Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 216-AJ-A6545342-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Plymouth
- Town
- Plymouth
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Health Immunisation and screening nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy supporting your colleagues? Due to promotion an exciting opportunity to join the Occupational Health Team at University Hospital Plymouth as a Band 5 Immunisation and Screening Nurse.
The post holder will need to be a Registered Nurse with post registration knowledge and experience.
As part of a team to assist in the immunisation programme for employees at University Hospital Plymouth and outside contracts.
To undertake pre-employment screening as part of the recruitment process.
To under take audits into compliance of vaccination programmes.
to undertake health surveillance.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Main duties of the job
The Immunisation and screening nurse will work within a team to support the immunisation of Health Care Worker and screening of staff during the recruitment process.
The working pattern is generally between 7:30 and 17:30, although there is some flexibility. There is a need to be flexible due the needs of the department and service.
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is the largest teaching hospital trust in the South West. We employ almost 10,000 staff that work in 350 different roles, plus hundreds of volunteers.
We really do live by our values (Put patients first, Take ownership, Respect others, Be positive, Listen, learn and improve) and caring for our colleagues helps ensure, in turn, that they are able to deliver the best possible care to our patients.
We offer great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment and we offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.
Working for our organisation
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Manage own clinical workload, deciding on priorities in the care setting for a range of clients
- Participate in the provision of the health screening, health surveillance and immunisation programmes to UHPT and external businesses.
- Establish proactive relationships and effective communications with HR Business Partners, managers and employees, providing advice to address health screening and immunisation issues
- Work collaboratively with other clinical professionals within OHWB via internal referral and provision of advice as appropriate
- Work closely with OHWB Assistant providing support, supervision and mentoring as required
- Ensure comprehensive clinical records are kept for all employee contacts, in both written and electronic format (OPAS) as appropriate; provide feedback to managers and health professionals as appropriate
- Proactively engage in clinical activities / initiatives relating to work, health and wellbeing
- Positively participate in continual improvement to processes, participate in the development of policies, procedures, guidelines under the direction of the OH Nurse Team Manager, Consultant in Occupational Medicine and the Operations Manager as required.
- Represent OHWB at relevant UHPT and external business meetings as required
- Represent the OHWB Nurse team as required
- Undertake continuing professional development to keep abreast of current developments within the occupational health and well-being agenda and OH nursing competencies and engage in the appraisal process and NMC Revalidation.
- Contribute to internal department programmes of learning and process improvements from an Occupational Health Nurse perspective, to develop the professional knowledge and skills of colleagues.
- Participate in local induction and safety briefings prior to working autonomously at external client premises, for the provision of contracted services.
- Ensure all clinical practice is evidence based and is supported by risk assessment where appropriate.
- Participate in departmental audit programme for evaluation of clinical service provision and provide findings at appropriate forums. This includes the OHWB client satisfaction survey and MOHAWK national surveys of OH services.
- Participate in projects and relevant research within the OHWB service
- Contribute to future OHWB service developments and initiatives
- Ensure all client records are stored appropriately and safely and according to statutory requirements
- Ensure all activity is recorded on OPAS for capacity planning, management reporting and invoicing
- Participate in the provision of evidence in relation to the OHWB Nursing service delivery in line with requirements of SEQOHS, CQC, HSE, NHSLA etc.
- Provide reports to members of the OHWB Senior team as requested
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Current Registration with NMC as Registered General Nurse / Registered Adult Nurse
Desirable criteria
- • Registered on Part 3 (OH) of the NMC Register
- • Demonstrable experience or qualification in Travel medicine.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Good communication and advocacy skills, imparting sensitive information, both written and verbally to clients, managers and other professionals whilst maintaining confidentiality boundaries
- • Ability to deal sensitively with clients health needs and maintain confidentiality
- • Ability to work well within a busy environment and during transactional change
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrable experience of teaching, mentoring and presentation skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Relevant post general registration demonstrable experience, with proven clinical knowledge and evidence based practice.
- • Demonstrable experience &/or proven knowledge of OH services, health surveillance, health promotion & wellbeing, risk assessment and Health & Safety.
- • Up to date awareness and understanding of the NHS strategy and agenda, national directives, other DoH, CQC and HSE legislation, SEQOHS and all governance aspects, specifically related to work, health and well-being.
- • Demonstrable experience of IT systems including e-mail, Word, Excel etc. with speed and accuracy of computer skills.
- • Proven evidence of recent CPD
Desirable criteria
- • Practical demonstrable experience of health screening, health surveillance (e.g. audiometry, spirometry) and administering immunisations (including Mantoux) in OH/GP or community settings.
- • Demonstrable experience/ Proven knowledge of Immunisation and Screening for healthcare workers and workers at risk of occupational disease
- • Proven knowledge of current Occupational Health / Well-being issues
- • Demonstrable experience of Venepuncture
- • Demonstrable experience of clinical audit
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
- Mel Morrell
- Job title
- Lead Nurse for Health and Wellbeing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01752 439750
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