Occupational Nurse

Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace automotive beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

The Novelis Berea, KY team is seeking an  Occupational Health Nurse.  The person in this role will report to the EHS Leader. The plant nurse is responsible for the overall execution of facility health and safety initiatives and programs including return to work, case management, healthcare education / wellness, implementation of corporate ergonomic strategies, and coordination of workers compensation process. The plant nurse maintains records for all health-related governmental and / or documentation requirements. This person will perform their functions with the utmost respect for patient confidentiality and will work closely with local operations and human resources functions as well as corporate functions supporting health and safety.

Responsibilities :

• Render medical care for all employees.
• Document injuries / illnesses on appropriate OSHA forms and maintain OSHA / Workers Comp records.
• Keep appropriate management personnel apprised of injuries / illnesses and work restrictions.
• Maintain secure, confidential records in medical department.
• Coordinate and participate in health and safety initiatives and events for the plant.
• Provide fitness and nutrition awareness.
• Develop and provide training for CPR, AED, First Aid, Blood Borne Pathogens and Hearing Conservation.
• Serve as key resource on medical / health related issues for employees including administration of leave of absences (STD, LTD, FMLA).
• Ensure Occupational Health Management Program is current and provide “standard process” management of all occupational injuries / illnesses.
• Manage medical clinic, medical equipment, and ensure plant first aid kits are supplied and maintained.
• Work with external provider / vendors for instances of specific medical follow up.
• Coordinate all aspects of Novelis Hearing Conservation Program (annual testing and results evaluation, training and instruction, auditing and compliance).
• Ensure Blood Borne Pathogens Program follows all applicable regulations.
• Provide guidance to all employees on programs and serve as lead representative for audits on these programs.

Minimum Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Location Profile

Novelis’ Berea facility is located in Berea Kentucky near Lexington. With 140 employees the recycling facility processes approximately 20 percent of all aluminum cans recycled in the United States each year – more than 750 million pounds. Berea is best known for its art festivals historic restaurants and buildings and as the home to Berea College and nearby Eastern Kentucky University. The recently built Kentucky Artisan Center hosts a wide variety of works by Kentucky artisans. In 2019 Novelis was named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management. The Berea team provides direct donations to more than 20 local organizations and schools including United Way Sustainable Berea Madison County Schools Eastern Kentucky University Berea College and Habitat for Humanity. Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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