Job summary
The post holder will provide leadership to the nursing that will shape the future of Occupational Health Services, to ensure better outcomes for our people.
In conjunction with the triumvirate (clinical, nursing, and operational leads) and with input from the Trust clinical leadership teams, the post holder will lead the development of a Trust-wide long-term occupational health and wellbeing strategy which ensures that staff are provided with a physically and psychologically safe work environment and align with the Trust's overall strategy and plans.
The post holder will focus on multi-disciplinary partnership working; and lead on aspects of service development, provision, and be a role model ensuring that the clinical care delivered is of the highest quality and standardised in accordance with national guidance, policy and service frameworks.
The Lead Nurse is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Trust's Strategy, within their area of responsibility.
Main duties of the job
*Provide expert knowledge and advice in relation to the provision of Occupational Health Services
*Oversee the management, leadership and development of Occupational Health Nurses and manage and maintain effective control of the delegated budget. Lead, manage and develop team performance, promote professionalism and trust
*In partnership with Director of Occupational Health, Occupational Health Service Manager and other key stakeholders develop, update and maintain evidence based operational practice standards protocols and guidelines associated with the service.
*Monitor the effectiveness of the service by means of audit, statistical data collection, benchmarking against national standards and other provider organisations.
*Develop reports; submit data for internal / external use.
*Co-lead the clinical governance agenda for the service, ensuring the service continues to meet the needs of patients.
*To be accountable for co-ordinating aspects of patient care, the management of resources and performance of staff within a defined service or defined group of staff.
*To teach and act as a facilitator, mentor and supervisor to other nursing staff.
*Ensure effective delivery of organisational objectives.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Adult / Child NMC Registered Practitioner
- *Masters in a related subject e.g. Public Health or equivalent demonstrable experience supplemented by specialist training, experience or short courses
- *Post registration specialist qualification related to Occupational Health (OH)
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Evidence of continued professional development, relevant to the role
- *Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) or equivalent
Desirable
- *Membership to a national accredited OH body
Experience
Essential
- *Proven experience of delivering OH services at a senior level, ideally within a multidisciplinary environment
- *Experience of managing complex early intervention and health promotion programmes, and an understanding of behaviour change
- *Experience developing systems, processes and procedures appropriate to OH and ensuring organisational compliance
- *Is able to articulate a clear understanding of current issues in clinical practice related to the role/ speciality applied for and is able to apply National and Trust Policy to practice
- *Demonstrate a strong sense of personal and collective accountability; with a precise understanding of boundaries around delegated authority.
- *The ability to collaborate constructively, with internal and external stakeholders. Creating an environment and culture for successful Partnership Working.
- *Experienced in the investigation and production of reports / action plans for clinical and human resource related incidents / professional issues.
- *A good understanding of the NHS changing environment e.g., current concerns, initiatives and can relate this to the role applied for
- *Current professional and health service priorities
- *Working knowledge of CQC Standards
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of: -
- *Safeguarding
- *Equality and Diversity
- *Data Protection Act
- *Workforce planning
Desirable
- *Experience of planning and implementing service developments
- *Business planning
- *Ergonomics (Human Factor)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse motivate and involve individuals and teams to have an understanding of the Trust's and departmental/ward performance expectations
- *Ability to be flexible and look beyond existing structures, boundaries and ways of working to produce more effective service delivery, patient outcomes and staff engagement.
- *Committed to improving patient experience and outcomes through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals; and developing a culture of openness, honesty, responsibility and accountability.
- *Able to deal with challenging/difficult situations and individuals, with sensitivity and diplomacy.
- *Able to develop and implement action plans / set standards and monitor progress
- *Experience of clinical audit and the use of audit information to improve and sustain clinical practice standards
- *Ability to deliver formal presentations
- *Well established IT Skills
- *Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- *Demonstrate experience of high level communication
- *Proactive, takes own initiative
- *Excellent time management
- *Highly developed skills of persuasion, motivational, negotiating and communication
- *Ability to autonomously, prioritise workloads and stay calm under pressure of changing work demands
- *Resilience
- *Innovative and responsive to change
- *Tactful, diplomatic and at ease with all kinds of people
- *Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- *Ability to work flexibly and where necessary outside of core working hours.
- *Ability to work at any site premises and travel within the UK on Trust business
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Adult / Child NMC Registered Practitioner
- *Masters in a related subject e.g. Public Health or equivalent demonstrable experience supplemented by specialist training, experience or short courses
- *Post registration specialist qualification related to Occupational Health (OH)
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Evidence of continued professional development, relevant to the role
- *Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) or equivalent
Desirable
- *Membership to a national accredited OH body
Experience
Essential
- *Proven experience of delivering OH services at a senior level, ideally within a multidisciplinary environment
- *Experience of managing complex early intervention and health promotion programmes, and an understanding of behaviour change
- *Experience developing systems, processes and procedures appropriate to OH and ensuring organisational compliance
- *Is able to articulate a clear understanding of current issues in clinical practice related to the role/ speciality applied for and is able to apply National and Trust Policy to practice
- *Demonstrate a strong sense of personal and collective accountability; with a precise understanding of boundaries around delegated authority.
- *The ability to collaborate constructively, with internal and external stakeholders. Creating an environment and culture for successful Partnership Working.
- *Experienced in the investigation and production of reports / action plans for clinical and human resource related incidents / professional issues.
- *A good understanding of the NHS changing environment e.g., current concerns, initiatives and can relate this to the role applied for
- *Current professional and health service priorities
- *Working knowledge of CQC Standards
- *Can demonstrate an understanding of: -
- *Safeguarding
- *Equality and Diversity
- *Data Protection Act
- *Workforce planning
Desirable
- *Experience of planning and implementing service developments
- *Business planning
- *Ergonomics (Human Factor)
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse motivate and involve individuals and teams to have an understanding of the Trust's and departmental/ward performance expectations
- *Ability to be flexible and look beyond existing structures, boundaries and ways of working to produce more effective service delivery, patient outcomes and staff engagement.
- *Committed to improving patient experience and outcomes through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals; and developing a culture of openness, honesty, responsibility and accountability.
- *Able to deal with challenging/difficult situations and individuals, with sensitivity and diplomacy.
- *Able to develop and implement action plans / set standards and monitor progress
- *Experience of clinical audit and the use of audit information to improve and sustain clinical practice standards
- *Ability to deliver formal presentations
- *Well established IT Skills
- *Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- *Demonstrate experience of high level communication
- *Proactive, takes own initiative
- *Excellent time management
- *Highly developed skills of persuasion, motivational, negotiating and communication
- *Ability to autonomously, prioritise workloads and stay calm under pressure of changing work demands
- *Resilience
- *Innovative and responsive to change
- *Tactful, diplomatic and at ease with all kinds of people
- *Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- *Ability to work flexibly and where necessary outside of core working hours.
- *Ability to work at any site premises and travel within the UK on Trust business
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
