SACH announces new department manager
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COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area Community Hospital is pleased to announce David J. Hoffman, CRNP, OHN-S, certified registered nurse practitioner and occupational health nurse, as the new manager of occupational health and wellness.
Hoffman's duties will include: Direct patient care for work-related injuries and illnesses, follow-up treatment, fitness for work evaluations, pre-placement medical examinations, DOT testing, drug screens, audio and visual screenings, work place ergonomic evaluations, administering immunizations, medically managing patient cases involving exposure to hazardous materials and managing workmen's compensation cases. Injury treatment includes wound care and dressings, suturing lacerations, splinting of extremities and writing orders for laboratory and imaging studies and consultations.
Hoffman brings more 20 years practical experience in occupational health, emergency medicine, surgery, education, home health and primary care environments. His most recent experience was working for the SUN Orthopaedics Group since 2005 as a certified nurse practitioner. He also has eight years experience as an occupational supervisor at Merck and Co. While there, he developed an integrated occupational health medicine program that included occupational health care, disability management, and health promotion and conducting educational seminars. In addition, he was the director of education for SUN Home Health, director of education and a flight nurse for Geisinger Medical Center and Emergency Services Nurse for SACH.
In 2003, he received his Master of Science-Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner from Bloomsburg University.
Hoffman received his Bachelor of Science in nursing from Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa in 1998 and he earned his nursing diploma from Geisinger Medical Center School of Nursing in Danville in 1983.
Hoffman currently serves as the president of the Susquehanna Valley Occupational Health Nurses Association, and was vice-president of the Susquehanna Valley Nurse Practitioners Association from 2004-08.
In his spare time, Hoffman enjoys weight lifting, biking, running and cooking. He resides in Elysburg with his wife, Dawn. They have two sons, Zachary, at home, and Matthew, who resides in Virginia.
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