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.

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