About this role
Job summary
Join our Occupational Health team as an Occupational Health Clinic Nurse and help support the health, wellbeing and safety of our workforce.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse looking to develop a specialist career in Occupational Health within a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team. You will gain valuable experience across health screening, vaccination programmes, health surveillance, occupational exposure management and workplace health promotion, whilst contributing to the delivery of a high-quality Occupational Health service.
This post is primarily based at Wexham Park Hospital, where you will support face-to-face Occupational Health clinics. As our service continues to develop, there will also be opportunities to support virtual appointments through our evolving hybrid service model. Occasional travel to Frimley Park Hospital, Heatherwood Hospital and other Trust sites will be required to support immunisation programmes, health surveillance and wider Occupational Health service delivery.
If you are looking for a rewarding role where you can develop specialist skills, make a real difference to staff wellbeing and become part of an ambitious service, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside experienced Occupational Health clinicians, you will support the delivery of a wide range of workforce health services, including:
Undertaking pre-placement and new starter health screening. Supporting health surveillance programmes in line with national guidance. Delivering vaccination and immunisation clinics across the Trust. Managing and following up occupational exposures, including sharps injuries and blood-borne virus incidents, in accordance with Trust protocols. Supporting workplace health promotion and staff wellbeing initiatives. Assisting with infection prevention and workforce health protection programmes. Supporting both face-to-face and virtual Occupational Health clinics. Maintaining accurate, timely and confidential electronic clinical records. Participating in audit, quality improvement and service development projects. Working collaboratively with the wider Occupational Health team to provide an efficient, professional and responsive service.
About us Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of delivering patient care as a registered nurse. Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team. Experience of care planning, implementation and evaluation. Competent in using electronic clinical record systems and Microsoft 365 applications.
Desirable
Experience of supporting health surveillance programmes. Experience delivering vaccination programmes. Previous experience within Occupational Health, Primary Care, Community Nursing, Infection Prevention or a similar clinical environment. Experience using Occupational Health information systems such as OPAS, Cority or similar Experience of using Microsoft Teams or other digital platforms for virtual meetings.
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Understanding of health promotion and preventative healthcare. Ability to undertake clinical health assessments within agreed protocols Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex clinical information clearly, sensitively and professionally to employees, managers and other stakeholders. Able to accurately record and manage clinical information electronically. Demonstrates a high standard of information governance, confidentiality and data security
Desirable
Basic understanding of audit and quality improvement methodology.
Qualifications Essential
Registered nurse with current NMC registration Competent in venepuncture / phlebotomy
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Slough
SL2 4HL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)