Occupational
Health Nurse Job Descriptions
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Occupational
health nurses aim to encourage better health and wellbeing
in workers.
As an occupational health nurse, your main duties could
include:
· carrying out pre-employment medicals
·
assessing and treating employees who are injured or become
ill at work
· providing counselling and support
· advising management on health and safety issues
· carrying out risk assessments
· training employees in first aid
· maintaining employee health records
· Developing and managing emergency procedures.
Key Skills
· good communication skills
· the ability to relate to people from a variety
of backgrounds
· the ability to teach people (about health and safety
issues, for instance)
· the authority to make sure instructions on heath
and safety issues are carried out
· good powers of observation, with the ability to
deal with health and safety risks as they arise
· the ability to remain calm and think clearly in
an emergency
· the ability to work on your own initiative and
as part of a team
· A responsible attitude to work.
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