Counsellor - Occupational Health

Job summary

To work in the Occupational Health Department at Furness General Hospital, providing counselling to staff members of UHMBT.

We are a short term therapy service and therefore you need to be comfortable offering 6 session therapy.

Main duties of the job

To provide short term counselling to staff members of UHMBT.

To run some training sessions for staff members. To work within the multi disciplinary team of Occupational Health. Please Job Description and Person Specification.

Providing counselling, working within the multidisciplinary team, including working as an active member in the therapy team. Providing occasional support training sessions.

About us

We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverstonCommunity Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.