Senior Specialist Occupational Health Nurse Advisor

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Senior Specialist Occupational Health Nurse Advisor Band 7

Main area: Occupational Health Nurse Specialist Grade Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 337-NP-7821FA-B

Site: Northwick Park Hospital

Town: Harrow

Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 Per annum including HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 20/02/:59

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.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time, qualified experienced Senior Specialist Occupational Health (OH) Nurse Practitioner with a post-registration specialist degree/masters to join the OH Service, primarily based at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow. The department provides service to approximately 8,500 employees across the LNWUH NHS Trust and to external clients.

A Consultant Physician led service, the team comprises of two trainees OH Physicians, Psychologist, Clinical Nurse Manager, Specialist OH Nurses and OH practice nurses. Working with the administration team our main priority is to create a dynamic approach to maximise employee's health, wellness at work and productivity.

Applicants are invited from committed and confident practitioners to join our friendly team. You should be competent in delivering occupational health practice in a variety of sectors but ideally within the NHS. Your highly developed specialist knowledge will be underpinned by theory and experience, combined with strong demonstrable leadership and management skills. Reporting to the Clinical Nurse Manager, you will be required to plan, develop and deliver specialist nursing provision to the Trust and to contract clients, offering a full programme of services.

Main duties of the job

1. Act as a specialist Occupational Health Nurse Advisor and provide leadership/management and support to band 5 and 6 nurses.
2. Provide a full range of Occupational health nursing service to NHS and external staff as an experienced Specialist Occupational Health Nurse advisor.
3. Provide highly efficient occupational health care to the Trust's employees and other private clients without supervision.
4. Maintain effective communication with clients, managers and other professionals to ensure service delivery.
5. Assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of care for employees following sickness absence management and safe return to work.
6. Provide comprehensive reports, including returning to work plans with graduated timeline and facilitating rehabilitation as required.
7. Assist and advise HR, line managers and employees with regards to matters pertaining to personal health advice, health and safety at work.
8. Support newly appointed nurses in order to facilitate their settlement into post.
9. Assist in writing/updating occupational health policies.
10. Undertake audit and research related to the professional development of OH nursing.
11. Deliver training to departmental staff and mentor as required and be able to demonstrate continued professional development.

Person specification Education / Qualification

• RGN with specialist OH degree.
• Line management experience.

Knowledge

• Specialist occupational health nursing experience.
• Mentor or supervisor experience.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black, Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.