Job summary
Lead Nurse - Occupational Health
Division: Corporate
Care Group: HR&OD
Band: 8a
Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: 7th February 2024
We are recruiting for a Lead Nurse in Occupational Health departmentwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Within this role you will need to ensure the department runs an evidence based service for Trust employees, partners and external contracts.
Act as a resource of clinical expertise for relevant staff within the Occupational Health team.
Lead, develop and take continuing responsibility for the development & maintenance of a full Occupational Health service to the Trust (and external clients where necessary).
Work in a clinical role as required, managing own caseload, including case management.
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
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
It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure that the Trust follows, develops and maintains practise in line with legislation, guidance, policy and the required external and internal quality standards for occupational health
To play a key role in strategy and business planning by leading on the implementation aspects of strategic direction and the planning that will underpin delivery
Provide professional leadership and direction on occupational health and wellbeing issues to all Trust staff
To participate in the Trusts Health and Safety and Infection Prevention groups as required.
To participate in working groups to support implementation of Trust wide product changes.
To participate in Trust outbreaks meeting that affect employees, blood and body fluid exposure incident data and any issues with regards to the vaccination programme
Monitoring systems to ensure compliance with key occupational health performance indicators.
To ensure delivery of data to Department of Health (DH) as required, including Influenza vaccine data and other as agreed.
Manage the Trust Employee Assistance Programme contract and reflect usage trends/ issues/delivery to support Trust Wellbeing Agenda
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure that the Trust follows, develops and maintains practise in line with legislation, guidance, policy and the required external and internal quality standards for occupational health
To play a key role in strategy and business planning by leading on the implementation aspects of strategic direction and the planning that will underpin delivery
Provide professional leadership and direction on occupational health and wellbeing issues to all Trust staff
To participate in the Trusts Health and Safety and Infection Prevention groups as required.
To participate in working groups to support implementation of Trust wide product changes.
To participate in Trust outbreaks meeting that affect employees, blood and body fluid exposure incident data and any issues with regards to the vaccination programme
Monitoring systems to ensure compliance with key occupational health performance indicators.
To ensure delivery of data to Department of Health (DH) as required, including Influenza vaccine data and other as agreed.
Manage the Trust Employee Assistance Programme contract and reflect usage trends/ issues/delivery to support Trust Wellbeing Agenda
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration with NMC
- Recognised qualification in Occupational Health on part 3 on the NMC register
Knowledge
Essential
- Thorough specialty knowledge relevant to Occupational health e.g. (MSK, mental health, occupational diseases)
- Understanding of professional and current issues in Occupational Health
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in leading an OH department
- Experience of handling complex clinical and non-clinical incidents
- Experience of managing resources, organising and co-ordinating Occupational Health activities and quality standards
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership and organisational skills, acting as a role model to staff
- Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information
- Excellent training and mentorship skills
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration with NMC
- Recognised qualification in Occupational Health on part 3 on the NMC register
Knowledge
Essential
- Thorough specialty knowledge relevant to Occupational health e.g. (MSK, mental health, occupational diseases)
- Understanding of professional and current issues in Occupational Health
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in leading an OH department
- Experience of handling complex clinical and non-clinical incidents
- Experience of managing resources, organising and co-ordinating Occupational Health activities and quality standards
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership and organisational skills, acting as a role model to staff
- Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information
- Excellent training and mentorship skills
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
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).
