Occupational Health Practice Nurse

Job summary

Staff Nurse Occupational Health

Are you a compassionate person?

Are you looking to work somewhere you can actually make a difference?

Do you have the desire to progress in your nursing career?

Do you want to learn new skills whilst working with a team that values your contributions and are willing to invest in your professional development?

If you have answeredYESto all the above, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

The occupational health nurse role is varied and includes:

• identifying and preventing work related health problems.
• promotion of healthy living and working conditions.
• understanding the effects of work on health and health at work.
• provide advice on first aid management.
• provide health screening services.
• Support the senior nurses to make efficient and effective use of resources. Maintain accurate records of clinical stock, ordering of pharmacy items, clinical supplies and purchasing of stock items

• To demonstrate IT skills to enable access to relevant information. i.e. blood results
• Good time management skills in order to manage daily caseload
• To maintain client confidentiality and work within the framework of the Data Protection Act.

About us

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.