Occupational Health Nursing Adviser

Job Background: The role holder will be accountable to the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) for the provision of professional occupational health nursing assessment, care, and advice to management and individual clients.
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The role holder will support the improvement of the health and well-being of police officers and police staff through the provision of occupational health nursing assessment, advice and support related to: Fitness for Work Health & Well-being Health Protection Main Activities: The main duties and responsibilities associated with the role include the following: Case Management Manage a client caseload, triage referrals, participate in OHW multi-disciplinary teamcase discussions and provide OHW nursing advice to service users.
Collaborate with the OHW multi-disciplinary team, Health and Social Care, primary care teams, external professionals and other external agencies as appropriate.
Fitness for Work Undertake initial assessment of fitness for work, provide health improvement advice, progress referrals to the OHW multi-disciplinary team, implement rehabilitation plans to facilitate an early return to work and provide management advice by way of referral report.
Maintain accurate records in a safe confidential manner through the use of IT databases in accordance with relevant legislation including GDPR, NMC requirements and organisational Information Assurance guidance.
Pre-Placement Health Assessment (Police Officers & Police Staff) Work with internal and external stakeholders to provide pre-placement health triage, health assessments and reports to management to support thePolice Service of Northern Ireland to meet standards in relation to: Public protection Employee engagement Employment law (for example, adjustment in respect of DDA) Health and safety associated job role risk.
Health Surveillance Minimise ill health, injury and meet legislative requirements by testing the effectiveness of organisational control measures through health surveillance assessments.
Provide OHW nursing advice regarding health surveillance required for those individuals or groups identified due to role related risk.
Provide health surveillance assessments, interpret results and provide reports to management on individuals fitness for work and adjustment needs.
Protect the public, police officers, police staff and the Police Service of Northern Ireland from the need for litigation through OHW nursing assessment, report and maintenance of client records, databases and recall systems.
Work collaboratively with colleagues to assess, design, deliver and audit services within designated areas of responsibility.
Health Protection
– Vaccination Programmes Promote health and prevent ill health thus making personnel available for work.
Identify risks or occupational hazards to individuals and / or groups of personnel to diminish the likelihood of police officers and police staff contracting infectious diseases in the course of their work.
Deliver clinical care linked to immunisation programmes, targeted at risk reduction, health improvement and promoting public health in the workplace.
Maintain responsibility for professional development to deliver: Student Officer
– Hepatitis B programme Travel Vaccination Programme Blood & Body fluid exposure assessment, advice and care Collaboration with Health and Social Care Health and Wellbeing Design and oversee health and wellbeing initiatives in order to educate and promote health initiatives for police officers and police staff.
Deliver health improvement and role related risk assessments, i.e.
blood sugars for diabetes, cholesterol, and blood pressure.
Deliver health and wellbeing education and awareness sessions and specialist, group education sessions.
Research and produce articles for inclusion in Police Service of Northern Ireland websites.
Work with media colleagues to produce OHW nursing service audio-visual learning tools.
Participate in the delivery of management training to promote internal awareness of OHW services.
The main duties and responsibilities reflect the main elements of those associated with this position.
It is not intended to be exclusive or exhaustive.
Location: Carrickfergus (Peripatetic clinics as required throughout Northern Ireland) Department: Occupational Health & Well-being (OHW) Hours of Work: Monday Friday 37 hours per week (42 hours gross).
Salary: Agenda For Change Band 7: Salary Scale for 2024/2025: £43,742 to £50,056 Essential: Qualifications: Registered Nurse: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC): Part 1 With additional specialist qualification in Occupational Health Nursing, i.e.
Diploma, Degree or MSc in Occupational Health Nursing.
Skills & Experience: 1 years post-basic general nursing experience with an additional minimum of 1 year working within an occupational health setting.
Experience of carrying out clinical assessments for fitness for work, including managing rehabilitation and return to work programmes.
Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in case management and compiling reports.
Experience of liaising with HR professionals and line management in relation to fitness for work and the provision of occupational health nursing advice.
Professional Development and Accountability: The Occupational Health Nursing Adviser is accountable to the NMC via the Head of Occupational Health Nursing Services Team.
In addition, the role holder must observe the NMC Code and participate in the NMC revalidation process.
At interview, candidates must provide evidence of mandatory basic and specialist courses, a managed portfolio with adequate preparation to satisfy confirmation within timescale for the registrants NMC revalidation.
Thereafter, the same standard will apply in service.
At interview, candidates must also provide evidence of personal insurance indemnity arrangements in addition to those provided by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Other: The successful candidate must have access to a form of transport which will enable them to fulfil the responsibilities of the job in full.
IT literate specifically in the use of the Microsoft Office suite.
(Including MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel and MS Outlook).
Successful applicants will be retained on a merit list for future opportunities arising.
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