University Hospitals Birmingham is committed to building better healthier lives. Led by the Trusts Chief People Officer our Occupational Health Service is the epicentre of a staff charter to ensure health and well-being. As UHB continues to expand, our supporting departments also need growth to ensure our staff well-being commitment. Due to growth we are excited to announce an occupational health advisor vacancy to join our dedicated team with improving the quality of working life to our NHS and non NHS clientele. We are looking for a nurse with a working Occupational Health knowledge. You could already have extensive experience with management referrals or have experience with occupational health vaccination clinics and are preparing to make the next step up in your occupational health career. With 22,000 + colleagues in our workforce the Trust is built on the values of Kind, Connected and Bold. It is therefore essential that you too hold these values and show passion about promoting the health, safety and well-being of all employees together with a flexible effective and high quality OH service. In return you will not only join the UK largest NHS Trust you will also receive a starting salary of 37,338 rising to 44,962, support with achieving NMC CPD requirements, access to the NHS pension scheme, 27 days leave rising with service, and more. Please see the job description for details on whether your skills could fit this role feel free to contact us in confidence on 01213717170

Main duties of the job

As an Occupational Health Advisor you will work autonomously and also within a friendly and supportive team providing all aspects of Occupational Health Services. You will be expected to provide regular clinical supervision to junior staff and assist the department needs with governing a high quality and well respected service. The role encompasses a wide variety of duties, including but not limited to: management referral clinics, health surveillance, assessing fitness for work. As health promotion is integral to this role you will have excellent communication and IT skills, cultural awareness, empathy and a proactive approach to managing a diverse and demanding workload. Our Occupational Health Service team consists of a Clinical Director, two Consultant Occupational Physicians, an external Occupational Health Physician, speciality trainees, Occupational Health Specialist doctors, Occupational Psychiatrist, Counselling and Well-being team, Lead OH Nurse, Band 6 and 7 Occupational Health Advisors, Operational manager and clinic nurses all supported by an excellent administrative team. You will be primarily based at 1 or 2 of UHB's 4 main hospital sites, with a regular working pattern and occasional travel to cover other locations. Our team is committed to providing an inclusive work environment and we will consider requests for flexible working, job sharing and hybrid working for the successful candidates. To arrange an informal visit please contact one of the senior advisors on 01213717170.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * RN-Adult branch.
• * NMC registered -- Level 1.
• * Prepared to undertake an Occupational Health diploma or degree if unqualified

Desirable

• * Occupational Health qualification.

Experience

Essential

• * Minimum of 4 years post-registration experience, with 2 years worked in occupational health role.
• * An understanding of the occupational risks to health care workers.

Desirable

• * Experience working in NHS Occupational Health service.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• * Effective communication skills.
• * Self-motivated.
• * Computer skills (Word, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint etc).
• * Able to carry out health assessments and make clinical decisions in accordance with departmental procedures / frameworks.

Desirable

• * Experience carrying out Management Referrals.
• * Phlebotomy skills.
• * Able to plan and deliver vaccination programs.
• * Experience managing inoculation injuries.
• * Experience of delivering group training / presentations.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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