Senior Occupational Health Advisor / Lead Nurse

Job description

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

The Senior Occupational Health Advisor / Lead Nurse provides professional, clinical and operational leadership within the nurse led Occupational Health Service, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, evidence-based and customer-focused service to employees and external clients.

The post holder will lead and support the Occupational Health nursing team, undertake fitness for work and complex case management assessments, provide expert advice to managers and staff, and contribute to the strategic development of occupational health, health and wellbeing, workforce sustainability and attendance management initiatives. As a Senior Occupational Health Advisor, you will demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise and professional autonomy.

The role is responsible for ensuring services are delivered in accordance with professional standards, current legislation, SEQOHS accreditation requirements, NMC Code, UK occupational health best practice, organisational policies and relevant national guidance.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Leadership

Occupational Health Service Delivery

Fitness for Work Assessments / Case Management

Health Surveillance

Immunisation and Infection Prevention

Health and Wellbeing

Governance, Quality and Compliance

Strategic and Professional Contribution

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

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