Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 423-6878004
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/02/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/02/2025
Employer heading
Occupational Health Nurse (Band 6)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
The Occupational Health & Wellbeing department have the opportunity to welcome an Occupational Health nurse to join their clinical team at Airedale General Hospital.
This role ensures delivery of specialist occupational health nursing care through assessment, planning and implementation. Supervises standards and uses research to develop and implement initiatives, policies and procedures (taking account of relevant legislation). The post holder will assist, where necessary, with the provision of Employee Health services to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and external organisations.
Main duties of the job
- Possess the clinical skills to undertake clinics including: immunisations, audiometric tests, driver assessments, lung function tests and other specialist screening procedures;
- Undertake pre-employment health screening, health assessments and providing advice and information to staff ensuring consistent best practice to promote good health and prevent work-related ill health; through management referrals.
- Undertake workplace assessments where work related health problems have been reported and write clear reports on findings to managers and associated interested parties;
- Work autonomously by managing and prioritising the occupational health care of individuals and groups according to needs and risk.
- Manage both routine and complex contamination injuries (needlestick injuries) by undertaking an appropriate risk assessment in accordance with Trust policy and external contracts i.e. Dental and GP practices. Initiate the follow up of staff as required and liaise with the Occupational Health Consultant, or the Consultant microbiologist, if post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is required;
- Undertake sickness management activities for both Trust and external contract employees;
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the attached supporting documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Health OR working towards OR equivalent experience at a relevant level in occupational health services
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in Health and Safety (NEBOSH or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with-in Occupational Health Department
- Knowledge and experience in presenting both in a formal and informal setting
- Has experience in advising individuals and groups in best occupational health practices
- Has specialist knowledge and experience in the use of audit and health surveillance
- Experience of undertaking sickness absence management activities
- Has knowledge and experience in the management of contamination incidents
- Knowledge and experience of SEQOHS standards
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working NHS Occupational Health department
- Has experience in collating, interpreting and analysing serological data
- Has experience of supervising and supporting other occupational health colleagues
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
- Gemma Bell/Tania Cullen-Clinical Lead
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294401
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