Occupational Health Nurse Advisor, WRH

Job summary

Do you enjoy the challenge of working in a busy service where no two days are the same? This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, enthusiastic Occupational Health Nurse to join our SEQOHS accredited friendly team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The post is based at The Working Well Centre, Worcester, but will also involve cross site working, travel to some outside NHS sites and companies for whom we provide an Occupational Health and wellbeing service.

We are looking for an occupational health nurse withat least 12 months Occupational Health experience in the NHS or private sector. You must possess excellent interpersonaland teamworking skills. You must have the ability be flexible, responsive and dynamic with motivation and commitment to continuous learning and development.

Main duties of the job

To support and contribute to theeffective provision of a high quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Serviceto the Trust and other public sector and private organisations.

To promote and maintain a systematic,holistic approach to occupational health and wellbeing provision, itsimplementation and evaluation.

Provide clear impartial advice to bothmanagers and employees to optimise health and wellbeing at work, supporting thereduction in sickness absence and prevent work related ill health and injury.

To participate in identifying andmaintaining a safe working environment and preventing ill health that may beassociated with work.

To promote and implement workplace health and wellbeinginitiatives.

To work with private organisations and deliver high qualityOccupational Health and Wellbeing Service within agreed service levelspecifications.

To contribute to an atmosphere conducive to learning, audit andthe use of nursing based research / evidence based rationale for clinicalpractice.

The service uses Cority Occupational Health software whichsupports all clinical functions.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients Best use of resources Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

PostTitle: Occupational Health Nurse

PayBand: Agenda for Change Band 6

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location / Department: Working Well Centre Newtown Road Worcester

Accountable to: Head of OH and Wellbeing Services

Reports to: Deputy OccupationalHealth Nurse Manager

Key Working Relationships:

Allstakeholders OtherNHS Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services, Other non NHS Organisations,Clinical CommissioningGroups.

Risk Assessment: Workingwith VDUs, some manual handling/repetitive tasks. Potential exposure todistressed and or verbally aggressive individuals. The role can be emotionallychallenging at times.

JobPurpose:

To support and contribute to theeffective provision of a high quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Serviceto the Trust and other public sector and private organisations.

To promote and maintain asystematic, holistic approach to occupational health and wellbeing provision,its implementation and evaluation.

Provide clear impartial advice toboth managers and employees to optimise health and wellbeing at work,supporting the reduction in sickness absence and prevent work related illhealth and injury.

To participate in identifying andmaintaining a safe working environment and preventing ill health that may beassociated with work.

To promote and implement workplacehealth and wellbeing initiatives.

To work with private organisationsand deliver high quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service withinagreed service level specifications.

To contribute to an atmosphereconducive to learning, audit and the use of nursing based research / evidencebased rationale for clinical practice.

KeyDuties:

Towork autonomously and independently and where appropriate to seek support andguidance in relation to more complex issues.

Undertakeassessments and provide health at work advice to managers and staff following areferral during their employment. To inform managers of the findingswithin the defined department timescales and in line with confidentiality andconsent requirements.

Provideeffective case management by assessing employees fitness for work followinglong term sickness absence, frequent short term sickness absence, or where theemployee is experiencing health or disability issues impacting upon them atwork.

Offeradvice on fitness for work, return to work plans, workplace adjustments and illhealth retirement.

Deliverimmunisations and vaccination clinics. This will include venepuncture andadministering vaccinations.

Using the agreed Occupational Health procedures and guidance toundertake a risk assessment for staff who have sustained a blood or body fluidexposure incident and to advise on any appropriate course of treatmentincluding the need for Post Exposure Prophylaxis. To inform staff of thesource/recipient blood results and any implications to working practice.

GiveInfection Prevention and Control Advise to staff and line managers, includingcontact tracing following staff exposure to infectious conditions.

To work in partnership with clients to identify health hazards throughthe risk assessment process and to support with the implement of healthsurveillance programmes where appropriate in line with government legislation and WorkingWell policy.

To regularly undertake the role of the Duty Nurse Adviser providingtelephone advice to all contracted clients on any Occupational Health concern,which may include pre-placement health issues, health capability to work,infection control and blood and body fluid exposure incidents. To advise onmore complex issues as required.

Participatein Health and Wellbeing initiatives.

Participatein the induction and training of new employees.

To record accurate and confidential occupational health informationinto staff records following all appointments and communication with thedepartment.

Communicationand relationship skills:

Towork as part of a multidisciplinary team where everyone has an essentialprofessional contribution to make to the delivery of the occupational healthservice.

Youwill develop good working relationships with our key stakeholders.

Planningand Organisational skills:

Youwill be expected to manage your time effectively when managing cases andclinics.

Analyticaland judgement skills.

ClientCare:

Promptproduction of reports to support clients and managers.

Responsibilitiesfor People or Training:

Ongoingtraining within the department and externally.

Supportingcolleagues to develop their skills.

Mutuallearning.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse on the NMC register Evidence of relevant professional development Post basic qualification at either diploma or degree level in Occupational Health or relevant subject, or working towards

Desirable

Registered nurse NMC Sub part 3 BSc SCPHN OH Diploma in OH nursing NEBOSH qualification Relevant teaching qualification Relevant health promotion qualification Relevant management qualification

Experience

Essential

Substantial post registration experience in general nursing Substantial Occupational Health experience Supervision of junior staff Experience of coordinating clinics and service requirements

Desirable

NHS Occupational Health experience

Skills / Knowledge

Essential

Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues including NHS /DH /HSE legislation Knowledge of evidence based practice Awareness of changes within the Occupational Health speciality Ability to assess clients presenting to Occupational Health, plan and provide specialist advice dependent upon their particular health care need and work related issues Experience of undertaking audit or nursing research Supervisory experience of junior members of a team Knowledge of the health and Wellbeing agenda Ability to be able to decide how best to achieve expected results, whilst acting within clearly defined policies/ procedures and codes of conduct. Willingness to travel and work across site as required. Ability to carry out CPR Excellent IT skills: Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

Presentation skills Venepuncture skills Immunisation skills Spirometry skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

Ability to energise and engage self and others Evidence of practicing the WAHT Values and Behaviours

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