Occupational Health Nurse Specialist

NHS; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gateshead seeks a qualified nurse to join their Occupational Health and Wellbeing team. The role involves providing support and conducting health assessments, requiring extensive experience in clinical history taking and excellent communication skills. Candidates must have relevant nursing qualifications and current UK professional registration. This position fosters a commitment to the wellbeing of staff, providing a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current UK professional registration.
• Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health (certificate, diploma, or degree level).
• Extensive experience as a qualified registered nurse.
• Significant experience in Clinical History taking.
• Phlebotomy skills and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Record accurate and confidential Occupational Health information.
• Assess health capability for particular job roles.
• Provide advice and inform managers of necessary adjustments.
• Identify health hazards through risk assessments.
• Undertake Management referrals and provide reports.
• Provide telephone advice to patients on Occupational Health concerns.
• Assess patients for phased return to work programmes.
• Undertake health-screening tests and interpret results.

Skills

Clinical History taking

Excellent Communication skills

Phlebotomy skills

Computer Literacy

Education

Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health

Registered Nurse

Job description

Job summary: An exciting opportunity has arose to join the Occupational Health and Wellbeing team Nursing team.

The post holder will work within the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team, providing direct support to and working in collaboration with its associated functions to protect, promote and maintain the wellbeing of Gateshead Group Colleagues.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a qualified nurse with extensive experience, who are a Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health, to certificate, diploma, or degree level, or willing to work towards this, or demonstration of equivalent skills and knowledge.

Significant experience in Clinical History taking, excellent communication skills, and ideally with Occupational Health experience.

Common duties associated with this role may include Work Health Assessments, Management Referral appointments, which require excellent clinical history taking, Health Surveillance, and risk assessment. In addition, the Occupational Health remit includes prevention of infection, vaccination programmes, blood borne virus screening and Management of Sharps injuries. Opportunities to develop wider Occupational Health Skills, with training and support.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job Responsibilities

• Record accurate and confidential Occupational Health information into staff records following all appointments and communication with the department.
• Use Occupational Health knowledge, experience, principles and practice to assess an individual's health capability to perform a particular job role at the pre-placement stage and during employment.
• Provide advice and inform managers of relevant adjustments and equipment required to maintain health and wellbeing at work.
• Work in partnership with patients to identify health hazards through the risk assessment process and to implement health surveillance programmes where appropriate.
• Undertake Management referrals and provide written reports to advise managers of the appropriate recommendations and relevant equipment required by the individual to perform their job without risk to their health and well-being.
• Provide telephone advice to all patients on any Occupational Health concern.
• Identify patients that require a phased return to work and liaise with management in implementing specific programmes for an individual returning to work following a period of sickness absence.
• Assess and refer patients to the relevant Counselling services and Physiotherapy assessment services.
• Prioritise, plan and maintain own client caseload.
• Undertake health-screening tests and interpret the results in line with procedures and Occupational Health standards.
• Maintain confidentiality of client information at all times.

Person Specification

Experience

• Registered Nurse
• Specialist Practitioner in Occupational health to certificate, diploma or degree level or willing to work towards this or demonstration of equivalent knowledge and skills
• Extensive experience as qualified registered nurse
• Significant experience in Clinical History taking
• Excellent Communication skills
• Phlebotomy skills
• Computer Literacy

Skills

• Significant experience in Clinical History taking

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.