Senior Occupational Health Nurse

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified Occupational Health Nurse to come to work within the Trust’s Occupational Health Team, with the aim of promoting a healthy workforce, maximising attendance levels and who can give specialist advice and guidance to managers and stakeholders.

This busy and expanding department employs specialist nurses, registered nurses, Occupational Health physicians, counsellors and administrative support staff and provides a service to employees of the Trust and a number of small to medium workforces in the local community.

The role will incorporate the high-quality delivery of a full remit of Occupational Health services including sickness absence case management, health surveillance, health screening and infection control. You will be working within a SEQOHS accredited Occupational Health Department as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

The hours are 22.5 hours a week to be worked between Monday to Friday during 8.30am to 4.30pm and the post-holder will be required to work at both the Castle Hill and Hull Royal Departments depending upon the needs of the Service

If you are interested in joining this dynamic and forward thinking team and would like further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Helen Turner, Lead Occupational Health Nurse on 01482 (67)4773 or Nicola Musgrave, Senior Occupational Health Nurse 01482 (62) 3051.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for supporting the Head of Occupational Health Services in the delivery of a cost effective, quality multi-disciplinary Occupational Health Service.

The post holder will be a qualified Occupational Health Nurse with significant experience in the speciality and capable of providing a high standard of specialist care to employees of the trust and its external clients.

The post holder will be required to manage a designated caseload and provide advice to employees, managers and Human Resource colleagues on absence management and employee well-being at work. The post holder will be required to deputise for the Head of the Service on a rotational basis with other senior nurse colleagues during annual leave.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.

We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.

Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.