Job summary
Occupational Health - Health4Work Nurse Advisor - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Winchester and Basingstoke (with occasional travel to Andover as required)
Role Description: To contribute to the provision of a high quality, evidence based occupational health service to the Trust client base of approximately 7500 personnel based across 3 sites along with other external clients that health4Work may engage in.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be:
o A dynamic, highly driven and proactive registered nurse with current experience and competency within Occupational Healtho Dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the staff at Hampshire Hospitals by provided evidence based OH provision within case management assessments, typically 5 cases per day.o The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a high quality service to Trust staff and external clients- with a core focus on always improving.o Excelling in all forms of communication with people from all backgrounds and all levels of seniority.
o Maintains professionalism whilst demonstrating approachability in delivering evidence based, Occupational Health care.
o Ability and comfort in working with complex IT systems for clinical notes, report writing, audits etc. for daily activity
We offer you in return:
Working in a diverse, approachable, friendly and supportive team whilst encouraging each other to strive for our very best and celebrate success on the way. Continual professional development is supported and actively encouraged.
A model of hybrid working of working from home (one day per week) and on site working (3 days per week) along with flexible working is possible in this post.
About us
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) provides hospital services to around 570,000 people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire, and specialist services to patients from all over the country. We deliver a full range of district hospital services in a variety of locations.
The Health4Work services at Hampshire Hospitals comprises a number of individual teams, which together provide a comprehensive employee health and wellbeing service. We pride ourselves on providing a high quality, SEQOHS accredited Occupational Health service, focused on the needs of our clients. We are keen to continue to develop our services even further as we care about our staff as much as they care for our patients. If this sounds like something you would like to contribute to, we would love you to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration, Part 1
- Specialist Practitioner in Occupational health to certificate, diploma or degree level or working towards this or demonstration of equivalent knowledge and skill
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Previous Occupational health experience
- Two years post registration experience
Desirable
- Health promotion/well-being experience
- Experience of case management
- Knowledge of health surveillance and programme delivery
- Aware of emerging trends and changing emphasis within the sphere of occupational health
Skills and ability
Essential
- Undertake occupational health assessments, assimilate the information, develop a plan of action and translate into clear advice in written and verbal format.
- Deal sensitively with clients who may be distressed (e.g. due to stress or a medical redeployment situation)
- Receive, interpret and communicate specific, specialist information to clients and managers, (e.g. BBV pathology results, specialist reports, fitness to work, policy requirements)
- Lead, plan and manage health surveillance programmes in line with appropriate regulations
- Develop and deliver training
- Undertake clinical skills e.g. venepuncture, vaccinations, spirometry, audiometry
- Deal with challenging situations and personnel
- Excellent report writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good listening and influencing skills
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of - health promotion topics, confidentiality issues, Data protection act, Disability discrimination issues, awareness of health and safety legislation and issues
Other Specific Requirements
Essential
- Willingness to travel between sites and off site if required
- Able to work autonomously
- Reliable, flexible, adaptable to change, approachable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration, Part 1
- Specialist Practitioner in Occupational health to certificate, diploma or degree level or working towards this or demonstration of equivalent knowledge and skill
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Previous Occupational health experience
- Two years post registration experience
Desirable
- Health promotion/well-being experience
- Experience of case management
- Knowledge of health surveillance and programme delivery
- Aware of emerging trends and changing emphasis within the sphere of occupational health
Skills and ability
Essential
- Undertake occupational health assessments, assimilate the information, develop a plan of action and translate into clear advice in written and verbal format.
- Deal sensitively with clients who may be distressed (e.g. due to stress or a medical redeployment situation)
- Receive, interpret and communicate specific, specialist information to clients and managers, (e.g. BBV pathology results, specialist reports, fitness to work, policy requirements)
- Lead, plan and manage health surveillance programmes in line with appropriate regulations
- Develop and deliver training
- Undertake clinical skills e.g. venepuncture, vaccinations, spirometry, audiometry
- Deal with challenging situations and personnel
- Excellent report writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good listening and influencing skills
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of - health promotion topics, confidentiality issues, Data protection act, Disability discrimination issues, awareness of health and safety legislation and issues
Other Specific Requirements
Essential
- Willingness to travel between sites and off site if required
- Able to work autonomously
- Reliable, flexible, adaptable to change, approachable
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
