Senior Occupational Health Nurse Advisor

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Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an individual to join the Employee Health team of Central London Community Health Care NHS Trust providing occupational health services to one of the largest community Trusts in London and external contracts.

You will be a Registered Nurse with either a Diploma/Degree or Post Graduate Diploma/MSc in Occupational Health and have experience working in an occupational health environment. You will have up to date knowledge of best practice and the law relating to occupational health as well as the ability to apply this to service delivery. You will require strong managerial and clinical skills alongside strong interpersonal and organisational skills. You must have excellent communication skills, IT competent, flexible proactive approach and be able to manage a varied workload with minimal supervision.

The post is peripatetic and the post holder will be based at St Charles Centre for Health & Care (W10 6DZ). There will be a requirement to work at CLCH sites in Hertfordshire, Barnet, Merton, Westminster on a rotational basis and various Trust sites as and when required to ensure equal access to occupational health services

Main duties of the job

To provide and maintain a comprehensive Employee Health Service (EHS) for the staff of CLCH. As CLCH is a community NHS Trust this is a peripatetic post and there will be a requirement to visit various Trust sites.

To contribute to the management of physical resources, including budget and staff within their sphere of responsibility, in line with contractual and professional standards.

To work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure seamless health care delivery for employees

Working for our organisation

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full list of roles and responsibilities

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Occupational Health) Degree/MSc or equivalent certificate/degree/diploma

Desirable criteria

• Teaching/Assessing/ qualification
• Community Practice teaching Cert or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration experience
• Occupational Health experience

Desirable criteria

• Occupational Health experience within a NHS setting
• Community Practice teaching experience post teaching certificate

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Venepuncture
• Vision Screening
• Work Protection Immunisations
• Lifestyle screening/education
• Work health screening
• Counselling skills
• Health Surveillance
• Sickness absence and rehabilitation
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Knowledge of current Health and Safety legislation
• Presentation skills
• Health promotion/education activities
• Awareness of infection control issues
• Recruitment and selection
• Staff development
• Mentoring
• Managing staff
• Co-ordination & organization of occupational health unit
• Report writing
• Management and facilitation of meetings
• Experience in managing resources
• Quality issues
• Management of external contacts
• Policy writing
• Professional supervisor experience

Key Attributes

Essential criteria

• Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust's Values and Behaviours
• Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service
• Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post
• Effective communication
• Self-development
• Ability to work alone and in a team
• Flexibility /adaptability and ability to work under pressure
• Willingness to work/travel between sites

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

"We work Flexibly"

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

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 552.3KB)
• Trust Values (PDF, 720.3KB)