Occupational Health Nurse (Band 6)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; Exley Head; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Occupational Health Nurse to deliver specialized nursing care and conduct health assessments. This role involves managing contamination injuries, performing workplace assessments, and offering advice to ensure employee health. Ideal candidates should possess strong clinical skills and a commitment to quality care. Join a team dedicated to innovative health solutions and community support.

Qualifications

• Proficient in conducting pre-employment health screening and health assessments.
• Clinical skills to undertake immunisations and audiometric tests.
• Ability to manage both routine and complex contamination injuries.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational health nursing care to employees.
• Undertake workplace assessments of reported health problems.
• Manage sickness for both Trust and external contract employees.

Skills

Clinical skills in immunisations

Conducting health assessments

Writing clear reports

Managing contamination injuries

Job description

Overview

The Occupational Health & Wellbeing department have the opportunity to welcome an Occupational Health nurse to join their clinical team at Airedale General Hospital. This role ensures delivery of specialist occupational health nursing care through assessment, planning and implementation. Supervises standards and uses research to develop and implement initiatives, policies and procedures (taking account of relevant legislation). The post holder will assist, where necessary, with the provision of Employee Health services to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and external organisations.

Responsibilities

• Possess the clinical skills to undertake clinics including: immunisations, audiometric tests, driver assessments, lung function tests and other specialist screening procedures;
• Undertake pre-employment health screening, health assessments and providing advice and information to staff ensuring consistent best practice to promote good health and prevent work-related ill health; through management referrals.
• Undertake workplace assessments where work related health problems have been reported and write clear reports on findings to managers and associated interested parties;
• Work autonomously by managing and prioritising the occupational health care of individuals and groups according to needs and risk.
• Manage both routine and complex contamination injuries (needlestick injuries) by undertaking an appropriate risk assessment in accordance with Trust policy and external contracts i.e. Dental and GP practices. Initiate the follow up of staff as required and liaise with the Occupational Health Consultant, or the Consultant microbiologist, if post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is required;
• Undertake sickness management activities for both Trust and external contract employees.

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.