Job openings for healthcare professionals with disabilities

We have posted 8 new job opportunities for healthcare professionals with disabilities. Most of these jobs are for nurses, but some are for other types of healthcare professionals, so please take a look at these descriptions. In order to view each job post, you must log in to the "Forum" section of the members-only portion of our website:
 

Manager – Contracting Plan – Atlanta, GA

Case Manager – Telephonic – New York, NY

Operations Nurse – Virginia Beach, VA

VP Healthcare Management Services – Tampa, FL

Coordinator Quality Mgt RN-Plan – Atlanta, GA

Director Quality Management – Medicare – Virginia Beach, VA

Field Enrollment RN - Bronx & Upper Manhattan NY

Nurse Clinical Trainer-New York City

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Benedictine Health Center Settles EEOC 'No Restrictions' Disability Bias Suit

This came out last week:

Benedictine Health Center Settles EEOC 'No Restrictions' Disability Bias Suit

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has approved a consent decree settling its disability discrimination lawsuit against New Brighton, Minn.-based Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck. (EEOC v. Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck, Case No. 12-cv-01204 (D. Minn.) (MJD/JJK).)

Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck formerly maintained a policy requiring employees who took medical leaves of absence to return to work with no restrictions unless the injury or condition were related to an on-the-job injury.

According to John Hendrickson, regional attorney for EEOC’s Chicago District, such “no restrictions” policies violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because employers must explore whether a disabled employee with restrictions could return to work with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Therefore, the EEOC contended in its complaint that Benedictine’s “no restrictions” policy was unlawful discrimination on the basis of disability. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.

You can read more about this story here.

Health Partners, Inc. to Pay $25,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Case

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged Health Partners, Inc., a rehabilitation and nursing company, with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for refusing to allow an employee to start working after she tested positive for tuberculosis on a preliminary skin test. Such conduct violates the ADA because the company regarded the employee as being disabled even though she was not contagious and did not pose a health risk to other employees.

Read more here.