Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for undertaking with health surveillance, pre-employment screening, immediate and follow up care after sharps / splash injuries, advice to staff on relevant immunisations; health promotion and other work related health advice that may be required.
You will work alongside the Occupational Health team, and administration support to assist with the delivery of the Trusts Occupational Health Services.
The department is open from 08.30 - 16.30 Monday to Friday and you will be required to work 5 days per week during opening hours.
Main duties of the job
Working with the Occupational Health team to provide pre-employment screening services to the Trust.
Venepuncture
immunisations
sharps injury management
Computer data uploading
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assist in the provision of a confidential and ethical service to all Trust employees and in addition, to a small number of external contracts.
- To help provide a comprehensive pre employment health assessment service, assessing the fitness for employment of all potential employees of the Trust and when required, those of external contracts.
- To recognise where referral is required because of health surveillance results and to refer to the Occupational Health Nurse / OHM for follow up care as appropriate.
- In association with other trained occupational health staff, to carry out assessments of employees fitness to work.
- To provide all necessary immunisations and tests as directed by the OH Consultant and OH Manager and to ensure that staff are recalled to the department as necessary.
- To carry out pre-employment screening and testing of EPP staff. This includes pre-test counselling for Hepatitis C & HIV.
- To ensure that accurate staff health data is entered onto the Occupational Health computerised database (e-OPAS).
- To carry out venepuncture as needed
- To assess needlestick injuries and splash incidents and under guidance from the SOHA to provide immediate and follow up care
- To advise the OH Manager and Occupational Health Administrator of any necessary material resources required for the department
- Responsible for stock check of vaccines and daily fridge temperature checks
- To carry out workstation assessments where medically indicated, and make recommendations for any changes in working practice or equipment purchase
- If required by the OH Manager to represent the department at meetings both within the Trust and externally.
- To work with other Occupational Health staff and the Infection Control Department to provide the best possible care in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease or other major health alert
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assist in the provision of a confidential and ethical service to all Trust employees and in addition, to a small number of external contracts.
- To help provide a comprehensive pre employment health assessment service, assessing the fitness for employment of all potential employees of the Trust and when required, those of external contracts.
- To recognise where referral is required because of health surveillance results and to refer to the Occupational Health Nurse / OHM for follow up care as appropriate.
- In association with other trained occupational health staff, to carry out assessments of employees fitness to work.
- To provide all necessary immunisations and tests as directed by the OH Consultant and OH Manager and to ensure that staff are recalled to the department as necessary.
- To carry out pre-employment screening and testing of EPP staff. This includes pre-test counselling for Hepatitis C & HIV.
- To ensure that accurate staff health data is entered onto the Occupational Health computerised database (e-OPAS).
- To carry out venepuncture as needed
- To assess needlestick injuries and splash incidents and under guidance from the SOHA to provide immediate and follow up care
- To advise the OH Manager and Occupational Health Administrator of any necessary material resources required for the department
- Responsible for stock check of vaccines and daily fridge temperature checks
- To carry out workstation assessments where medically indicated, and make recommendations for any changes in working practice or equipment purchase
- If required by the OH Manager to represent the department at meetings both within the Trust and externally.
- To work with other Occupational Health staff and the Infection Control Department to provide the best possible care in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease or other major health alert
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified RGN with post registration experience in a variety of settings
Desirable
- Experience within an Occupational Health setting
Experience
Essential
- Good knowledge of relevant minor injuries and illnesses
- Experience of communicating with various stakeholders, verbally and non-verbally
Desirable
- Experience within an Occupational Health setting
- Knowledge of Health surveillance
Skills
Essential
- Phlebotomy
- Immunisation and vaccine administration
Desirable
- Ability to undertake Audiometry/spirometry
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified RGN with post registration experience in a variety of settings
Desirable
- Experience within an Occupational Health setting
Experience
Essential
- Good knowledge of relevant minor injuries and illnesses
- Experience of communicating with various stakeholders, verbally and non-verbally
Desirable
- Experience within an Occupational Health setting
- Knowledge of Health surveillance
Skills
Essential
- Phlebotomy
- Immunisation and vaccine administration
Desirable
- Ability to undertake Audiometry/spirometry
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
