Occupational Health Nurse Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 54139)

Description

High Level Overview of the position:

The City of Edmonton invites applications for a dedicated Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) within our Workforce Safety and Employee Health branch.

In this specialized role, the successful candidate will function as a registered nursing professional focused on protecting and promoting worker health. This includes developing City-wide health initiatives and preventing injury, illness, and disability. Reporting to the Health Services Manager, while working alongside the various business areas, this position provides expert consultation and specialized services, integrating health and safety controls along with wellness initiatives directly into our organizational culture and work environment.

What will you do?

As an OHN, you will work within an integrated business model, collaborating with partners such as Disability Management and Occupational Health and Safety Services (OHSS). You will ensure the City remains compliant with the Alberta OHS Code and the Health Information Act while applying industry best practices to protect our workforce.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Program Management: Collaborating with key business area partners, the OHN is responsible for developing, enacting, and overseeing comprehensive corporate occupational health initiatives

  • Plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and maintain comprehensive workforce occupational health programs, including health promotion, injury and illness prevention, infection prevention control, and health surveillance

  • Focus on the prevention or early detection of illness and injury as the primary outcome of all occupational health programs

  • Manage programs by setting corporate standards, monitoring legislative changes for compliance with health surveillance requirements, maintaining corporate equipment, and researching best practices from industry, relevant organizations, other levels of government, and community partners

  • Manage occupational health projects through the complete life cycle, including identification of desired outcomes and end state, sourcing and allocation of project resources, change management, implementation, and outcome measurement and evaluation

  • Identify projects based on legislative requirements and emerging occupational health trends and hazards

• Consultation & Expertise: The OHN is responsible for providing occupational health subject matter expertise to all levels of the corporation

  • Provide expert consultation and support to all levels and departments in the organization, from front-line staff up to and including management, on occupational health policy, programs, and issues

  • Provide external and internal consultation, which may be in response to legislative requirements, adoption of best management practice, or a concern raised by employees or engagement participants

  • Work towards achieving integration within the Workforce Safety and Employee Health team on all aspects of occupational health policy, program, and issues as a Subject Matter Expert

  • Develop, manage, and/or administer internal occupational health training and/or presentations to business areas

• Contract Management: The OHN is responsible for managing corporate-level contracts that pertain to occupational health

  • Manage and oversee occupational health and medical services contracted to external providers to ensure contractual obligations are performed in a timely and cost-effective manner

  • Resolve contract issues as the occupational health subject matter expert and the liaison between the business areas and the contractor

• Safety Culture: The OHN is responsible for actively promoting and encouraging a culture of health and safety in the workplace

  • Collaborate on and support Occupational Hygiene, Hazardous Materials and Disability Management deliverables, such as program development and/or exposure control management, as required

  • Demonstrate and promote safe behaviours by actively engaging employees in their work location and in their activities to discuss concerns and controls

  • Assist in promoting City health and safety campaigns to inform and engage employees in participation