Occupational Health Advisor

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Enherts-TR); Hertford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust seeks a Health at Work Nurse Advisor for maternity cover. The role involves promoting employee health, providing advice, and managing wellbeing programs within a collaborative and supportive environment. Ideal candidates will possess relevant nursing qualifications and a passion for improving workplace health outcomes.

Benefits

5% High Cost Area Supplement

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register required.
• Health and Safety training preferred.
• Experience in health at work/occupational health nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provide impartial health and wellbeing advice to managers and employees.
• Contribute to the development of health policies and procedures.
• Assess fitness for work and manage health promotion activities.

Skills

Communication

Health Promotion

Customer Service

Education

Registered Adult Nurse

Diploma/ Degree in Occupational Health

Job description

Main area Health at Work Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover till June 2026) Hours Part time - 32 hours per week Job ref 361-7205820

Site Hertford County Hospital Town Hertford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata + 5% HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 17/07/2025

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Health at Work Nurse Advisor for a 12 months maternity cover who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service.

Are you a Registered Nurse who has experience in promoting health at work and is passionate about improving wellbeing?

This may be the new opportunity for you!

The Health at Work Service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is nationally accredited as a Safe, Effective, Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS).

We are committed to supporting and developing our people, the Trust’s leadership development pathway will offer you a range of opportunities to enhance your skills and confidence to practice effectively and compassionately.

We are committed to providing an environment which supports a healthy work life balance, our opening hours are between 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Friday and will be pleased to consider a variety of flexible working options to suit your needs.

In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,121 pro rata.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide advice that aims to protect and promote health and wellbeing of employees of a variety of organisations.

You will be providing clear impartial advice to both managers and employees to optimise health and wellbeing at work, reduce sickness absence and prevent work related ill health and injury.

You will also advise East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and external clients on strategies to ensure a safe and healthy working environment.

Additionally, you will assist the health at work team to provide, maintain and develop a first-class health at work service.

You will also need to contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures, protocol and standards of practice.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

• Registered Adult Nurse, on the NMC register
• Diploma/ Degree in Occupational Health
• Health and Safety training
• Health promotion training

Experience

• Assessing physical and mental health.
• Offering health and wellbeing promotion advice.
• Writing clear and accurate electronic records.
• Prioritising own workload to meet deadlines.
• Writing reports.
• Providing a high standard of customer service.
• Experience of health at work / occupational health nursing.
• Assessing fitness for work and offering health at work/occupational health advice.
• Planning and coordinating health promotion.
• Giving immunisations.
• Taking blood samples.
• Contributing to the development of policies & procedures.

Skills

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and as part of a team.
• Ability to provide high standard of customer service.
• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal and listening skills.
• Able to travel to clinics across the county.
• Ability to undertake comprehensive work health assessments with minimal supervision.
• Providing emotional support.
• Mantoux test and BCG
• Venepuncture
• Audiometery
• Training and presentation skills
• Counselling skills

Knowledge

• A good understanding of a range of workplace health and wellbeing issues and the role of a health at work service.
• An understanding of the benefits of protecting and promoting health and wellbeing at work.
• Knowledge of workplace immunisations.
• Knowledge of infection prevention and control.
• Health and safety knowledge
• Expert knowledge of workplace health & wellbeing promotion.
• An understanding of legislation and regulations relating to health and safety and disability.
• A broad understanding of workplace health and wellbeing issues and challenges.

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

When you apply...

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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post.

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Anne Black Job title Health at Work Clinical Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0333 332 5445 Additional information

Anne Black, Clinical Lead on 0333 332 5445