Occupational Health Nurse

NHS; North Shields; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North Shields is looking for an Occupational Health Nurse to assess fitness to work, provide vaccinations, and conduct health screenings. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and the ability to manage their own clinic while supporting health promotion activities. This role offers a salary of £31,049 to £37,796 pro rata per annum, with the potential for varied and rewarding days.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid driving licence and be a car owner or have a Trust personal lease vehicle.
• Evidence of qualification to undertake supervision, teaching and assessing of students.

Responsibilities

• Assess fitness to work and provide health screenings.
• Run own clinic managing booked appointments.
• Participate in health promotion activities.

Skills

Communication skills

IT literacy

Experience in venepuncture

Ability to run a clinic

Education

1st Level Live NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Health Nurse

The closing date is 15 October 2025

Occupational Health are looking for enthusiastic and motivated staff to join their team! The OH service provides quality advice and support for staff and employers, looking after Northumbria Healthcare, Northumberland County Council and smaller employers in the Northumberland and North Tyneside region. We hold SEQOHS accreditation and are a member of the NHS Health at Work Network.

The Occupational Health Nurse provides a vital role in assessing fitness to work, providing vaccinations and health screening to ensure staff are prepared for their role. The job also involves health surveillance according to Health and Safety Regulations, National guidance and local policy and also is a first contact giving advice on health and work.

We are a close team of Specialist Nurses, OH Nurses, Occupational Health Physicians, Psychologists and Counsellors, Physiotherapists who are dedicated to providing staff and employer support. Days can be very varied and rewarding!

The OH department works over North Tyneside and Northumbria to support staff. This means that you will have an identified work base, however needs of the service may mean you need to travel to cover clinics elsewhere, for example, Hexham, Alnwick or Berwick, or provide one-off clinics, for example, staff flu vaccinations for council workers.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be primarily based at North Tyneside General Hospital. The role will include tasks such as health clearance of new staff, vaccinations, and venepuncture. The successful candidate must be able to run their own clinic, managing booked appointments, while also showing flexibility when needed to support drop-ins and urgent assessments.

The role also includes taking part in health promotion activities, working closely with the wider OH team to champion wellbeing strategies. Staff need to be able to refer and signpost to a variety of supportive services, showing resilience in identifying a client's needs in sometimes difficult circumstances. Good IT literacy is required, alongside excellent communication skills.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

This Post contributes to the Occupational Health team in providing a service that covers all aspects of occupational health care to staff within the Trust and to external contracts.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 1st Level Live NMC Registered Nurse
• Newly qualified staff will be required to undertake the Trust preceptorship programme within the first year in post.
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period unless post is bank only).
• Experience of Audiometry
• Experience of Lung function
• Knowledge of blood borne viruses
• Certificate of competence or working experience in venepuncture
• Previous Occupational Health experience
• Experience in the management of sharps injuries
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students

Other

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearpro rata per annum