Occupational Health Nurse

We are recruiting for an Occupational health Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. You will provide a range of services which protect and promote the health and wellbeing of people at work. You will promote and maintain high standards of health and safety amongst staff in line with legislation, national guidelines and local policy and work in partnership with the Health at Work team to provide evidence based impartial work health advice to managers and employees. You will develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with other teams such as Infection Prevention and Control, Human Resources, Health and Safety and Training. You will participate and promote new health at work initiatives and developments in practice, contribute to the development and implementation of agreed health at work policies, procedures, protocols and standards of practice. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us., Undertake assessments and provide health at work advice to management for potential new staff following an offer of employment. Ability to accurately assess occupational immunisation requirements in accordance with national guidelines. Undertake the safe collection of appropriate blood samples. Administration of occupational vaccines in accordance with Patient Group Directions. Participation in the health surveillance of staff potentially exposed to hazards in the workplace through programmes such as immunisations, skin health assessments, hearing tests, eye sight tests, and lung function tests. Offer telephone work health advice to employees and managers with support from a Health at Work Advisor. Provide support and advice to staff following an injury at work such as a sharps injury or moving and handling injury. Supports the employee and manager in advising on immediate actions required, undertaking risk assessments, identifying lessons learnt and recommend appropriate follow up. Provision of advice to protect and promote musculoskeletal health, undertaking appropriate referrals for occupational physiotherapy where required. Able to offer appropriate support and advice to employees experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues. To signpost to ongoing sources of support. Participation in the planning and delivery of health and wellbeing promotion events and initiatives. Participates in the Trust induction programme, and staff health and wellbeing training initiatives., Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role Our values We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together. Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas. Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose. Committed to our Community East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce . We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019. We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [email protected] We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust. We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued. When you apply... Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible. All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form. Some servers automatically send e-mails to your junk mail so please check as well as your inbox. As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post. King's Trust Support If you're aged between 16 and 30 years-old, you can get FREE employability support from The King's Trust. The King's Trust will help build your CV and cover letter, offer advice and top tips for future interviews and support you with research about working in the NHS. Please contact Enquiries.H&[email protected] for support. Secondments/Fixed term Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate. If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.