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Job Summary and Responsibilities

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

The Occupational Health Technician is responsible for scheduling and performing key occupational health regulatory and on-boarding tasks. These include pre-employment processing, drug testing,

respirator fit testing, color blindness screening, record review, in addition to performing administrative functions such as documenting in an electronic health record, record management, filing, report

generation, spreadsheets and graphs. Responsible for managing phone volume and walk-in office traffic while providing excellent customer service and representing the Occupational Health

department. May involve travel or remote support for geographical team. Follows the direction of the RN Occupational Health Coordinator in performing various OH functions. Will be tasked with other

assignments to meet the demands/expectations of the organization.

Job Requirements

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

+ High School or Diploma/G.E.D. required

+ 4 years or greater of advanced secretarial, or 1 year or greater of Business Support/clinical office management experience or medical assisting/nurse’s aide experience in a clinic setting

+ Ability to speak, read and write the English language

+ Must have advanced word-processing skills, excel, spreadsheets, graphs, power point or similar software, etc.

+ Demonstrates proficiency with standard office equipment and software programs.

+ Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Sedentary work - prolonged periods of sitting and exert up to 10 lbs. force occasionally

Where You'll Work

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness.

Mercy Hospital is an 82 bed, acute care hospital located in the scenic southwestern Colorado town of Durango. It is the only hospital in Colorado to be rated by Medicare with five stars for overall hospital quality. It is recognized for excellence in orthopedic and spine surgery and for outstanding patient experience and patient safety. Mercy has also received ten consecutive ‘A’ grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group. Our providers use state-of-the-art technology in an environment designed to promote wellbeing and healing of body, mind, and spirit.

Among the many specialty services available at Mercy are emergency care (Level III trauma designation), surgical care, cardiac care (including interventional), Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Excellence, a Family Birthing Center, home care, hospice care more. Durango offers an exceptional quality of life with small town charm, excellent schools, and year-round, world-class outdoor recreation opportunities including snow sports, river sports, hiking, biking, camping and more.

Pay Range

$18.42 - $28.04 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.