Key Activities and Duties

• Work in hand with the line manager to run a functional Occupational Health system.
• Day-to-day management of the occupational health service including asset control
• Regular consultation with the Government/local Health Unit to align with government occupational health regulations.
• Extend working relationships with local district hospitals and health centers for referral pathways.
• Perform medical surveillance. Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines for medical surveillance programs, immunization administration, and prophylactic treatment provision.
• Investigate occupational disease and incidents, Investigate and administer to occupational diseases and incidents, including injuries on duty from an occupational health perspective and report deviations.
• Provide medical reports as required
• Render medical services for the treatment of injuries on duty, ailments, emergencies, monitoring chronic diseases, supervision of DOTS and immunization campaigns

Administrative and management

• Present Occupational Health Related Information Programs. Implement policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Present and evaluate established occupational health-related information programs.
• Organize regular Occupational Health Training to disseminate occupational health-related information programs

Safety, Health, and Environment

• Work in hand with the Safety Officer to conduct Occupational risk profiling.
• Support the process of fitness for work evaluations, implementing policies, processes, and guidelines. This includes but is not limited to: Medical examination for new Joiners and Fitness for Work evaluation requests.
• Issue first aid supplies, ensuring policies, procedures, and guidelines are implemented. Issue supplies to departments.
• Execute medicine stock control. Execute stock control as well as implement all policies, procedures, and guidelines for the management of medicines.

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