Occupational Health Open Day

Job summary

Date: Wednesday 19th October 2022

Time: 11:00am-16:00pm

Venue: Occupational Health Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY

Come along to Occupational Health, meet the team, look around the department and enjoy a hot drink and refreshments whilst talking to our staff/managers about the opportunities available within the department and what we have to offer!

Main duties of the job

Our clinical team play a vital role in looking after more than 8,500 PHU staff, from pre-placement assessments at the start of employment, vaccinations and immunisations, serology, management of sharps and contamination incidents, management referrals, health surveillance, occupational medicals, biological monitoring in addition to delivering the PHU annual flu and covid vaccination campaigns and a variety of health and well-being campaigns throughout the year.

The delivery of the OH service is underpinned by the following principles:

• Strong focus on a high quality, clinically led, evidence-based service.
• An equitable and accessible service.
• Impartial, approachable, and receptive to both clients and employer.
• Contribute to improved organisational productivity.
• Work in partnership with all NHS organisations and within the community.
• Underpinned by innovation.
• Offer diversity and depth of specialisation and training opportunities.

You will be working in a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team which includes health and safety, manual handling, mental health and health and well-being, all playing a crucial role in providing a compassionate and professional service that is instrumental in the care of our PHU staff and external clients.

The department operate on corporate working hours, no long shifts, weekends, or late nights!

About us

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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