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31301.02 – Occupational health nurses

Occupational health nurses are registered nurses who develop and implement employee health education programs and provide direct nursing care in businesses and industry.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Occupational health nurse
  • Registered industrial nurse

Core competencies

  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving to assess complex health issues, analyze data to make informed decisions, evaluate risks in workplace environments and develop effective health strategies
  • Social Perceptiveness to build rapport quickly with patients and employees for effective communication and collaboration
  • Problem Identification and Inductive Reasoning to detect patients' conditions, reactions to drugs or treatments and significant changes in patients' general appearance that may indicate a worsening of conditions
  • Verbal Ability to prepare accident reports for insurance or statistical purposes and to explain purposes and procedures of medical examinations to prospective employees
  • Collaboration to assist physicians with medical examinations of staff and prospective employees
  • Knowledge in Physical Health to understand the relationships between anatomy, physiology, and disease to advise or foster employee well-being and productivity in industrial settings

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Develop and implement employee health education programs and provide registered nursing care in private businesses and industry.

Additional information

No data has been provided for this section.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Nursing coordinators and supervisors (31300)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

1 – Occupations usually require a university degree

Major group

31 – Professional occupations in health

Sub-major group

313 – Nursing and allied health professionals

Minor group

3130 – Nursing and allied health professionals

Unit group

31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses

Occupational profile

31301.02 – Occupational health nurses

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