Are you an Occupational Health nurse looking for a challenge. Are you motivated to work in the heart of London for the largest NHS occupational health, safety and wellbeing (OHSWB) service in the country? Are you excited about developing your leadership skills and playing a key role in managing the delivery of an expanding public health service to NHS staff and commercial customers? Would you like to work in a team with a collective goal to improve clinical standards within a service that's always striving to be the best? If so, this may be the position for you.

A career in the OHSWB at Guy's and St Thomas' will give you the opportunity to learn from the best, thrive and be at the forefront of shaping the Occupational Health agenda in the UK. Join us and be part of a diverse, committed and exceptional team!

Closing date: 21/08/2024

Interview date: 05/09/2024

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the role:

Playing a key role in:

• Developing and reviewing the OHSWB Public Health service delivery
• Promoting excellence in nursing and maintaining and improving clinical standards
• Supporting the creation of a service that is patient focused and inspires patient and employer confidence
• Leading on all elements of clinical governance
• Staff development and training

For further details please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification on our website.

About us

We can offer you:

• Unparalleled learning and career development opportunities, in a supportive and inclusive environment
• An experienced, knowledgeable and friendly multidisciplinary team of over 100 colleagues, including: doctors, nurses, health and safety specialists, psychologists, physiotherapists, dieticians, manual handling advisers, researchers and administrators
• The opportunity to be part of delivering and building a broad and varied Public Health portfolio
• Access to our wide ranging 'showing we care about you' staff health and wellbeing programme, as well as a generous benefits package.

Job description

Job responsibilities

What we want from you:

• Have knowledge of recent NHS/DH/HSE/UKHSA legislation & recommendation
• Awareness of emerging trends and changing emphasis within the sphere of OH and public health
• Excellent communication and teamworking skills
• Commitment to driving clinical governance standards
• Ability to be flexible, responsive and dynamic
• Motivation and commitment to continuous learning and development.

Person Specification

Previous experience

Essential

• Substantial RGN, post registration experience in acute setting
• Proven evidence of management / leadership skills and autonomous practice
• People management skills including supervisory skills and evidence of student supervision
• Has knowledge of recent NHS/DH/HSE/UKHSA legislation & recommendations

Desirable

• Experience of working within a large organisation
• Knowledge of immunisations

Education/ Qualificatio ns Professiona l/ Statutory Registratio n

Essential

• registered nurse on the NMC register
• Specialist community public health nursing NMC registration (SCPHN) Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner Nursing or relevant Occupational Health/Public Health qualification

Desirable

• Teaching or mentorship course
• Management qualification or equivalent experience

Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability

Essential

• Substantial evidence of clinical skills/knowledge/ability to deliver all aspects of occupational/public health provision as detailed in the job description
• Excellent verbal communication & interpersonal skills with the ability to prepare and produce concise and insightful communications for cascade to a broad range of stakeholder
• Excellent report writing skills using both analytical and judgement skills
• IT literate and experienced in the use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Able to prioritise own workload and assist others in developing these skills, whilst achieving balance between clinical work & other aspects of the post
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a team, and of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of organising and chairing meetings
• Teaching & supervisory skills

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Occupational Health Service, Education Centre

75-79 York Road

London

SE1 7EH

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