Job summary
Our Occupational Health Service within the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are looking for Senior Occupational Health Nurse Advisers to join their multi-disciplinary team!
It is an exciting time to join our supportive, innovative, and flexible team of highly experienced Occupational Health Nurses.
Our busy clinics provide onsite OH services within the Trust as well as small to medium sized private companies across Hull and East Yorkshire.
Our department has a strong ethos to continuously improve services, processes and encourage growth. We take pride in our team, providing learning and development opportunities and ensuring everyone feels part of the vision. There is a clear culture of accountability, and all ideas are listened to and welcomed.
Main duties of the job
What is involved?
- Acting autonomously and providing professional Occupational Health advice.
- Undertaking clinical activities such as Vaccination clinics, Health Screening, Health surveillance work
- Taking lead on Health promotion activities/presentations and initiatives.
- Undertaking sickness absence case management.
- Acting as an advisory service in line with the Equality Act on Disability matters.
- To ensure an effective employment screening service is in place which advises management and Human Resources of applicant's fitness for work
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NMC level one registration Evidence of on-going and continuous personal and profession development
- Willingness to undertake OH specialist practitioner course (degree/masters level)
- Experience of case management and report writing either an Occupational Health setting or in a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse role.
- Excellent communication (written, verbal & electronic) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate effective listening and counselling skills
- Able to work autonomously and as a member of the team
- Ability to produce detailed and accurate records and reports
- Good IT Skills
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and manage and organise own work load
- Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical work and other aspects of the post
- Ability to work as and be part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Maintaining high standard of care respecting trust values
Desirable
- Experience of facilitating health promotion activities
- Experience of working as a nurse in an Occupational Health Department
- Competent to administer vaccinations and undertake venepuncture (with training if required)
- Able to carry out a wide range of practical skills and interpret results including: Venepuncture Immunisations CPR/anaphylaxis treatment Spirometry Audiometry
- Have a good working knowledge of immunisation programmes relevant to the NHS
- Work Station Assessments MSD assessment and referral
Essential
Essential
- NMC level one registration Evidence of on-going and continuous personal and profession development
- Willingness to undertake OH specialist practitioner course (degree/masters level)
- Experience of case management and report writing either an Occupational Health setting or in a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse role.
- Excellent communication (written, verbal & electronic) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate effective listening and counselling skills.
- Able to work autonomously and as a member of the team
- Ability to produce detailed and accurate records and reports.
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and manage and organise own work load
- Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical work and other aspects of the post
- Maintaining high standard of care respecting trust values
- Ability to work as and be part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Good IT Skills
Desirable
- Experience of facilitating health promotion activities
- Experience of working as a nurse in an Occupational Health Department
- Competent to administer vaccinations and undertake venepuncture (with training if required)
- Able to carry out a wide range of practical skills and interpret results including: Venepuncture Immunisations CPR/anaphylaxis treatment Spirometry Audiometry
- Have a good working knowledge of immunisation programmes relevant to the NHS
- Car owner/driver
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NMC level one registration Evidence of on-going and continuous personal and profession development
- Willingness to undertake OH specialist practitioner course (degree/masters level)
- Experience of case management and report writing either an Occupational Health setting or in a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse role.
- Excellent communication (written, verbal & electronic) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate effective listening and counselling skills
- Able to work autonomously and as a member of the team
- Ability to produce detailed and accurate records and reports
- Good IT Skills
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and manage and organise own work load
- Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical work and other aspects of the post
- Ability to work as and be part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Maintaining high standard of care respecting trust values
Desirable
- Experience of facilitating health promotion activities
- Experience of working as a nurse in an Occupational Health Department
- Competent to administer vaccinations and undertake venepuncture (with training if required)
- Able to carry out a wide range of practical skills and interpret results including: Venepuncture Immunisations CPR/anaphylaxis treatment Spirometry Audiometry
- Have a good working knowledge of immunisation programmes relevant to the NHS
- Work Station Assessments MSD assessment and referral
Essential
Essential
- NMC level one registration Evidence of on-going and continuous personal and profession development
- Willingness to undertake OH specialist practitioner course (degree/masters level)
- Experience of case management and report writing either an Occupational Health setting or in a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse role.
- Excellent communication (written, verbal & electronic) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate effective listening and counselling skills.
- Able to work autonomously and as a member of the team
- Ability to produce detailed and accurate records and reports.
- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and manage and organise own work load
- Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical work and other aspects of the post
- Maintaining high standard of care respecting trust values
- Ability to work as and be part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Good IT Skills
Desirable
- Experience of facilitating health promotion activities
- Experience of working as a nurse in an Occupational Health Department
- Competent to administer vaccinations and undertake venepuncture (with training if required)
- Able to carry out a wide range of practical skills and interpret results including: Venepuncture Immunisations CPR/anaphylaxis treatment Spirometry Audiometry
- Have a good working knowledge of immunisation programmes relevant to the NHS
- Car owner/driver
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).
