Occupational Health Nurse

Job summary

We are recruiting for an Occupational health Nursewho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will provide a range of services which protect and promote the health and wellbeing of people at work.

You will promote and maintain high standards of health and safety amongst staff in line with legislation, national guidelines and local policy and work in partnership with the Health at Work team to provide evidence based impartial work health advice to managers and employees.

You will develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with other teams such as Infection Prevention and Control, Human Resources, Health and Safety and Training.You will participate and promote new health at work initiatives and developments in practice,contribute to the development and implementation of agreed health at work policies, procedures, protocols and standards of practice.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Undertake assessments and provide health at work advice to management for potential new staff following an offer of employment.Ability to accurately assess occupational immunisation requirements in accordance with national guidelines.Undertake the safe collection of appropriate blood samples.Administration of occupational vaccines in accordance with Patient Group Directions.Participation in the health surveillance of staff potentially exposed to hazards in the workplace through programmes such as immunisations, skin health assessments, hearing tests, eye sight tests, and lung function tests.Offer telephone work health advice to employees and managers with support from a Health at Work Advisor.Provide support and advice to staff following an injury at work such as a sharps injury or moving and handling injury. Supports the employee and manager in advising on immediate actions required, undertaking risk assessments, identifying lessons learnt and recommend appropriate follow up.Provision of advice to protect and promote musculoskeletal health, undertaking appropriate referrals for occupational physiotherapy where required.Able to offer appropriate support and advice to employees experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues. To signpost to ongoing sources of support.Participation in the planning and delivery of health and wellbeing promotion events and initiatives.Participates in the Trust induction programme, and staff health and wellbeing training initiatives.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialistservices we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Ourability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to ourcatchment has never been more important than it is now.We run the following hospitals:o The Lister Hospital, Stevenageo New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden Cityo Hertford County, Hertfordo Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), NorthwoodWe have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformationand our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider allrequests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support makingthem happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Hertford County Hospital

North Road

Hertford

SG14 1LP

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Hertford County Hospital

North Road

Hertford

SG14 1LP

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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