Occupational Health Nurse - Casual / Bank
Posted 5 days 13 hours ago by NHS
Want to play a key role in employee health and well-being?
Want to be part of a vibrant and forward thinking Occupational Health team?
We are looking for an Occupational Health Nurse on a casual / bank basis to support our in-house service in building capacity and resilience in the Council by improving the health and wellbeing of our employees.
You will work closely with managers, HR, public health and health and safety teams to provide proactive occupational health advice and support including health promotions, health surveillance, attendance, management and workplace health advice.
As this is a bank / casual role we will be flexible around your availability and do our best to give you sufficient notice of when we need you around our service demands and covering leave.
The role offers the opportunity for blended working from the Town Hall and home depending on service demand.
In addition to having a passion for OH you will;
- Be a Registered Nurse with a suitable specialist post-registration qualification in Occupational Nursing at degree level or equivalent and ideally also be recorded as a Specialist Practitioner with the NMC
- Have experience of delivering occupational health services to a similar large, multi-functional organisation
- Have accredited health surveillance training
- Have excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently
- Demonstrate the highest levels of clinical competence and professional standards at all times
The main duties of the role include:
- Undertaking face to face / telephone assessments following management referrals and writing assessment reports providing practical, comprehensive medical advice with a focus on what employees can do to remain at or return to work and what the organisation can do to facilitate and support this.
- Completing pre-employment health assessments
- Supporting health promotion, awareness and wellbeing programmes / events
Darlington Borough Council has a workforce of almost 2,000 people covering a diverse mixture of roles such as housing, leisure, highways, building trades, social care, education, planning, finance, legal and commissioning, to name a few.
Our Occupational Health service operates as an in-house model with an OH Nurse, OH Doctor and OH Technician.
Job responsibilitiesJob Purpose
To work in a small team and support the deliveryof a comprehensive and competent Occupational Health (OH) service to theCouncil and relevant Service Level Agreements in place.
What are you expected to do?
Delivera proactive approach to the management of sickness absence.
Identifyand contribute to addressing issues which can affect the health and wellbeingof the workforce.
Undertakemedical assessments and provide objective, independent, comprehensive medicaladvice about measures to prevent or resolve health problems. Advice should bepractical, clear and unambiguous, with a focus on what the employee can do toremain at or return to work, what the manager / HR can do to facilitate this inthe short, medium and longer terms.
Undertake pre-employment health screening toevaluate a potential employees fitness in relation to the risks and hazards ofthe job, environment and activities.
Carry out relevant screening referring asappropriate to an OH Physician.
Collaborateand support our key stakeholders in HR and H&S.
Undertakeroutine health surveillance procedures, periodic health assessments andevaluate the results as required by law, ensuring early referral to an OHPhysician / appropriate specialist as appropriate
Maintainsecure systems for all employee health related records.
Adhereto the professional codes of conduct and ethics of the NMC / GMC
Collaboratewith key stakeholders including OH colleagues, HR, H&S, Managers andoutsourced Physician service as required.
Person Specification Knowledge and Skills- Awareness of clinical governance issues.
- Ability to interpret and work to our OH policies and protocols and to use discretion and act on own initiative as required.
- Team working and the willingness to be flexible and supportive.
- Good communication skills including being an active listener, approachable and strengths in both verbal and written.
- The ability to form working relationships with people at all levels.
- Effective organisational skills.
- Registered General Nurse (1st Level)
- Degree in Occupational Health, Occupational Health Nursing Certificate or equivalent
- Accredited training for health screening assessments
- Functional skills including numeracy, literacy and IT or equivalent
- Approx. 2 years post registration experience in occupational nursing including delivery of health surveillance.
- Recent working knowledge and application of legislation relating to OH
- Knowledge of the operation of specialist equipment appropriate to OH practices and services
- Experience of occupational health within a public sector setting or similar large, multi-functional organisation
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.
£20.29 to £21.65 an hourHoliday plussage paid on hours worked