State of NY License preferred, not required
  • Maintain Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) and reside in a compact state
  • Adhere to the requirements and time frames of licensure in all other states
• Knowledge and Technical Skills:
  • Strong clinical knowledge in Occupational Health Nursing
  • Positive telephone interaction skills including ability to ask open-ended questions to identify problems and focus conversation for goal directed and time limited conversation
  • Ability to effectively interact with HR, safety staff, local medical providers and other designated personnel for proper initiation and follow-up of possible work-related injuries and illnesses
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills and computer skills
  • Competence with Windows operating system environment, Adobe Professional, Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and learn other software as needed

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently
• Bi-lingual (Spanish speaking) beneficial

Physical Demands:

• Ability to fulfill office activities including but not limited to remain stationary for extended periods of time (i.e., while working at a desk), stand/stoop/kneel/crouch/stretch, bending and stretching, communicate with others (verbal and written), and use fine motor skills including fine hand manipulation and keyboarding.
• Working under stress and use of computer/phone required
• Ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• Fully remote position
• Mainly indoor, office environment conditions
• Environment must be free from background noise and distraction, noise level is acceptable, temperature is controlled.
• A home set-up; must meet all Company IT, privacy and safety requirements