Clinic nurse Jobs in Mount Pearl, NL

Job Title : Nurse Practitioner

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Who We Are

Welcome to Vale. Our purpose is to improve life and transform the future. Together. We value our workforce and strive to offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale Base Metals is one of the world's largest producers of high-quality nickel and an important producer of copper and responsibly sourced cobalt. With headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and operations in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, UK, Indonesia, and Brazil, we are delivering the critical building blocks for a cleaner, greener future.

Applying the latest technologies to sustainably mine the critical minerals that power electric vehicles, build renewable energy solutions, and help develop life-saving medical equipment is at the heart of what we do.

We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our Team

Our Newfoundland and Labrador Operations are an integrated mining, milling, and processing operation. Nickel concentrates from the fly-in, fly-out Voisey's Bay operation is shipped to our state-of-art Long Harbour Processing Plant where it is refined into low-carbon and high-purity nickel rounds, cobalt rounds and copper cathodes.

The Vale Health, Safety, and Risk Team is a vital part of the VNL Operations. Together, we monitor, check, and continually improve our health and safety systems to create an environment where we can all successfully achieve zero harm and go HomeSafe.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our Health, Safety, and Risk Department in St. John's, NL . This permanent position will be a Monday to Friday schedule working at the St. John's Corporate Office in St. John's, NL with regular travel to both Long Harbour and Voisey's Bay as required.

As a Nurse Practitioner (NP) you will evaluate and support occupational health programs at both the Long Harbour plant and the Voisey's Bay remote mine site. The health programs include medical surveillance for safety-sensitive roles, a workplace injury prevention program and safe return to work (disability management). This role will identify resources needed to deliver a best-in-class occupational health program with a combination of internal and contracted medical resources. In addition, the NP will support medical components of hiring including drug and alcohol testing programs and pre-hire physical screenings, providing guidance and support to ensure compliance as well as efficiency. The NP will develop relationships in the NL medical community and ensure leading practices in industrial medicine are employed at Vale Newfoundland and Labrador (VNL).

Additionally, in this position you will :

• Oversee and manage medical contractors.
• Review, implement, maintain, and continually improve the site medical surveillance program.
• Oversee onsite medical clinics and build strategies to improve the delivery of services. Explore and present opportunities for clinic staff to maximize the value and contribution to employee health.
• Build a business case for any additional in house medical or support roles and supervise team members.
• Support, provide advice and take part in emergency response planning for the Long Harbour plant site and the Voisey's Bay mine.
• Provision of medical case management and related reporting to ensure the best outcomes for VNL employees.
• Ensure appropriate handling of employee medical files in an electronic database.
• Establish health related KPIs used to promote and track improvements with VNL leaders.
• Liaise with colleagues in Human Resources and disability management as needed.
• Evaluate the physical demands of roles or functions within VNL and work to improve the company's knowledge and application of this information by modifying or rewriting physical demands analyses as required.
• Educate VNL employees, and lead / support physical and mental health promotion in the workplace.
• Determine applicability of new technology to the medical needs of VNL as they emerge.
• Provide advice and guidance on meeting VNL policies as they pertain to health, such as injury classification.
• Inform site leaders when new health related legislation may be pertinent to support enhancements to the delivery of clinical services at our operating sites.
• Lead the implementation of health-related programs that benefit employees in VNL.

About You

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How can Vale grow your career?

The Nurse Practitioner is a critical part of Vale's Health, Safety, and Risk team that will allow the right candidate to grow their skillset and career within our operations.

Additionally, Vale offers a series of benefits including :

Include to Transform

At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages everyone to express their ideas and opinions and values the plurality of individual profiles. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are critical to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or any other personal consideration that makes us different.

Vale is an equal opportunity employer seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry.

Interested applicants must submit their application online at https : / / vale.eightfold.ai / careers.

Accommodation is available throughout our recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation to enable you participate in our recruitment process, please email us at [redacted].

Pay Grade : F5T

Apply by : Sunday, June 16th, 2024

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