Advanced Nurse Provider - Occupational Health

The Advanced Practice Provider of Occupational Health is responsible for performing pre-employment physical examinations for St. Joseph’s employees, client employers, work related injuries, Fitness for Duty assessments and works in direct collaboration with the Occupational Health and Wellness Medical Director. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while promoting a safe and healthy work environment for all hospital employees and client employers. The Advanced Practice Provider provides clinical care and evaluation for patient populations for Occupational Health and Wellness and provides leadership for work with interdisciplinary internal business partners and clients.  Responsible for enacting standards of practice and standards of professional performance, consistently demonstrates the core competencies of Advanced Practice Nursing as well as defined specialty competencies. 

Schedule is Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. No nights, no holidays, no call.

The right candidate understands outpatient services and prevention of work-related injury and illness. Can identify acute injury and illness as a cause and effect from work. 

Qualifications
Education: • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required • Master’s degree or higher preferred (MSN, MHA, MPH) or DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) Licensure: • Active RN or NP license preferred in the State of New Jersey (or applicable state) Certifications (Preferred): • COHN or COHN-S (Certified Occupational Health Nurse) preferred or ability to obtain certification • BLS certification Experience: • Minimum of 3 years Nursing experience or at least 1 year Nurse Practitioner experience • 1–3 years in Occupational Health or Employee Health preferred • Hospital experience strongly preferred

About Us

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.

Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)

• Competitive salary*
• Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
• 403b retirement plan options with company match**
• Health & Wellness*
• Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
• PTO, and paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• LTD : Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance Options
• Onsite Day care Program

*Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

**403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

Pay transparency:  St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law.  The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.

Organization

St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures. 

The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics. 

The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.