Screening Nurse Occupational Health and Wellbeing Warrington

We are seeking outstanding candidates with a passion for Public Health Nursing to join our Occupational Health (OH) team. As a key member of the service, you will play an important role in promoting and protecting the health of our workforce. Applicants must hold a registered nurse qualification and demonstrate excellent organisational skills, the ability to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality. If you are self-motivated and committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, we would love to hear from you.

In this pivotal role, you will provide clear, impartial advice to managers and employees, helping to significantly enhance workplace health and wellbeing. You will follow guidance from governing bodies, deliver proactive health screening, and play a key part in preventing work-related injuries. As an Occupational Health Screening Nurse, you will be an integral member of our dynamic organisation, working within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure staff receive high-quality, evidence-based care.

You will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team, delivering proactive Occupational Health services while adhering to national guidelines to ensure the wellbeing of all staff.

• Provide professional clinical nursing service, including health screening of prospective employees and health monitoring of existing employees.
• Implement National and Local Guidance following changes in legislation from Public Health England.
• Actively participate in Trust meetings.
• Implementation of vaccinations/immunisation programmes and provides advice to employees at risk.
• Perform comprehensive assessments of patient needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.
• Support the individual and advise the manager as appropriate.
• Manage own workload and prioritise own actions.
• Develop, assist, and participate in health education programmes.
• Work using evidence-based advice and following departmental guidelines with guidance from Specialist OH Nurse.
• Provide first-line emotional support to all employees and appropriate onward referral to Staff Counsellor or other clinical staff within the department.
• Provide appropriate OH advice/information to Trust Managers with guidance from other clinical staff within the department.
• Liaise with or arrange referrals with external agencies such as GP's, and other Health Service departments.
• Ensure confidentiality is always maintained.

About us: North Cheshire and Mersey Hospitals is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience for our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019. Our workforce of 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.