Occupational Health Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

See the attached job description to this posting

Post Title:

Occupational Health Nurse

Directorate:

People and Organisational Development

Department:

Occupational Health and Wellbeing

Location:

Occupational Health Unit Wigston Fire Station

Grade:

H

Responsible To:

Occupational Health and Wellbeing Manager

Liaison With:

OH Manager, HR, L and D, staff at all levels across the service

Purpose of Job:

Working as part of a multi discipline team this role will assist in the delivery of a comprehensive occupational health service to all Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service personnel

Oversee and delivery of statutory health surveillance in line with relevant legislation to affected personnel. Undertake pre-employment health screening. Support the management of sickness absence through the completion of management referrals, giving advice on reasonable and workplace adjustments.

This role will also aid in ensuring clinical standards and procedures are maintained and providing clinical support and guidance for the OH Technician.

Main Activities, Duties and Responsibilities:

To assist the OH Manager in reviewing OH policies and procedures to ensure they reflect current clinical guidance from NICE /HSE legislation, national guidance, other relevant bodies and maintain OH best practice

To assess and prioritise incoming referrals

To use professional and clinical judgment to give practical, industry specific and individually tailored advice to managers and employees, in order to promote recovery and to remove barriers to returning to work by management and self-referral in line with LFRS Standards and procedures

Work closely with HR and Health and Safety to identify common sickness absence trends and strategies for reducing them.

Make onward referrals to other health professionals where appropriate including to the services Physiotherapy and counselling providers.

To undertake pre-employment screening for Fire Service recruits as required

To deliver on and off site clinics as required

To undertake statutory health surveillance for risk identified by management where control measures may be insufficient and monitoring for occupational disease is required. This can include: Respiratory surveillance programmes (may include spirometry)

Hearing conservation programmes (Audiometry)

Skin preservation programmesAsbestos pre exposure assessment

Substance Abuse testing (drug and alcohol testing)Blood lead testing for exposureDVLA medicals for PSV and Group 2 medicals

HAVs AssessmentsPost Vaccination Blood Testing to check for immunity

Post incident Blood Testing for exposure to Blood Bourne Viruses

Maintain own written and electronic clinical records and ensure they are correct and contemporaneous whilst ensuring that patient confidently is maintained in line with GPDR

Deliver nurse led clinics for activities outlined including travel health advice and vaccinations for our International Search and Rescue Team (ISAR)

Support and assist in the delivery of health promotion activities working with the Health and Wellbeing lead and Fitness Adviser to identify suitable topics and promotions to meet the needs of the Service

Support the delivery of the Services Health and Wellbeing Programme

Other

To carry out all tasks associated with this post in accordance with Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Services Equality and Diversity Policies

To maintain compliance with Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Services Health and Safety Policies

To carry out such duties as may from time to time, be agreed and directed by the CFRO which are commensurate with the grading of this post

Special Features

To promote, uphold and act in accordance with the Service values:

Professional competent, reliable, respectful

Positive constructive, confident, enthusiastic

Honest truthful, trustworthy, fair

This job description represents a statement of the duties of the post but does not include all minor duties. It is inevitable that over time the nature of an individual job will change and existing duties may be lost or others gained without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. As a result, the Authority will expect this job description to be subject to revision.

Budget Directly Responsible For:

N/A

Budget Indirectly Responsible For:

N/A

Number of employees Responsible For:

None

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Registered Nurse holding an Occupational Health Certificate/Diploma

Recent Experience of Working in an Occupational Health Setting

Person Specification

Other Criteria

Essential

• Must be willing to undertake an enhanced criminal record check.

Desirable

• Ability to travel off-site whilst undertaking duties for LFRS.

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered nurse
• Diploma in Occupational Health
• Commitment to CPD and a willingness to undertake required training/updates identified for the role

Experience

Essential

• A proven track record of delivering high levels of customer satisfaction with an ability to proactively anticipate the needs of customers
• Proven understanding of Health & Safety at work
• Knowledge and experience of creating, handling and proof reading OH reports
• Proven knowledge and experience of working with MS Office, including a basic understanding of Microsoft Outlook, a basic use of Word to create, format and file documents, and a basic use of Excel for spreadsheet creation from data input, formatting cells and creating charts
• Understanding of relevant legislation, including Access to Medical Reports Act, Access to Health Records Act, GDPR, Equality Act, Health and Safety at Work Act
• Ability to respect the views of others, to show empathy, listen and support the team
• Able to adapt behaviour according to the needs of others to encourage an open and honest dialogue
• Maintains good relationships with internal and external customers and staff; relates well to people at all levels of an organisation
• Keeps up to date with the latest advances and practices within Occupational Health
• Ability to produce concise OH reports that provide referring managers with enough information to support our employees, within agreed timescales
• Is able to work as an autonomous practitioner without the need for constant guidance
• Understands the need for personal resilience and seeks to find solutions to challenges
• Shows unbiased treatment towards others and creates equal opportunities for all people.
• Acts consistently in accordance with clear ethics and values
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of the need to follow clinical guidance and best practice at all times
• The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English
• Sound knowledge of and commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Desirable

• Proven knowledge and experience of using Occupational Health (OH) Systems such as EOPAS and Cohort
• Experience of creating OH guidance, policies and procedures
• Recent post qualification experience in taking venous blood samples and administering vaccines

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Address

Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service

Bull Head Street

Wigston

Leicestershire

LE18 1PB

Employer's website

https://leics-fire.gov.uk/current-vacancies (Opens in a new tab)