Occupational Health Officer

Occupational Health Officer develop, implement and evaluate health risk management policies and programs, prevent and remove health risks arising in the workplace, train employees in occupational health procedures, provide basic healthcare needs to a company’s employees and monitor and record the patient's medical cases.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Administer first aid treatments and provide basic healthcare needs to a company’s employees and assist all injured employees to the nearest hospital as needed.
• Provide consultancy for potential occupational illnesses and injuries, including appropriate monitoring and reporting

• Tracks and analyzes accident/injury and disease/sickness related data to identify trends and recommend proactive preventative strategies. 

• Coordinates first aid training and services such as first aid attendants, supplies and the maintenance of records. 

• Recommends improvements to accident and incident reporting procedures and works closely with supervisors, managers, and joint health and safety committees to ensure all such reports are investigated in a timely manner and that any associated corrective action recommendations are appropriately and consistently implemented.
• Provide Occupational Health advice and guidance to departmental Managers on sickness, absence and rehabilitation issues.  Work closely with HR and manager to ensure successful rehabilitation case management of individuals including restrictions of duties 
• Monitor and record the patient's medical condition
• Maintain clinic records and reports and ensures that policy on retention of said documents are implemented.
• Interpret and evaluate diagnostic test based on the verification of medical certificates
• Secure and ensure that the sick employees submit a "fit to work" certificate
• Plan and implement the medical examination and executive check-up of regular employees.
• Replenish medical supplies; monitor the stock inventory of medicines and other necessary supplies from time to time and prepare purchase application in advance
• Responsible for keeping clinic equipment's and supplies.
• Organize company-wide meetings to discuss general healthcare tips and recommendations by evaluating company employee’s health related to their work environment.
• Prepare a proposal recommendation to upper management about new healthcare initiatives that the company can implement to lower healthcare costs.
• Develop occupational health procedures, policies and perform evaluation of these in relation to the business objectives
•  Design and provision of focused health promotion and education for employees,
• conduct a training that will raise/improve employees health care awareness
• Temporary task: Perform other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time by superior

Qualification:

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent knowledge of occupational health
• comprehensive understanding and application of medical confidentiality, ethics, and accountability.
• Comprehensive understanding of the principles and practice of data protection and confidentiality in OH
• Excellent time management skills
• Case Management and provision of OH advice 
• General medicals and health surveillance
• Flexible and hard working 
• Visible commitment to excellence in practice
• Communication skills: excellent verbal and written communication skill
• Strong presentation skill
• Emotional intelligence: The ability to perceive the emotional state of individuals and groups; the ability to modify one’s own verbal and non-verbal mannerisms to engage and build trust.

Education, Certification and Experience: 

• a bachelor’s degree in occupational health or health related fields.
• First Aid training completion certification
• Work experience in Occupational Health, as an Occupational Health Officer. 

How To Apply

Interested applicants who meet the above requirements can apply within from the date of this announcement.

1. In-Person: Bring your educational documents and credentials to the Tecno Mobile Factory located inside the ICT Park (Goro).
2. Email: Send your application and CV to transsionfactory6@gmail.com.