Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Travel to different sites across the Mersey Care footprint is required
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
- Job ref
- 350-TWS6883711
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Occupational Health Department Hollins Park House
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum,
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Health Nurse Specialist
Band 7
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
Due to an internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our multidisciplinary Team within the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
We have secured a new operational service based at Winwick, Warrington and satellite units in Sefton / Knowsley & Liverpool areas to support delivery of the service across the Trust footprint. We will also support opportunities for hybrid working in line with operational demands.
We are looking for experienced occupational health nurses (SCPHN-OH).
We will consider individuals with Occupational Health experience who have completed the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – Occupational Health Degree, level 7. If you require further information please contact the named person on the advert for more information.
If you are pro-active, dynamic, and motivated to support the development of the service, this job is for you!
Interested in joining our team? Apply now!
Main duties of the job
The role involves, case/sickness absence management, pre-placement health assessments, immunisations/vaccinations/phlebotomy, health surveillance and medical assessments.
In addition to the Trust, you will be required to provide an expert and reliable Occupational Health Service to other paying private organisations, including other NHS employers and private companies/businesses.
The service uses Civica Occupational Health (OPAS-G2) software which supports all clinical functions.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the section above where it advises on main duties of the role, also please see the attached job description for full remit of required duties . For any further information please contact the named contacts.Â
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse (Level 1)
- Recognisable qualification in Occupational Health enabling Registration on Part 3 of the NMC Register
Desirable criteria
- HAVS, audiometry and spirometry CPD accredited training
- NEBOSH / H&S Certificate
- Masters Degree in Occupational Health
Knowledge/ Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience
- Occupational health experience
- Evidence of CPD
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of working with confidential information
- Experience of delivering workplace immunisations
- Experience of case management and the production of quality complex reports to support the management of sickness/absence
Desirable criteria
- Varied post registration experience
- NHS occupational Health experience
- Local Government experience
- Experience of health education/promotion
- Proficient in venepuncture
Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to manage own workload
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Commitment to customer service
- Commitment to service improvement
- Flexible approach to workload
- Ability to travel to Trust sites
Desirable criteria
- Audit
- Counselling skills
- Literacy in IT skills
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Diane Mellor & Sarah Bimendi
- Job title
- Clinical OHWB Lead Specialist Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01925 664010
- Additional information
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