Mental Health Nurse - Occupational Health

Job summary

Main duties of the job

This specialist role combines clinical expertise and practical workplace support to help staff manage stress, trauma exposure, and other psychological challenges associated with emergency service work. The postholder will work both autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide early intervention, prevention, and structured support for staff experiencing stress, burnout, or mental health-related absence.

The role includes six-monthly wellbeing check-ins, facilitation of peer support sessions, input into case management for recurrent or long-term absence, and co-creation of individualised mental health support plans with staff and managers. The postholder will also contribute to a positive wellbeing culture across the Trust and help reduce reliance on external providers where appropriate.

Job responsibilities

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

From 01/04/25 If your role needs a DBS you'll be subject to salary deduction totaling £49.50, spread over first and second pay.