Occupational Health Nurse Advisor

IWT PHU Single Corporate Service; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site Nursery

Beach Hut access

Wellness Centre (gym and pool)

Job summary

Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust seek an experienced Occupational Health Nurse Advisor to join a combined service across sites. You will manage your own clinical caseload, delivering evidence-based advice to managers and staff while maintaining high-quality written reports.

Based at either IWT or PHU, you may travel between sites. A rewarding role with a diverse caseload across clinical practice, advisory work, and service development is on offer.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Post basic qualification at either diploma or degree level in Occupational Health or relevant subject, or working towards.
• NHS Occupational Health experience.

Responsibilities

• Undertake management referrals and self-referral occupational health assessments.
• Provide advice on fitness for work, absence management, and workplace adjustments.
• Deliver health surveillance programmes and vaccination services.
• Complete pre-employment screening and immunisation reviews.
• Support safety-critical roles, including ambulance service staff.
• Contribute to services for external commercial clients.
• Maintain accurate, confidential clinical records using electronic systems.
• Work with multidisciplinary team to deliver a responsive service.

Skills

NMC registration

Occupational health knowledge

Clinical reasoning

Education

Nursing qualification (RN)

Diploma in Occupational Health

Tools

Electronic patient records

Job description

• Weekly Hours / Programmed Activities: 37.5
• Salary Band: Band 6
• Staff Group: Nursing and Midwifery Registered
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Job Area: Nursing

Company Description

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job Description

NHS Band 6: Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

We are seeking experienced and motivated Occupational Health Nurse Advisors to join our integrated Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service, working collaboratively across Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team delivering high-quality occupational health services to a diverse workforce, including acute and ambulance staff, as well as a growing commercial client base. The varied caseload offers a rewarding mix of clinical practice, advisory work, and service development.

As an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor, you will manage your own clinical caseload, providing expert, evidence-based advice to managers and staff. The role requires strong clinical judgement, autonomy, and the ability to deliver clear, high-quality written reports.

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your occupational health career within a progressive and supportive service. You’ll play a vital role in protecting and promoting the health and wellbeing of our workforce, making a real difference every day.

Main Duties

• Undertake management referrals and self-referral occupational health assessments
• Provide evidence-based advice on fitness for work, absence management, and workplace adjustments
• Deliver health surveillance programmes and vaccination services
• Complete pre-employment screening and immunisation reviews
• Support safety-critical roles, including ambulance service staff
• Contribute to the delivery of services for external commercial clients
• Maintain accurate, confidential clinical records using electronic systems
• Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver an effective and responsive service
• Is a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Post basic qualification at either diploma or degree level in Occupational Health or relevant subject, or working towards

Experience:

• Demonstrates knowledge of occupational health legislation and best practice.
• Has experience managing a varied and complex clinical caseload.
• Possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Can work autonomously, prioritise workload, and make sound clinical decisions.
• Is confident using IT systems and electronic patient records.
• NHS Occupational Health experience

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do.

We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including:

• our on-site Nursery
• access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days
• our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool
• access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility
• awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements

We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.