Job responsibilities
Post Title: Occupational Health Specialist Mental Health and Wellbeing Nurse
Pay Band: Agenda
for Change Band 6
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location
/ Department: Working Well Centre Newtown Road Worcester
Accountable
to: Head
of OH and Wellbeing Services
Reports to:
Head
of OH and Wellbeing Services
Key
Working Relationships:
All stakeholders Other NHS Occupational Health
and Wellbeing Services, Other non NHS
Organisations, Clinical
Commissioning Groups.
Risk
Assessment: Working with VDUs, some manual
handling/repetitive tasks. Potential exposure to distressed and or verbally
aggressive individuals. The role can be emotionally challenging at times.
Job Purpose:
Actively participate
and contribute to the development and effective provision of a high quality
Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service to the Trust and other public sector
and private organisations by promoting mental wellbeing. The postholder may
liaise with other agencies in the planning programmes of care and/or health
education programmes.
Provide clear specialist impartial advice to
both managers and employees to optimise mental health and wellbeing at work,
supporting the reduction in sickness absence and preventing work related ill
health.
Using persuasive and reassurance skills, participate
in identifying and maintaining a safe working environment and preventing mental
ill health that may be associated with work and assist service users in
devising plans for maintaining mental wellbeing within work.
Proactively
engage with all stakeholders in order
to influence the health and well-being of the organisation and its employees.
Undertake formal clinical audit programmes
and evaluation, supporting the strategic direction of the service and provide
assurance regarding the quality of clinical care and advice.
Lead on workplace mental health and wellbeing
initiatives throughout the Trust.
Contribute to an atmosphere conducive to
learning, audit and the use of nursing based research / evidence based
rationale for clinical practice.
Key
Duties:
To actively
contribute to the achievement and maintenance of standards required
for SEQOHS Accreditation.
Advise both management and employees on all matters
related to work and
mental health.
Manage own caseload
of management referrals for the purpose of sickness absence management through
assessment and planning of Occupational Health care of an individual. Provide
specialist expertise and advice on highly complex cases such as those with multiple
complex mental health or neurodiverse conditions for which managers require
coaching and guidance to be able to support the employee in the workplace.
Develop highly specialised programmes of care to employees to mitigate health
issues within the workplace.
Work autonomously
as a specialist practitioner and be able to use own initiative and act
independently, to take action when required. Will be required to work alone as
well as within the team.
Maintain and safeguard
accurate confidential clinical records including the recording of clinical
outcomes and observations, tests results, and the secure storage of patient
identifiable information on the OH management system Cority in in accordance
with Data Protection Act and Caldicott Principles, information governance and
relevant legislation.
Undertake complex
fitness for work assessments, using evidence-based practice to provide highly
specialist appropriate advice and support to managers, employees and HR whilst
considering relevant legal requirements e.g. Equality Act. This will require the
analysis of a range of possible options.
To undertake the role of the Duty Nurse Adviser providing telephone
advice to all contracted clients on any mental health queries, which may
include pre-placement health issues, health capability to work. To advise on
more complex issues as required.
Ensure adherence and compliance to Occupational Health departmental
policy. Lead on the development and
writing of Occupational Health policies, procedures and guidelines in relation
to mental health.
Assist with the
promotion and maintenance of a proactive health and well-being programme for all
staff in accordance with the public health
agenda and Trust Health
and Wellbeing Strategy. Actively participate in health awareness initiatives.
Provide coaching, support
and mentorship to the junior Occupational Health Advisors as required.
Comprehensively assess clients for risk factors and early signs of poor
mental health. Using making every contact count and persuasive skills as an
approach to change behaviour through interactions with clients to support them
in making positive changes to their mental health and wellbeing.
Analyse mental
health data and promote and support
agreed measures for the advancement of a proactive occupational health programme in relation to mental health.
Be fully conversant with relevant legislation, NICE guidance and Department of Health
guidelines.
Provide an emergency (in opening hours)
response service for incidents such as sharps and needlestick injuries andother immediate health issues.
Carry out initial
psychological support and counselling needs assessments.
Communication and relationship skills:
Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and
sometimes contentious information with clients where there are significant
barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome, requiring a high level of
interpersonal and communication skills and ensuring advice is in line with
legal standards e.g. fitness to drive, safeguarding.
Motivate and impart important information to
service users who may have complex cognitive, memory, perceptual,
psychological, communication and behavioural problems.
Communicate effectively within the
multidisciplinary team, with departments and organisations to ensure services
are well planned and co coordinated. Establish and maintain effective
communication channels with all colleagues, managers and other professionals.
Develop good working relationships with our key
stakeholders in particular Staff Psychological Wellbeing Service and NOSS
counselling and increase mental health awareness through training for managers.
Contribute to team meetings
and participate in communication cascade
by providing constructive
feedback.
Provide a high level of negotiation skills with
patients, carers and/or staff in setting realistic and appropriate goals, where
expectations may be raised and/or there may be a hostile or highly emotive
atmosphere.
Planning and Organisational skills
Manage time effectively when managing cases and
clinics.
Generate
and disseminate effective
management reports and other forms of
communication in line with NMC code of professional conduct.
Effective analytical and judgement skills.
Manage and deliver bespoke teaching / training using presentation skills.
The postholder will act in a senior capacity to
support more junior members of the clinical team and ensure best practice is maintained
within the department in accordance with legislation relevant to occupational
health practice and mental wellbeing.
Client care
Prompt production of reports to support clients
and managers.
Provide mental health specialist advice and develop
plans of care for staff who require occupational health support.
All clinical care will be in line with the NMC
Code of Professional Conduct regarding record keeping and obtaining informed
consent.
Provide appropriate Occupational Health advice
which complies with the ethical guidance from the Faculty of Occupational
Health medicine.
To undertake any other duties which is deemed
appropriate to the band when requested by Senior Staff. The above indicates the
main duties of the post which may be reviewed in the light of experience and
developments within the service. Any review will be undertaken in conjunction
with the post-holder.
