Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Health Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8239FA
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Health Nurse Advisor
NHS AfC: Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time, experienced specialist Occupational Health (OH) Nurse Advisor with a post registration specialist degree, or undertaking the degree course to join the OH Service, primarily based at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow. The department provides service to approximately 8,500 employees across the LNWUH NHS Trust and to external clients.
A Consultant Physician led service, the team comprises of two trainees OH Physicians, Psychologist, Clinical Nurse Manager, Specialist OH Nurses and OH practice nurses. Working with the administration team our main priority is to create a dynamic approach to maximise employee’s health, wellness at work and productivity.
Applicants are invited from committed and confident practitioners to join our friendly team. You should be competent in delivering occupational health practice in a variety of sectors but ideally within the NHS. Reporting to the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will be required to plan, develop and deliver specialist nursing provision to the Trust and to contract clients, offering a full programme of services.
Main duties of the job
Act as a specialist Occupational Health Nurse Advisor and provide support to the band 5 OH practice nurses.
To provide a full range of Occupational health nursing service to NHS and external staff as an experienced Specialist Occupational Health Nurse advisor
To provide highly efficient occupational health care to the Trust’s employees and other private clients without supervision.
To maintain effective communication with clients, managers and other professional to ensure service delivery
To provide comprehensive report, including returning to work plans with graduated timeline and facilitating rehabilitation as required
Assist and advise HR, line managers and employees with regards to matters pertaining to personal health advice, health and safety at work.
Support newly appointed nurses in order to facilitate their settlement into post
Assist in writing updating occupational health policies
To undertake audit and research related to the professional development of OH nursing
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
EDUCATION
Essential criteria
- Occupational health Diploma/Degree
Desirable criteria
- E-Opas experience
RGN
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- OH nursing experience
Desirable criteria
- 3 Years qualified
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Beverley Foulkes
- Job title
- Occupational Health Nurse Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02028 869 2580
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