Overview In this role you lead a comprehensive occupational health program for GE Appliances, guiding a team of healthcare professionals to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for about 15,000 employees. You will partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align health initiatives with company goals, drive data-informed decisions, and advance patient care quality. A core focus is reducing injuries, improving wellbeing, and optimizing health-related spend and compliance. You'll shape strategy, empower staff, and deliver measurable health outcomes that support business continuity and performance.
Responsibilities- Develop and implement an occupational health strategy aligned with organizational goals
- Manage budget, staffing, and resource allocation for health programs
- Build relationships with HR, Legal, Operations and external partners
- Collect, analyze, and report occupational health data to guide decisions
- Oversee pre-employment screenings, health surveillance, return-to-work, disability management
- Lead clinical oversight of physicians, nurses, and specialists to ensure quality care
- Drive continuous improvement across clinical and wellbeing initiatives
- Lead EMR implementation for secure documentation and OSHA records
Key requirements- 15+ years of clinical and healthcare business experience
- Expertise in health and leave benefits, healthcare policy, regulatory compliance, and employee wellbeing programs
- Strong understanding of industrial hygiene, ergonomics, and environmental health
- Proven leadership with ability to motivate healthcare teams
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills across organizational levels
- Data analysis and reporting capabilities
- Strategic and analytical thinking with problem-solving approach
- Ability to obtain medical licensure in KY and other states (preferred)
- Board certification in Occupational Medicine (ABOM) and related advanced degrees (preferred)
- leadership and motivation
- clear communication
- interpersonal collaboration
- data analysis and reporting
- occupational health program management
- EMR implementation and health informatics
