Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cross Site Town Sheffield Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 24/08/2025 23:59 Interview date 04/09/2025
Occupational Health Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
* Provide effective day to day professional advice across the service
* Provide the highest standard of clinical care, ensuring that all clinical standards are met and where necessary taking appropriate corrective action.
* To lead on a substantial client contract
* Provide a visible, accessible and knowledgeable presence in the service to whom service users and managers can turn for assistance, advice and support.
* To develop, implement and evaluate Occupational Health policies in conjunction with the Senior Occupational Health Specialist Nurse and wider management team.
* On a daily basis supervise and support the work of the Occupational Health nurses in the department, reporting to and liaising with the Senior Occupational Health Specialist Nurse on general progress and around any areas of difficulty or need.
* To support the Occupational Health Nurses in delivering programmes of care for patients within the Occupational Health setting.
* To participate in relevant training, health education and induction programmes as required
Main duties of the job
* To share the responsibility for the day to day supervision of more junior occupational health nursing staff including coaching, mentoring and clinical supervision.
* In conjunction with the Senior Occupational Health Specialist Nurse liaise with service users monitoring and evaluating the service (by audit).
* To assist with the development of evidence-based practice and organisation of the work of the department.
* Participate in the development of Departmental, Trust Policies and procedures, working productively to identify through research, the appropriate terminology required to satisfy policy requirements of the Trust.
* To assist with audit of clinical practice and procedures to monitor, evaluate and enhance the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of the Occupational Health Service.
* To assist with the continued development and promotion of the service which will include working in committees and working groups within the Trust and occasionally regionally with the support of the Senior Occupational Health Specialist Nurse
* To promote all aspects of Health, Safety and Welfare in all Occupational Health work undertaken
* To participate in evaluating developments within the profession and changes in legislation to ensure that Sheffield Occupational Health Service is continually updating its practice.
* To participate in the Department’s service delivery in line with the Trusts PROUD values and behaviour's.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, with Specialist Practitioner Occupational Health
* NMC part 3 registration
* NEBOSH
* Counselling
Experience
* Experience of sickness absence and case management.
* Experience of Health surveillance and outbreak management
* Experience of supervising and motivating staff
* A clear understanding of the major OH issues affecting the NHS
* Experience of developing and implementing National Guidance/Health and Safety Policy into Occupational Health Policy and procedure
* European Computer Driving Licence or equivalent IT experience
* Previous experience of Occupational Health Nursing in the NHS
* Car owner/driver
* IOSH or NEBOSH qualification
* Experience in developing evidence based practice
* Experience of working with external client contracts
* Experience of gathering data and producing reports
Further Training
* Willingness to undertake any further training/development as identified in annual appraisal.
* Basic Counselling Course
* Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
* Experience of supervising and mentoring staff.
* Experience of trend analysis
* Shows sensitivity to the needs of others
* Able to build credibility quickly and to work with all grades of staff within the Trust.
* Ability to demonstrate innovative thinking in problem resolution.
* Ability to work proactively in dealing with service delivery.
* Strives for continuous improvement in areas of personal and service development.
* Use of an OH data base
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .
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Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
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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.
Name Michelle Cottam Job title Senior Specialist Occupational Health Nurse Email address michelle.cottam@nhs.net Telephone number 0114 271 47 37
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