Occupational Health Nurse
Listing reference: drdgd_000015
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 29 June 2023
Position summary
Industry: Mining & Quarrying
Job category: Health, Fitness, Medical and Optometry
Location: Gauteng
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
The critical health care services nurse practitioners provide are dynamic and comprehensive. It is also essential to have an expansive approach while developing the many skills necessary for a nurse practitioner. A nurse practitioner (NP) is a health care professional with a graduate degree in advanced nursing. Nurse practitioners (NPs) provide advanced primary and specialty nursing services like patient health assessment, creating strategies to improve or manage a patient's health, and introducing habits for health promotion.
Job description
Nurse Practitioner Responsibilities:
- Performing physical exams and patient observations
- Performing employees annual medical Exam.
- Recording patients' medical histories and symptoms.
- Creating patient care plans and contributing to existing ones.
- Ordering, administering, and analyzing diagnostic tests.
- Monitoring and operating medical equipment.
- Diagnosing health issues.
- Detecting changes in patients' health and modifying treatment plans, as needed.
- Training patients and their families to manage and prevent illness and injury.
Minimum requirements
Minimum Requirements:
• National Diploma/ Degree in nursing
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience as an OHNP
• Registered with South African Nursing Council & SASHON
• Own Transport
• Valid Driver’s License
• Computer literacy is MS Office (Word, Excel, Email)
Additional Requirements
• Audiometry, Spirometry and Vision Certificates
• Mining experience would be advantageous.