Occupational Health Nurse

Division: Corporate

Care Group: HR& OD

Band: 5

Salary: �29,970 - �36,483 per annum

Interview Date: Week Commencing 16th September 2024

A rare but exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 registered nurse to join the Occupational health team to support with the clinical needs of the service. This is a great way to build a career within Occupational health and on the job training and support will be offered.

Main duties of the job

To provide support to help achieve a comprehensive Occupational Health Service within agreed remit to all managers and staff

To assist the Trust in promoting and maintaining the health of staff

To ensure health issues are dealt with in a professional manner within the post holder's area of competence

To advise, within own area of knowledge and competence, service users in regard to their health, safety and welfare at work

Support the delivery of Occupational Health Services to NHS clients and commercial employers within the remit of the contract specified

The post holder will ensure compliance with the Trust's Risk Management Policies and Procedures. These describe the Trust's commitment to risk management , the recognition that our aim is to protect patients, staff and visitors from harm, and stress that all our staff have a responsibility to minimise

Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support and assist the OH team to deliver the workload in an effective manner.

Represent the department at Trust and other agency forums deputising for the OH Nurse Consultant / HR Business Development Manager when required

Actively take part in and support Directorate initiatives and issues

Use clinical skills and knowledge to provide specialist advice and support to peer group staff, clients and service managers

Act as a clinical expert and positive role model for all staff

Provide professional leadership, advice and guidance to nursing and non-nursing staff, within the nursing environment and foster collaborative partnerships with other disciplines

Lead in the development of clinical standards ensuring these are set, embedded and monitored in accordance with the needs of the service in conjunction with the senior OH team

Monitor agreed quality improvement metrics to support compliance with local and external practice standards e.g. NHS Plus, cold chain monitoring etc

Support the OH Nurse Consultant / HR Business Development Manager in ensuring that workload is prioritised and managed effectively

Participate in audit and research programmes appropriate to the advancement of the service as required

With senior staff, identify and minimise clinical and non-clinical risk issues reporting to the senior team

Implementation of action plans to address areas which fall below acceptable standards

To always act in a professional manner in accordance with the NMC guidelines. Safe, efficient and effective administration of medicines in accordance with the NMC guidelines

Ensure that accurate and legible client records are kept in line with professional and legal requirements, paper and electronic

Promote and maintain effective working relationships and communications with Consultants, medical staff, nurse colleagues and other multi-agency professionals

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse

Knowledge

Essential

• On-going professional development
• Good knowledge of clinical governance
• Quality Improvement tools and audit
• Risk management Issues

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in a variety of primary and secondary care clinical settings
• Significant experience at Band 6 or above in more than one area of practice
• Experience of managing staff

Skills

Essential

• Venepuncture, cannulation
• Communication skills
• Immunisation and vaccination

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

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