Colleague Health Services Coordinator

Colleague Health Services Coordinator Overview

The Colleague Health Services Coordinator functions as an interdisciplinary team member, supporting the organization’s mission by providing quality cost‑effective health services to colleagues, volunteers, and medical staff. The practice focuses on promoting a healthy workforce by encouraging health maintenance, injury and illness prevention and management, protecting colleagues from occupational and environmental hazards, coordinating the leave of absence program, and providing support in the analysis, design, and communication of colleague health plans and programs.

USD $28.25/Hr.

- USD $45.21/Hr.

• LPN or RN required.

• Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse with current Illinois License required.

• At least 5 years nursing experience required with at least three years in a hospital setting. Specific experience in an occupational health‑related field preferred.

• Demonstrated knowledge of current regulations affecting employee health (JCAHO, OSHA, IDPH, CDC, FML, ADA, etc.)
• Knowledge of Illinois Workers Compensation law preferred.
• Proficiency with basic computer skills:
  Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of healthcare workers. Ability to teach healthcare workers in formal gubernally settings.
• Ability to collect, organize, analyze and prioritize information from several sources to formulate improvement plans and develop effective colleague health programs and outreach.

• Plan and coordinate colleague health programs and activities in collaboration with the Colleague Health Manager, Benefits, and colleague health. Assist with the analysis, design, and communication of the colleague health plans and programs.
• Coordinate post‑employment offer physical exam process. In conjunction with the Medical Director of EHS, obtain health history for all new colleagues and maml volunteers, provide prompt information to HR staff regarding problems affecting anticipated start date of new hires, and revise and implement health screening procedures as needed to comply with regulatory requirements.
• Implement pre‑drug/alcohol screening on all new hires and provide consultation to those with positive results. In conjunction with Colleague Relations and the Employee Assistance Program, provide drug/alcohol testing for cause pursuant to the Fitness for Duty policy.
• Provide tuberculin testing to specific employee groups as indicated by the TB Risk Assessment Committee.
• Manage Fitness for Duty requests from leaders to assess a colleague’s ability to carry out essential job duties.
• Manage the Leave of Absence program, including review and approval of Family Medical Leave and Medical Leave requests and case management of leaves. Serve as a subject‑matter expert on Family Medical Leave for colleagues, leaders and the Human Resources Division.
• Act as a resource to Infection Prevention when colleagues have been exposed to a communicable disease. Provide testing and follow up on colleague exposures with a plan for treatment/follow‑up. Provide annual detailed report of all exposures, including results of any colleague testing, to the Infection Prevention Committee before year‑end.
• Provide counseling to System colleagues in the area of health education, illness prevention, and infectious disease exposure as indicated. Provide appropriate treatment, seeming, and assistance to all colleagues following समिति of blood/body fluid exposures.
• Coordinate and implement communicable disease policy per Illinois Department of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements.
• Provide consultation and assistance to the Workers’ Compensation Coordinator, as needed, including first aid within the RN scope of practice, treatment, testing and counseling to colleagues following blood/body fluid exposure and support the decision‑making process regarding approval or denial of claims and return‑to‑work capabilities.
• Plan, coordinate, and administer the annual system‑wide influenza program,…