Occupational Health Clinical Nurse

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse with a minimum of 2 years practise experience. Ideally, they will have had previous occupational experience or exposure to people who require immunisations and screening. They will be based at The Royal London Hospital to support a new contract that has recently commenced.

The Employee Wellbeing Service, supports Barts Health staff and external contracts by providing protection, prevention and promotion of holistic health. There is a team of clinical and administrative staff, occupational heath Doctors, psychologists and physiotherapist in the Employee Well-being services. The aim is to contribute to patient care effectively and safely by ensuring staff are supported at work.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work as part of a team, as well as undertaking routine occupational health activities (with appropriate training) including:

• Immunisations
• Venepuncture
• Spirometry and audiology
• Vision Screening
• Audiometry
• Pre-employment Health Assessments
• Assist with the Blood Borne Virus Exposure Processes
• Assist with contact tracing cases
• Provides occupational health advice on infectious disease exposure, symptoms, or diagnosis, following UKHSA and official guidance, and refers to specialists when needed.
• You will respond to enquiries over email and on the telephone using our WeCare values to deliver a high standard of customer service.
• Delivers training to colleagues and presents information to the wider Trust when required, supporting knowledge sharing and consistent application of guidance."

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an ideal opportunity for a nurse (with an interest in occupational health) to join the Employee Wellbeing Service. It is an opportunity to work in a very busy service and there is an expectation of cross-site working within the Trust

The successful candidate will have the opportunity for further training and development to enable them to undertake the full remit of the post. You will work closely with the team who will support your induction and further training.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.