Specialist Occupational Health Nurse Advisor

Following recent departmental changes and an increased investment in our Nursing team, we are offering a great opportunity for 2 Specialist Occupational Health Nurse Advisors to join our friendly Occupational Health team. These are fantastic positions with the opportunity to work with our team in progressing the breadth and depth of the services we offer.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust value staff wellbeing and the Occupational Health Team are integral in promoting and maintaining the highest degree of health, safety and wellbeing of all who work for the Trust.

We are an innovative and inclusive team, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to present and progress their ideas, allowing every individual to flourish. We are passionate about the health of our staff and the impact this has upon the care and experience our patients receive and this role will have direct input to improving staff wellbeing.

We are committed to supporting continuing professional development and provide in-house and external training courses as well as specialist legal updates to support, extend and maintain the clinical teams expert knowledge and skills as both leaders and specialist nurses.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be fully qualified in Occupational Health (and be on part 3 of NMC register). We are looking for someone who is motivated, enthusiastic, innovative, and willing to take a team approach to the delivery of our service.

We provide a comprehensive range of services for around 7,500 employees across two acute hospital sites and a number of other locations in Kent as well as to a number of external contracts.

The ideal candidate would be able to assist in the development of the service & take a proactive and flexible approach in order to influence the health and wellbeing of employees. If you believe you have the transferable skills and qualities to take on this interesting and varied role and would like to join us, please apply on line.

The core hours of the department are Monday to Friday 8am to 4:00pm (no public holidays).

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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.