Class code 8833 — Hospital — Professional Employees

This classification is built for nurses and other professional clinical staff employed directly by a hospital, covering the licensed caregivers who deliver bedside and specialized care across inpatient units, emergency departments, operating rooms, and outpatient clinics housed within the hospital system.

Day-to-day work includes patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, assisting with procedures, and coordinating with physicians and other departments. Because hospital patients are often more acutely ill than those seen in an outpatient office, professional staff regularly perform patient transfers, repositioning, and other physical tasks that carry meaningful injury exposure.

Payroll here is limited to licensed and professional clinical roles — registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, and similar professional staff — while non-clinical hospital employees such as housekeeping or food service fall under a separate classification. Frequency drivers include patient handling injuries, needlestick and bloodborne pathogen exposure, and slips on wet floors common to clinical units.