Trainee Occupational Health Nurse

This is a fixed-term, part-time training post for two years, with formal training delivered over approximately 18 months.Occupational Health is a rewarding and varied nursing speciality focused on supporting staff health, wellbeing, safety and workability. The role offers the opportunity to develop skills in areas such as health assessment, workplace health advice, immunisation, health surveillance, sickness absence support, fitness for work, and prevention of work-related ill health.

This post would suit a nurse who is keen to broaden their clinical experience, develop specialist knowledge, and explore a career pathway in Occupational Health. Full support, supervision and training will be provided throughout the programme.On successful completion, the post holder will have gained valuable specialist experience and a strong foundation for future progression within Occupational Health nursing.

Main duties of the job

As part of a friendly OH team, once competent, you will be supported to

Deliver immunisations in line with Health protection guidelines

Get involved in the flu campaign

Undertake fitness to work assessments

Manage exposure incidents and advice staff and managers accordingly

Undertake relevant health assessments in line with competencies

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse who is interested in developing a career in Occupational Health.We are seeking motivated Band 5 nurses who would like to undertake a structured training opportunity to develop as an Occupational Health Specialist Nurse.

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach

Division: CorporateCare Group: Human Resources & Organisational DevelopmentBand: NHS AfC Band 5Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum/ pro rata