Occupational Health Staff Nurse | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Fed up with weekends, nights or shifts? Looking for a change in direction? This may be just the opportunity you have been looking for.

Applications are invited for a full-time/part-time Staff Nurse in Occupational Health to join our large multi-disciplinary Occupational Health and Wellbeing service. This is a replacement post and is based at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS). It is a great opportunity to progress your career in occupational health. Previous experience in Occupational Health is not essential. We have a comprehensive 5-week in-house training package to support your initial training needs., The successful applicant should be a registered nurse and have post-registration clinical experience. Our ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic nurse with good communication skills, who wants to work in a multidisciplinary team and is interested in occupational health.

The Occupational Health team consists of 2 consultant occupational physicians, a Lead OH nurse, Service Manager, Speciality Trainees, 13 OH nurses, Wellbeing practitioners, IT and administrative support. The OH Service has been SEQOHS accredited since 2012. We provide comprehensive OH and wellbeing service to approximately 13,000 Trust employees.

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

Specific to this role is the suitability for agile working which is a mixture of on-site and remote working. In addition, we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what's possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The successful applicant will be responsible for and involved in doing pre-employment / pre-placement occupational health screening, immunisation screening, dealing with sharps injuries and contamination incidents, delivering vaccination programmes, undertaking health surveillance such as skin checks and participating in outbreak investigations and meetings. 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 University of Southampton Hospital site but you may be required to work at other sites at planned times according to the needs of our clients.