Senior Occupational Health Nurse Prof Occupational Health Jobs

Job Description

Skills and Competencies Required (includes internal training):

Behavioural:

• Integrity
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Professionalism

Leadership:

• Live the Eskom vision
• Grow people
• Ignite passion
• Promote teamwork
• Encourage the right behaviour
• Promote open and transparent communication

Knowledge:

• Relevant labour and health legislation, such as the Occupational Health & Safety Act, 85 of 1993.
• Understanding of the health care system and the operational unit environment (business unit where the clinic is based) in which service is provided (e.g., health care delivery models in the province).
• Good understanding of clients/customers in the business unit.
• Advanced practical knowledge of primary health care.
• Good understanding of Eskom policies, procedures, Eskom Stated Benefits, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF), employment equity classification (persons with disabilities), and social claims under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA).
• Good understanding of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).
• Advanced knowledge of Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS).
• Lifestyle management, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Tuberculosis (TB) in the workplace.
• Management of sickness, absenteeism, and medically incapacitated employees.
• Management of wellness service provider contracts, including eligibility requirements, performance, standards, budget, limitations, scope of service, strengths, and weaknesses of the service provider.
• Good understanding of how medical aid scheme chronic disease management programmes function.

Skills:

• Communication, negotiation, presentation, and facilitation
• Excellent written communication
• Management and execution of large-scale projects
• Computer literate
• Conflict management and resolution
• Problem solving
• Analytical
• Referral management
• People management

Key Performance Areas (summary of functional outputs):

• Implement an occupational health surveillance programme in the business unit (BU)/division/health centre according to occupational risk exposure profile (OREP).
• Prepare and coordinate cases for proposed medical boarding, incapacity, sick leave management, disability, and assessments in consultation with the Eskom occupational health medicine practitioner (OHMP).
• Monitor and refer acute and chronic cases to the relevant health and wellness function inside or outside Eskom.
• Provide an advisory, consultative, and specialist service to all stakeholders.
• Capture and record data of all activities on Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS).

Minimum Requirements

Qualification(s):

• Bachelor of Nursing at NQF8 with 480 credits plus Postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health at NQF8 with 120 credits plus Dispensing Licensing Certificate.

Related Minimum Experience:

• 4 years’ experience in Occupational health and primary health care.

Apply by: 10 February 2026