| The George Washington University Hospital The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital) is a 385-bed tertiary care, academic medical center located in downtown Washington, DC, next to the Foggy Bottom metro. GW Hospital serves a diverse group of patients â€" from local residents to our nation’s leaders. As an academic medical center, GW Hospital has the resources and clinical expertise necessary to provide specialized, complex care. This expertise includes cardiac, cancer, neurosciences, women’s health, trauma, and advanced surgery including robotic and minimally invasive surgery. GW Hospital is jointly owned and operated by George Washington University and a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the nation's largest healthcare management companies. The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), adjacent to the hospital, is the 11th oldest medical center in the country and the first in the nation’s capital. The mission of GW Hospital is to provide the highest quality healthcare, advanced medical technology, and world-class service to its patients in an academic medical center dedicated to education and research. Lead Employee Health Nurse This position is responsible for the Occupational Health program hospital wide for employees and related constituents such as students, volunteers, residents and other contracted services.  Assesses, plans, directs, and evaluates yearly requirements such that annual health requirements for employees and other constituents are in compliance with regulatory and legal governing bodies to include The Joint Commission, Department of Health, OSHA among others.  Leads office activities such that all occupational health activities for employees and constituents are executed in a compliant, effective and efficient manner. |
