Job summary
As the Senior Nurse/Clinical Manager, you will report to the Head of Occupational Health. You will incorporate a clinical leadership role with your managerial responsibilities and work autonomously in providing clinical advice and support to a range of professionals using specialist knowledge, skills, and experience.
You should have highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory to lead the specialist clinical and administrative teams, and the interpersonal skills needed to win trust, inspire confidence, and influence people. A high degree of adaptability is also essential for this changing and challenging role working with our in-house services and external customers and commissioners.
You will have clear and focused leadership and actively contribute to maintaining professional standards; ensuring business continuity and high-quality services are delivered. You will ensure that key performance indicators are achieved and surpassed and that health & wellbeing is promoted at every opportunity and is at the centre of all activities and initiatives; to improve employee health.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for day to day activities of the service including managing a team of 14 staff including nurses, OH physicians, administration , physiotherapist and OH technician, providing OH services to 10,000 employees and external contracts for 6000 additional clients.
Leading the day to day service improvement of the service and providing safe effective quality Occupational health services.
About us
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for the day-to-day service activities and associated service planning in the short and long term, together with providing leadership to the OH clinical team including Specialist nurse, Specialist Physiotherapist, Counsellors, visiting OH Physicians and administrative team including the management of recruitment, retention and appraisals (Bands 3 - 7). Assessing the level of clinical service required and writing business cases for increasing the establishment to provide the required level of service required for the Trust.
Interacting with multiple customers and providing professional OH input in relation to new strategic business opportunities.
Acting as a Senior Nurse in OH field managing own clinical caseload and clinics with highly developed specialist knowledge, to the organisation and external clients; receiving, interpreting and presenting highly sensitive patient clinical information to develop care pathways. This will include risk assessing and giving immunisations relevant to the job role, carrying out venepuncture on a wide range of patient acuity and carrying out skilled investigations such as the Mantoux test requiring fine dexterity and manipulation.
Liaise directly with Consultants/ Physicians/Senior Managers in specialist services including infection prevention, microbiology, haematology, respiratory medicine, sexual health, health and safety and community-based specialist general practitioners. This may include providing information to them, and requesting information from them, to support care pathways and clinical outcomes for patients.
Responsible for interpreting highly sensitive blood borne screening results, case manage the employee, assessing the level of infectivity and making decisions as to the individuals employment status.
Responsible for a specific caseload of high-level new employment screenings making decisions as to their fitness for their employment. Attend case management meetings to provide specialist knowledge and advice in relation to fitness for work and post sickness rehabilitation.
Responsible for building and maintaining positive relationships and driving client satisfaction towards excellence; by continuous quality improvement of internal and external services.
Managing the third-party supplier contract for management referrals. Assessing the service provided, assessing the level of need of the trust and cost effectiveness of the service. This includes contract renegotiation if there are changes to the Trusts requirements.
Managing external clients contracts by attending contract meetings and renegotiating service level agreements on behalf of the Trust.
Working to create and scope new opportunities for service improvements and leading on key initiatives, innovation schemes / projects which support the delivery of OH and Trust health & wellbeing strategy.
Designing, developing, and delivering presentations to large groups including health & wellbeing training programmes and supporting OH staff in delivering training and wellbeing events.
Monitoring effectiveness of service through audit and customer feedback mechanisms and producing reports with recommendations.
Utilise bespoke OH software programme eOPAS data sets to analyse levels of services, quality of service and improve service development
As a Senior OH Nurse you will provide knowledge skills and support to any area in the organisation at any time; this may include direct visits to areas that may be clinical or non-clinical, be distressing or exposed to a variety of risks such as body fluids, dust, fumes, noise, or biological matter.
Liaise with customers at all levels of the Organisation and OH team and external agencies regarding customer clinical queries and co-ordinate and maintain consistency, reliability, and efficiency of communications with the customer. This will involve dealing with highly complex and sensitive information and will require the post holder to negotiate mutually agreeable resolutions when required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for the day-to-day service activities and associated service planning in the short and long term, together with providing leadership to the OH clinical team including Specialist nurse, Specialist Physiotherapist, Counsellors, visiting OH Physicians and administrative team including the management of recruitment, retention and appraisals (Bands 3 - 7). Assessing the level of clinical service required and writing business cases for increasing the establishment to provide the required level of service required for the Trust.
Interacting with multiple customers and providing professional OH input in relation to new strategic business opportunities.
Acting as a Senior Nurse in OH field managing own clinical caseload and clinics with highly developed specialist knowledge, to the organisation and external clients; receiving, interpreting and presenting highly sensitive patient clinical information to develop care pathways. This will include risk assessing and giving immunisations relevant to the job role, carrying out venepuncture on a wide range of patient acuity and carrying out skilled investigations such as the Mantoux test requiring fine dexterity and manipulation.
Liaise directly with Consultants/ Physicians/Senior Managers in specialist services including infection prevention, microbiology, haematology, respiratory medicine, sexual health, health and safety and community-based specialist general practitioners. This may include providing information to them, and requesting information from them, to support care pathways and clinical outcomes for patients.
Responsible for interpreting highly sensitive blood borne screening results, case manage the employee, assessing the level of infectivity and making decisions as to the individuals employment status.
Responsible for a specific caseload of high-level new employment screenings making decisions as to their fitness for their employment. Attend case management meetings to provide specialist knowledge and advice in relation to fitness for work and post sickness rehabilitation.
Responsible for building and maintaining positive relationships and driving client satisfaction towards excellence; by continuous quality improvement of internal and external services.
Managing the third-party supplier contract for management referrals. Assessing the service provided, assessing the level of need of the trust and cost effectiveness of the service. This includes contract renegotiation if there are changes to the Trusts requirements.
Managing external clients contracts by attending contract meetings and renegotiating service level agreements on behalf of the Trust.
Working to create and scope new opportunities for service improvements and leading on key initiatives, innovation schemes / projects which support the delivery of OH and Trust health & wellbeing strategy.
Designing, developing, and delivering presentations to large groups including health & wellbeing training programmes and supporting OH staff in delivering training and wellbeing events.
Monitoring effectiveness of service through audit and customer feedback mechanisms and producing reports with recommendations.
Utilise bespoke OH software programme eOPAS data sets to analyse levels of services, quality of service and improve service development
As a Senior OH Nurse you will provide knowledge skills and support to any area in the organisation at any time; this may include direct visits to areas that may be clinical or non-clinical, be distressing or exposed to a variety of risks such as body fluids, dust, fumes, noise, or biological matter.
Liaise with customers at all levels of the Organisation and OH team and external agencies regarding customer clinical queries and co-ordinate and maintain consistency, reliability, and efficiency of communications with the customer. This will involve dealing with highly complex and sensitive information and will require the post holder to negotiate mutually agreeable resolutions when required.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's level or equivalent or equivalent level of experience
- Registered Nurse with NMC
- Senior level leadership course or other NHS leadership education
- Venepuncture
- Immunisation of healthcare workers
Desirable
- NEBOSH general certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant NHS clinical experience at a senior level
- Knowledge of NHS systems and processes
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS structures and governance
- Knowledge of OH IT systems
Skills
Essential
- Higher level presentation skills
- Practice development skills
- Supervision and management of clinical and non clinical team members
Desirable
- Higher level IT skills with Microsoft office
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Master's level or equivalent or equivalent level of experience
- Registered Nurse with NMC
- Senior level leadership course or other NHS leadership education
- Venepuncture
- Immunisation of healthcare workers
Desirable
- NEBOSH general certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant NHS clinical experience at a senior level
- Knowledge of NHS systems and processes
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS structures and governance
- Knowledge of OH IT systems
Skills
Essential
- Higher level presentation skills
- Practice development skills
- Supervision and management of clinical and non clinical team members
Desirable
- Higher level IT skills with Microsoft office
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).
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