Occupational Health Advisor Clinical Nurse Mental Health Specialist
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Job summary
- The post holder will contribute to improving the quality of working life by the effective provision of specialist clinical support within a comprehensive Occupational Health service and promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of employees in line with the organisations' objectives.
- To develop and deliver specialist occupational advice care for all disciplines and grades of staff where necessary, providing specialist information and support to ensuring consistent best practice to prevent work related ill health, and promote good health.
- Work autonomously by managing and prioritising the occupational health care of individuals and groups according to needs and risk assessments.
Main duties of the job
- To participate in identifying and maintaining a safe working environment and preventing ill health that may be associated with work.
- To promote and maintain a systematic, holistic approach to occupational health and wellbeing provision, its implementation and evaluation.
- Establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues and groups on complex and potentially stressful topics in a range of situations
- To provide assess and address service-users (colleagues') health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and change across the caseload providing support and advice to colleagues and their managers
- To contribute to an atmosphere conducive to learning, audit and the use of research based/best practice guidelines
- Promote people's equality, diversity and rights
- Work flexibly across the region to meet service demands
Closing date of applications: 5th October 2023
Interview date: 19th October 2023
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Details
Date posted
21 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
320-TWS-1373
Job locations
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
London Road
Derby
DE1 2QY
Employer's website
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