Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X (https://twitter.com/abbvieireland) , Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvieireland/) , YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

We are now recruiting an Occupational Health Nurse join our diverse Team in Sligo, to support our Ballytivnan and Manorhamilton Rd sites. Reporting to the HR Manager, you will provide the resources necessary to ensure the effective provision of Occupational Health services at both of our Sligo facilities, ensuring that the programs and procedures are in place to ensure that occupational health services are delivered to employees at the sites in such a fashion as to assess, maintain and promote the health and wellbeing of employees at the facilities.

• Responsible for the provision of occupational health services at the sites.

• Collaborate with EHS in the identification of employees to participate in medical surveillances.

• Ensure employee medical surveillances are completed as per the requirements of AbbVie Occupational Health medical surveillance procedures and Irish and EU legislation.

• Assess the results of the medical evaluations based on sound medical practice and an understanding of the work the employee performs.

• Liaise with the Occupational Physician and external GP/ Occupational health clinics in the completion of pre-employment medicals.

• Provide assessment and treatment of any workplace injuries and illnesses.

• Monitor employee absenteeism and complete absence reviews as required.

• Coordinate return to work and rehabilitation of absent employees.

• Develop calendar of employee wellbeing initiatives and deliver wellbeing initiatives which reflect the site demographics and employee health risk factors.

• Routine administration of the occupational health department.

• Liaise with EHS to ensure there are adequate levels of First Aiders trained to cover all work shifts.

• Deliver manual handling training to employees

• Prepare employees for international business travel as required.

• Complete intoxicant screening as required.

• Ensure employee medical records are maintained confidentially and stored in accordance with the requirements of the AbbVie Records Retention Schedule

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse on the active register with An Bord Altranais.

• Higher Diploma or Masters qualification in Occupational Health;

or

• At least 30 hours of continuing education in occupational health during the past two years;

or

• Two years of experience in an occupational health setting;

  or

• A documented plan approved by the site management to meet the training requirement as per Technical Standard T22.AV, within a two-year period of time

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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