- Our client is proposing a full-time, in-house Occupational Health Nurse appointment to establish and coordinate a Group occupational health service, delivering competent, risk-based employee health screening and medical surveillance, applicable fitness certification, health promotion, clinical referral and confidential record management.
- The post supports manufacturing, warehousing, logistics and field installation operations across the Group, and is intended to improve service access, compliance and continuity not to replace doctors where their involvement is legally required.
- Base Location: Wynberg Head Office, Johannesburg
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00, with meal breaks and travel arrangements in accordance with company policy and labour law
- Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time, in close functional collaboration with Group HSE
- Travel: Essential willingness and ability to travel regularly to all Group branches, including Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Durban, Nelspruit and Polokwane
Occupational Assessments and Fitness for Work
- Conduct pre-placement, baseline, periodic, exit and appropriate return-to-work assessments according to job demands, risk assessments and approved clinical protocols.
- Assess relevant personnel including drivers, forklift and other mobile equipment operators, paint mixers, production and warehouse employees and installation technicians.
- Review occupational and medical histories, job exposures, medication or symptoms affecting work safety, and relevant physical and functional requirements.
- Issue and sign medical certificates of fitness only for categories and circumstances expressly permitted by applicable law, professional scope, documented competency and customer requirements, recording restrictions and referrals appropriately.
- Coordinate GP or Occupational Medicine Practitioner (OMP) examinations, including PrDP documentation where the nurse does not hold verified applicable authority, abnormal findings, exposure-related disease or restricted-duty clearance.
Comprehensive Health Screening
- Undertake clinically appropriate vital signs and general health checks, including blood pressure, pulse, height, weight, body mass index and relevant medical history.
- Offer or conduct blood glucose, cholesterol or lipid screening, urine dipstick testing and other approved point-of-care checks where clinically appropriate, consented to and supported by training, quality control and equipment.
- Conduct vision screening, audiometry and spirometry where the practitioner holds current recognised training and competency and uses compliant equipment, procedures and test environments.
- Provide clear results counselling, appropriate health education and referral to a doctor, laboratory, audiologist or other specialist when findings fall outside nursing scope or clinical protocols.
- Ensure routine wellness tests are not treated as mandatory fitness tests without a justified job risk, clinical indication or lawful policy basis.
Group Medical Surveillance and Clinical Governance
- Work with HSE to develop risk-based screening protocols for chemical, dust, noise, physical and other relevant occupational exposures.
- Maintain a confidential medical surveillance programme, certificate expiry tracker, appointment schedule and appropriate follow-up across all branches.
- Monitor hearing conservation, respiratory health and employee health trends, and escalate significant findings promptly to the appropriate clinician.
- Maintain informed consent, privacy, POPIA-aligned medical records, infection prevention, equipment calibration and clinical waste controls.
- Provide first response to workplace medical incidents within current competency, and coordinate referrals, injury-on-duty follow-up and employee education.
- Report anonymised trends, service volumes, compliance status and outstanding actions to management, without disclosing unnecessary personal medical information.
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
Minimum Appointment Criteria
- Current South African Nursing Council (SANC) registration as a Professional Nurse, and a recognised occupational health nursing qualification recorded or listed with SANC.
- Documented current competence and relevant certificates in audiometry, spirometry and vision screening.
- Audiometric qualification or registration must meet the current Noise Exposure
- Regulations and recognition requirements.
- Current Basic Life Support or equivalent emergency response competency, and professional indemnity cover appropriate to the work.
- Demonstrated experience delivering occupational health assessments in industrial, manufacturing,
- logistics or similar settings; three to five years is preferred.
- Working knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and relevant regulations,
- professional boundaries, confidential medical recordkeeping and referral pathways.
- Valid driver's licence and willingness to travel nationally, including overnight trips where scheduled; strong administration and digital record skills.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
- SASOHN membership.
- Experience in point-of-care cholesterol and glucose testing.
- Experience in chronic disease risk counselling and site health education.
- Experience in Group medical surveillance reporting.
Scope of Practice & Clinical Arrangements
- PrDP Form MC sign-off is to remain with an appropriately authorised medical practitioner, unless the applicant holds any required additional occupational health practitioner accreditation and acceptance by the relevant authority.
- Abnormal audiometry, spirometry, chemical exposure or other safety-critical findings must be managed under written escalation and referral criteria the nurse is not expected to diagnose, prescribe or certify beyond legal authority.
- The company will provide or arrange a suitable private clinic and compliant, calibrated testing equipment, portable branch arrangements and secure record systems.