Career Area:

Human Resources

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Implements nursing activities for occupational health services and ensures compliance with occupational health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Responsibilities
•    Provides on-site nursing care for employee safety in the workplace; investigates accidents and inspects any health or safety hazards.
•    Ensures the implementation of occupational health, safety, and environmental rules and regulations.
•    Provides health and safety awareness information to promote overall employee health in the workplace.
•    Assists in initiating and coordinating patient care plans for a client company.
•    Accredited Registered Nurse (RN) degree, current state Registered Nurse (RN) license, and current CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)/First Aid certification
 

Degree Requirement
Degree required
 

Skill Descriptors
Office Support Tools: Knowledge of commonly used office hardware, software and equipment; ability to use the tools available at the desktop (for example: word processing, email, presentation software, and spreadsheets.)
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Describes the benefits and relative strengths of tools for a specific application.
•    Demonstrates some advanced functions of at least one product.
•    Performs first-level problem resolution before seeking help elsewhere.
•    Helps colleagues with desktop tools where necessary.
•    Works with all basic office-support products.

Interpersonal Relationships: Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Seeks out what's common in conflicting points of view.
•    Influences key individuals inside and outside own group and earns their respect.
•    Resolves potentially harmful differences between individuals and groups of people.
•    Contributes as a member on a variety of teams.
•    Establishes and maintains productive working relationships within and outside of own area.
•    Establishes and maintains credibility with clients and teammates.

Medical Record Keeping: Knowledge of the concepts, methods, tools and applications used in medical record management; ability to document, manage and maintain patient medical records following established processes and guidelines.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Monitors the activities of medical record keeping to ensure compliance with legal requirements and security measures.
•    Creates a medical record system for the health facility to improve the efficiency of data retrieval and processing.
•    Designs quality assurance program for medical record keeping to ensure accuracy and completion of data.
•    Resolves operational issues regarding the transfer of medical records.
•    Coaches others on the proper use of medical record keeping applications.
•    Trains others on sharing medical records with other entities.

Clinical Leadership: Knowledge of key business and clinical leadership concepts relevant to the healthcare function; ability to balance business needs with the needs of patients' and patient care priorities.
 Level Working Knowledge: 
•    Gathers data to be used in the evaluation of treatments or technologies.
•    Administers treatments in a manner that improves clinical outcomes and reduces risk or cost.
•    Collects statistical information to be used in the evaluation of clinical and financial performance.
•    Monitors expenditures to ensure the department stays on budget.
•    Identifies potential changes that reduce costs without impacting the quality of patient care.

Diagnosis: Knowledge of the techniques, roles, and responsibilities in assessing and diagnosing patients; ability to apply the knowledge appropriately assess and diagnose patients in to diverse situations.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Creates documentation to guide others in the diagnosis procedures.
•    Coaches others to help them develop their diagnostic skills.
•    Conducts numerous diagnoses covering a wide range of patient conditions.
•    Analyzes data from diagnostic tests and orders additional testing if necessary.
•    Explains diagnosis to patient and the resulting treatment plan.
•    Reviews diagnosis procedure of others and provides feedback.

Medical Devices and Tools: Knowledge of medical devices and tools; ability to use medical devices and tools in order to evaluate and treat patients.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Uses less common devices and tools in the treatment of serious illnesses and injuries.
•    Works with all available medical devices and tools in treatment of ER patients.
•    Uses medical devices and tools to complete complex procedures, surgeries, and tests.
•    Decides when devices and tools need to be replaced and makes orders or notifies appropriate staff.
•    Provides guidance and instruction for junior staff members on the use of devices and tools.
•    Reviews devices and tool use for safety procedure violations and recommends ways to reduce errors.

Nursing Assessment and Care - HNU: Knowledge of the policies and activities regarding nursing assessment and care; ability to assess patients' nursing care needs, develop and implement a nursing care plan, monitor progress and make adjustments as necessary.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Trains others to counsel patients and family members on condition and selected treatment plan.
•    Shares experiences with developing and implementing nursing care plans for many and diverse patients.
•    Provides insight into alternative pain management therapies and associated nursing considerations.
•    Consults on defining expected outcomes for new and high-risk disorders and developing associated strategies.
•    Discusses cases where actual outcomes differed from expectations and lessons learned.
•    Compares and contrasts different interventions, potential outcomes and associated risks and benefits.

Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) Compliance: Knowledge of regulations and standards regarding the occupational safety and health of employees working within an organization; ability to apply relevant regulations and standards to daily work activities.
 Level Extensive Experience: 
•    Oversees compliance with OSHS regulations in various work activities and environments.
•    Coaches more junior colleagues on OSHS guidelines that will affect their daily work activities.
•    Recommends preventive actions to handle potential risks that may occur in work procedures.
•    Provides insights to optimize the effectiveness of various occupational safety protection methods.
•    Coordinates all major regulatory issues regarding OSHS safety management.
•    Investigates and mitigates situations with potential regulatory implications when working with hazardous materials.
 

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.  At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.  It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Summary Pay Range:

$89,210.00 - $133,810.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

       

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.     

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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