Principal Occupational Health Nurse - P5

Additional Location(s):  N/A

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.           

About the Role:

Experienced Occupational Health Professional with leadership abilities and extensive experience in delivering health services to workers. The professional assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates care, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and corporate requirements within the parameters of professional licensure

Work Mode
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows hybrid work model, requiring employees to be in our local office at least two days per week.

Relocation
Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

VISA
Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA for this position at this time.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Responsibilities include providing onsite occupational health services in Coventry, remote support for California sites and acquisitions, and managing return-to-work cases for U.S. employees on non-work-related medical leave.

• Manage medical surveillance programs ensuring compliance with medical monitoring programs, receiving and evaluating medical documentation for work clearance, and effectively communicating potential work-related occupational health exposures, while maintaining HIPAA compliance.
• Provide strong case management for workers’ compensation claims, maintaining effective communication with the employee, supervisor, 3^rd party insurance company, and health care providers.
• Be a highly visible, working with EH&S, employees, management on occupational related injury/illness prevention, ergonomics, and continuous improvement of site safety and health programs.
• Maintain thorough and accurate recordkeeping of all work-related injuries/illnesses (OSHA logs) and submit required documentation to appropriate government entities.
• Collaborate with, 3^rd party short term/long term disability vendor, employee, department supervisors, managers, LOA(Leave of Absence) specialist, and if necessary, HR/Legal to promote the early return-to-work program through evaluation of medical restrictions and job accommodation.
• Remote office ergonomic assessments
• Manages the medical records of employees in a confidential manner to comply with appropriate government regulations. Document in Corty BSC EMR
• As needed, respond to onsite medical emergencies and emergencies and take on a leadership role in the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)
• Support Total Worker Health through the coordination and delivery of health and wellness programs and act as a professional health resource for the organization’s management in planning and maintaining initiatives and programs.
• Coordinate outside vendors for annual first aid training, CPR/AED training, first aid kit supply, etc. and manage relationship with Occupational Health Clinic

• Identifies qualifications and expectations for and monitors and evaluates outcomes and quality of services delivered by health care providers and vendors in the treatment and rehabilitation network.

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Motivated self-starter who can work independently to initiate, lead, and maintain site wide programs.
• Collaborating with accommodation specialists

• Establishes and promotes a work environment that supports the Quality Policy and Quality Systems
• Requires in-depth conceptual, practical and technical and/or functional knowledge of principles and theories in own job function and general understanding of related job functions.

• Has experience in applying this knowledge in a variety of situations to accomplish work.
• Applies understanding of key business drivers in the context of the organization's industry and how closely related teams integrate with others to accomplish their objectives and drive efficiencies.
• Supports team members by setting an example, coaching and providing feedback and guidance.
• May lead projects or project steps with manageable risks and resource requirements.
• Solves a range of problems of varying scope and complexity, applying existing solutions, while exercising autonomy to propose alternatives to understand their impact on the business or apply judgment based on experience to develop solutions.
• Works independently guided by company policies, guidelines and procedures, receiving guidance on complex and unprecedented problems.
• Exerts some influence on the overall objectives and long-range goals of the organization.
• Regularly participates in discussions and presentations in small, cross-functional meetings, logically presenting information to convey key messages.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently holds an active compact nursing license in state of Rhode Island
• Current CPR/AED certification
• 5 or more years Occupational Health Experience
• Experienced managing medical surveillance programs
• Experience with electronic medical record system
• Experience workers compensation case management
• Basic knowledge of safety, toxicology and epidemiology
• Experience with OSHA recordkeeping standard and maintaining OSHA log
• Experience office ergonomics
• Excellent communication skills

Requisition ID: 630006 

Minimum Salary: $ 106800 

Maximum Salary: $ 202900 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement.  The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.