Who is a Health Personnel?

Who Is the Health Personnel - Workplace Nurse?

It refers to the health personnel assigned to occupational health and safety services, certified by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

Who Can Be Health Personnel?

Nurses/health officers, ambulance and emergency care technicians, emergency medical technicians, environmental health technicians, and workplace nurses can be health personnel.

How to Become Health Personnel?

Individuals who complete the other health personnel training program and succeed in the exam conducted or arranged by the Ministry at the end of the training are issued a health personnel certificate.

What Are the Duties of Health Personnel?

• To work in accordance with the instructions of the workplace physician in planning, evaluating, monitoring, and directing occupational health and safety services, collecting data, and maintaining necessary records
• To assist the workplace physician during the physical examination
• To continuously monitor the general hygiene conditions in the workplace
• To participate in the organization of first aid services together with the workplace physician
• To take part in training on occupational health topics

What Is the Working Time for Health Personnel?

• In workplaces classified as low risk: At least 6 minutes per employee per month
• In workplaces classified as medium risk: At least 9 minutes per employee per month
• In workplaces classified as high risk: At least 12 minutes per employee per month.

You can find out how many hours of health personnel service your company needs monthly using the calculation tool on the North Marmara OSGB page.

Other health personnel provide services at the workplace for the duration specified in the contract. If a part-time employment contract is made with multiple workplaces, the time spent traveling between these workplaces is deducted from the weekly legal working hours.