Closing Date
2022-10-21 00:00:00
Location
Southampton, UK
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Occupational Health Nurse/Advisor
Job ref: 188-NM3831
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £33,706 - £40,588 pa
Hours: Full time/Part time 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: 21/10/2022
Interview date: 02/11/2022
Applications are invited for a full-time or part-time Occupational Health Nurse/Advisor post to join University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust's large multidisciplinary occupational health and wellbeing service. This is a replacement post based at UHS. It is a great opportunity to progress your career in occupational health. They have a comprehensive in house training package to support your initial training and subsequent professional development.
The Occupational Health team consists of 3 Consultant Occupational Physicians, Lead OH Nurse, Operations Manager, Speciality Trainees, Occupational Health Nurse/Advisors, OH staff nurses, Wellbeing practitioners, IT and administrative support. The OH Service has been SEQOHS accredited since 2012. They provide comprehensive OH and wellbeing service to approximately 13,000 Trust employees, 4,500 University employees, 4000 healthcare students and several local employers through income-generating contracts. They have a strong national reputation and have won national awards for service innovation and quality improvement. They are a positive thinking, supportive, inclusive and enthusiastic team who welcome change and thrive on challenges.
The successful applicant will be involved in all aspects of occupational health work, including clinical case management, pre-employment and fitness for work assessments, immunisation programmes, health surveillance, management of sharps of contamination incidents and health promotion. The department is open Monday – Friday 08:00 – 16:00 although you will need to have some flexibility around hours from time to time. Most of the duties are based at the Southampton General Hospital site but you may be required to work at other sites at planned times according to the needs of their clients.
The successful applicant should be a Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist with post-registration experience in occupational health. A qualification in Occupational Health is desirable but not essential. Their ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic occupational health nurse / OT with good communication skills, who want to work in a multidisciplinary team and is interested in progressing their career in occupational health.
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Closing Date: 2022-10-21 00:00:00