Job summary
This post is being advertised in connection with the Occupational Health Recruitment Open Day.
Date: Wednesday
19th October 2022
Time: 11:00am-16:00pm
Venue: Occupational Health Department, Queen Alexandra
Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are
looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated registered nurses and healthcare
professionals to work within our SEQOHS Accredited Occupational Health, Safety
and Wellbeing Services
based at QA Hospital, Portsmouth and has been established for over 25 years.
Our
clinical team play a vital role in looking after more than 8,500 PHU staff,
from preplacement assessments at the start of employment, vaccinations and
immunisations, serology,
management of sharps and
contamination incidents, management referrals, health surveillance, occupational medicals, biological
monitoring as well in
addition to delivering as running
the PHU annual flu and covid
vaccination campaigns and a variety of many
other health campaigns throughout the year for mental health and
wellbeing campaigns throughout the year.
You will be working in a friendly
and supportive multidisciplinary team which includes health and safety, manual
handling, mental health and health and wellbeing, 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.
Main duties of the job
- Through effective leadership ensure the clinical team
delivers a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led service.
- Provide strong professional clinical and managerial
leadership to nursing and act as a professional role model.
-
A highly skilled
clinical expert with specialised knowledge in caring for the health safety and
wellbeing of staff.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
- Promote and set high standards of clinical care and
maintain the delivery of a quality service within the trust following policies,
protocols and guidelines. Implement the
trust values and beliefs ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice
and evaluate their impact on the clients experience.
- Provide strong professional nursing leadership to
staff within sphere of clinical responsibility. Lead and motivate staff by
giving clear direction and setting achievable objectives.
- Maintain a high visible presence within the
clinical area ensuring that the multidisciplinary team, have access to advice from
senior staff at all times. Act as an
effective professional role model and expert clinician.
- Develop the department philosophy to ensure that
all policies and procedures are implemented and ensure the development of
nursing practice. Ensure that all staff
understand the significance of this philosophy to practice, monitoring its
impact on the patient experience.
- Ensure that all nursing issues relating to the
implementation of quality and safety are addressed in the department. This includes
monitoring and evaluating standards of care by the clinical team and providing
regular feedback to the OH team on the standards of occupational health
matters.
- Implement evidence-based practice, initiate, manage
and evaluate changes that lead to improved and high standards of care and in
particular any service changes following feedback about the service.
- Communicating, influencing and working with the
multidisciplinary team in different ways to improve quality of care, and
informed clinical decisions. Promote innovation and participate in benchmarking
and quality audits to measure effectiveness of current practices.
- In collaboration with members of the
multidisciplinary team, ensure that the users of the service have a positive
experience and using feedback (Staff Surveys, Family and Friends Test, concerns
and complaints) evaluate processes and review as required.
- Create a culture for learning and development that
will sustain person-centred safe and effective care.
- Lead the team in different ways, by supporting
junior colleagues; facilitate learning in and from practice at the same time as
working alongside; or undertaking a review when an incident/error or complaint
has occurred.
- Ensuring that accurate and timely OH clinical records
are maintained, monitoring standards and taking corrective action as required.
- Ensure all staff in the clinical area are competent
in advising and / or administering occupational vaccinations / immunisations and
the use of medical devices/equipment.
- This will be achieved by having and have access to
training and monitoring compliance.
Management/Leadership
- Ensure an
effective service is provided to PHU and external companies in line with SEQOHS
standards and activity reports provided quarterly as requested.
- Manage an
independent clinical caseload in relation to PHU and external clients who
attend QAH clinics.
- Develop
quarterly activity reports identifying how improvements in attendance can be
made.
- Support HR
and managers in the proactive management of absence identifying areas where
referrals are ineffective, delayed or repeated unnecessarily.
- Have an overall view of the intensity of the workload and
the experience of the staff and act to utilise the nursing establishment to
ensure an effective safe service is provided.
- Actively
contribute to achieving the clinical governance goals/targets set by the trust
and department and comply with reporting schedules for monitoring and reporting
on clinical outcomes.
- Responsible
for the management of staff performance and attendance in line with trust
policies.
- Promote
the health and well-being of staff.
- Comply
and promote compliance with Trust policies and guidelines e.g. Health and Safety,
Clinical Risk and Infection Control.
Research
- Develop a research culture within the nursing team
to identify current knowledge and deliver evidence-based care.
- Support local research teams, actively contribute
to local department multidisciplinary audits,
highlight areas for change and complete action plans for improvement.
Education
- Supervise and mentor junior practitioners, ensuring
continuing professional development and clinical supervision is maintained by
the team
- Participate in reviewing an effective induction process for
nursing and administration staff.
- Responsible for the effective provision of OH related
training including the review and updating of stress management and managing
absence training liaising with HR and counselling as required.
- Ensure
all staff have an annual personal development review and set achievable
objectives. Feed agreed development opportunities into department training plan
and ensure there is a fair and equitable approach that is aligned to service
delivery and succession planning.
- Create
an environment that is conducive to learning and encourage team open-ness so
that an evidence-based approach is utilised and applied.
- Commit to and encourage a culture where placement students
receive quality placements and along with OH Trainees are supported by
mentorship and teaching from the multi-professional team.
- Responsible for ensuring that all ward vaccinators and
department staff undertake essential training in preparation for the delivery
of the flu and covid vaccine campaigns.
- Ensure there are processes in place for the orientation of
new staff and preceptorship for junior nurses.
Communication and Working Relationships
- To establish good personal and
professional relationships with all departments within PHU including infection
control, pharmacy and maintain effective communication with clinical service
management teams.
- Proactively contribute to the
development of occupational health standards and policies, develop and review
protocols & procedures at operational level liaising with the OH Lead Nurse and OH Physician as required.
- Ensure the development of safe
systems of work for the recording, retrieval and storage of occupational health
information and records.
- Generate and disseminate
effective management reports and other forms of verbal, written and visual
communication relating to the ethical and legal considerations of managing the
health, safety and wellbeing of the working population.
- Communicate highly sensitive
and complex information with empathy ensuring that information is understood.
- Develop expertise in dealing
with interpersonal conflict and be responsible for the resolution of any
adverse situation/incidents. Comply and promote compliance to Trust policies
e.g. Harassment and Bullying.
-
Represent the Lead Nurse in their absence at
department, Care Group and Divisional level.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
- Promote and set high standards of clinical care and
maintain the delivery of a quality service within the trust following policies,
protocols and guidelines. Implement the
trust values and beliefs ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice
and evaluate their impact on the clients experience.
- Provide strong professional nursing leadership to
staff within sphere of clinical responsibility. Lead and motivate staff by
giving clear direction and setting achievable objectives.
- Maintain a high visible presence within the
clinical area ensuring that the multidisciplinary team, have access to advice from
senior staff at all times. Act as an
effective professional role model and expert clinician.
- Develop the department philosophy to ensure that
all policies and procedures are implemented and ensure the development of
nursing practice. Ensure that all staff
understand the significance of this philosophy to practice, monitoring its
impact on the patient experience.
- Ensure that all nursing issues relating to the
implementation of quality and safety are addressed in the department. This includes
monitoring and evaluating standards of care by the clinical team and providing
regular feedback to the OH team on the standards of occupational health
matters.
- Implement evidence-based practice, initiate, manage
and evaluate changes that lead to improved and high standards of care and in
particular any service changes following feedback about the service.
- Communicating, influencing and working with the
multidisciplinary team in different ways to improve quality of care, and
informed clinical decisions. Promote innovation and participate in benchmarking
and quality audits to measure effectiveness of current practices.
- In collaboration with members of the
multidisciplinary team, ensure that the users of the service have a positive
experience and using feedback (Staff Surveys, Family and Friends Test, concerns
and complaints) evaluate processes and review as required.
- Create a culture for learning and development that
will sustain person-centred safe and effective care.
- Lead the team in different ways, by supporting
junior colleagues; facilitate learning in and from practice at the same time as
working alongside; or undertaking a review when an incident/error or complaint
has occurred.
- Ensuring that accurate and timely OH clinical records
are maintained, monitoring standards and taking corrective action as required.
- Ensure all staff in the clinical area are competent
in advising and / or administering occupational vaccinations / immunisations and
the use of medical devices/equipment.
- This will be achieved by having and have access to
training and monitoring compliance.
Management/Leadership
- Ensure an
effective service is provided to PHU and external companies in line with SEQOHS
standards and activity reports provided quarterly as requested.
- Manage an
independent clinical caseload in relation to PHU and external clients who
attend QAH clinics.
- Develop
quarterly activity reports identifying how improvements in attendance can be
made.
- Support HR
and managers in the proactive management of absence identifying areas where
referrals are ineffective, delayed or repeated unnecessarily.
- Have an overall view of the intensity of the workload and
the experience of the staff and act to utilise the nursing establishment to
ensure an effective safe service is provided.
- Actively
contribute to achieving the clinical governance goals/targets set by the trust
and department and comply with reporting schedules for monitoring and reporting
on clinical outcomes.
- Responsible
for the management of staff performance and attendance in line with trust
policies.
- Promote
the health and well-being of staff.
- Comply
and promote compliance with Trust policies and guidelines e.g. Health and Safety,
Clinical Risk and Infection Control.
Research
- Develop a research culture within the nursing team
to identify current knowledge and deliver evidence-based care.
- Support local research teams, actively contribute
to local department multidisciplinary audits,
highlight areas for change and complete action plans for improvement.
Education
- Supervise and mentor junior practitioners, ensuring
continuing professional development and clinical supervision is maintained by
the team
- Participate in reviewing an effective induction process for
nursing and administration staff.
- Responsible for the effective provision of OH related
training including the review and updating of stress management and managing
absence training liaising with HR and counselling as required.
- Ensure
all staff have an annual personal development review and set achievable
objectives. Feed agreed development opportunities into department training plan
and ensure there is a fair and equitable approach that is aligned to service
delivery and succession planning.
- Create
an environment that is conducive to learning and encourage team open-ness so
that an evidence-based approach is utilised and applied.
- Commit to and encourage a culture where placement students
receive quality placements and along with OH Trainees are supported by
mentorship and teaching from the multi-professional team.
- Responsible for ensuring that all ward vaccinators and
department staff undertake essential training in preparation for the delivery
of the flu and covid vaccine campaigns.
- Ensure there are processes in place for the orientation of
new staff and preceptorship for junior nurses.
Communication and Working Relationships
- To establish good personal and
professional relationships with all departments within PHU including infection
control, pharmacy and maintain effective communication with clinical service
management teams.
- Proactively contribute to the
development of occupational health standards and policies, develop and review
protocols & procedures at operational level liaising with the OH Lead Nurse and OH Physician as required.
- Ensure the development of safe
systems of work for the recording, retrieval and storage of occupational health
information and records.
- Generate and disseminate
effective management reports and other forms of verbal, written and visual
communication relating to the ethical and legal considerations of managing the
health, safety and wellbeing of the working population.
- Communicate highly sensitive
and complex information with empathy ensuring that information is understood.
- Develop expertise in dealing
with interpersonal conflict and be responsible for the resolution of any
adverse situation/incidents. Comply and promote compliance to Trust policies
e.g. Harassment and Bullying.
-
Represent the Lead Nurse in their absence at
department, Care Group and Divisional level.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience within occupational health with evidence of professional development.
- Supervisory or mentorship course, with experience in clinical practice.
- Evidence of team leadership and change management with relevant management/ leadership course.
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current RN registration with NMC part 1.
- Degree in Public Health or equivalent (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (OH).
Desirable
- Registered on part 3 of the NMC register.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Clinically competent in all areas of occupational health within the NHS e.g. management referrals, management of high-risk sharps & contamination incidents for the trust and external customers, management of infection prevention outbreaks.
- Sound clinical decision making and leadership skills.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people.
- Organisational skills and forward planning.
- Able to support development of others.
- Coaching and mentoring skills.
- Critical appraisal skills.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Computer literate with the ability to use excel spreadsheets to analyse & prepare reports.
- Experience in using IT OH system such as Opas G2.
- Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance.
- Demonstrable experience of effective management and supervision of staff and taking charge of department when required.
- Evidence of keeping up to date.
- Understanding of SEQOHS and NICE Guidelines.
- Clear and effective presentation skills to small and large groups.
- Mobile for travel within locality. The use of public transport would not be practical.
- Flexibility.
- Corporate awareness.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience within occupational health with evidence of professional development.
- Supervisory or mentorship course, with experience in clinical practice.
- Evidence of team leadership and change management with relevant management/ leadership course.
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current RN registration with NMC part 1.
- Degree in Public Health or equivalent (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (OH).
Desirable
- Registered on part 3 of the NMC register.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Clinically competent in all areas of occupational health within the NHS e.g. management referrals, management of high-risk sharps & contamination incidents for the trust and external customers, management of infection prevention outbreaks.
- Sound clinical decision making and leadership skills.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people.
- Organisational skills and forward planning.
- Able to support development of others.
- Coaching and mentoring skills.
- Critical appraisal skills.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Computer literate with the ability to use excel spreadsheets to analyse & prepare reports.
- Experience in using IT OH system such as Opas G2.
- Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance.
- Demonstrable experience of effective management and supervision of staff and taking charge of department when required.
- Evidence of keeping up to date.
- Understanding of SEQOHS and NICE Guidelines.
- Clear and effective presentation skills to small and large groups.
- Mobile for travel within locality. The use of public transport would not be practical.
- Flexibility.
- Corporate awareness.
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
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).
