We have an exciting opportunity for an OHA, working with customer businesses to promote the health, safety, and well-being of their employees through the provision of clinical services within the private and public sectors. This is a hybrid role which will include home working and travelling between our Midlands based customer sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Provision of specialist nursing skills helping maintain the high standard of service we aim to provide.
- To be responsible for carrying out a full range of specialist nurse activities and including the management of:
- Occupational Health ill health/ management referrals
- Immunisation Programmes
- Health Screening and Surveillance
- New starter screening
- OH direct services
- Workplace Assessments including Display Screen Equipment
- Health Promotion Programmes
- Management of ad hoc Occupational Health issues
- Conducting face-to-face, video or telephone consultations to adhere to NMC, NMBI Code of professional Conduct & Ethics for ROI, and any client guidelines and codes of conduct
- Excellent and accurate record keeping and adhering to the NMC/ NMBI confidentiality policy and procedure
- Provision of clinical management and organisation skills contributing to efficiency and effectiveness of the service
- Excellent communication skills always promoting a good relationship with both customer management, their HR function, and their employees
- Maintain productive communication with colleagues to include reporting issues, seeking advice from and consulting with clinical colleagues on complex cases
- To keep abreast of changing legislation, clinical practice and clinical managerial styles that may affect the role of the Occupational Health Advisor
- Under the guidance of your line manager to be responsible for own continuing professional development, to remain compliant with guidelines and NMC/ NMBI requirements
- Ensure that clinical equipment is maintained and calibrated as planned
- Able to work to tight clinical schedules
- Aim to return reports within 24hrs of the clinic (except when prior viewing is required), or adhering to any other SLAs as agreed with the customer business
- Undertake clinic preparations, ensuring the relevant paperwork and information has been uploaded/ provided, review prior records and seek resolution to any issues
- Preparation of reports following a clinic, to be issued appropriately and securely, uploaded to the system when required. Ensuring all data consent requirements are adhered to
- Recognise how underlying medical conditions may impact the workplace, and the impact of work on an individual’s underlying condition, making recommendations from an OH perspective
- Prepare for and attend any meetings where OHA input has been requested
- Participate in clinical audits and / or research projects as appropriate
- Always maintain confidentiality
- To organise and control own workload as/ if required
- To feedback general and specific information regarding the client contract to the Senior Management team as appropriate and within bounds of confidentiality
- Able to work autonomously within the role, making independent clinical decisions
- Ensure adherence to legislation and external regulatory frameworks such as SEQOSH/ NMC/ NMBI / RCN
- To produce reports regarding the client contract generally and/or Occupational Health issues
Qualifications and experience
- Ongoing CDP and PDP requirements to remain upskilled
- Registered general nurse (RGN)
- Part of the NMC/ NMBI register (SCPHN)
- Minimum or 2 years post-registration experience
- Experience within a similar role/ setting or evidence of significant transferable skills
Skills and personal qualities
- Clinical Skills e.g. spirometry, new starter screening, immunisations, phlebotomy (blood taking), skin assessments, ECGs, drug and alcohol testing, telephone consultations and face-to-face consultations.
- Good organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- IT Skills and previous experience of Cohort
- Customer focused
- Flexible
- Able to work independently and part of a team
- A good decision maker
- Adaptable, Confident, Diplomatic, Honest, Integrity, Discipline, Objective, Trustworthy, Empathetic