Occupational Health Nurse Advisor (XR05)

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 5 nurse to join the Occupational Health Nurse Advisor team. Nurse Advisors are part of a multi-disciplinary team who provide quality Occupational Health Services to a large NHS workforce, and to private clients.

The Occupational Health Service is based across two sites, St James Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary.

Main duties of the job

Nurse Advisors provide Occupational Health advice and support to staff and their managers on all aspects of staff health and wellbeing. This includes health assessment, pre-employment advice and support, immunisations and screening, health surveillance, advice on skincare in the workplace, management of sharps injuries. The successful candidate will need to be comfortable working with IT systems as all records are electronic.

We require a good team player who is able to work well within a multi-disciplinary team but who is equally self-motivated and able to work autonomously.

Experience in Occupational Health is desirable but not essential, as training will be given. If you are a registered nurse with an interest in workplace health, looking to start or develop your career in Occupational Health Nursing, we would like to hear from you.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north. Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work.

Our Nurse Advisors provide care and support to our workforce, working alongside other clinicians and members of the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team. We are known for being a welcoming and friendly team, and nurses joining us will be supported to grow and develop their careers, and to contribute to developing our service.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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