Job vacancy: Occupational Health Advisor/Nurse, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury

Job summary

Main area: Occupational Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (per annum pro rata if part time)
Job ref: 269-SFT8785

Employer: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Salisbury
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum dependent on experience
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/11/2024 23:59

Occupational Health Advisor/Nurse

Band 6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Trust is proud of its commitment to the health and well being of all its employees. To support our service further, we are excited to recruit an OH Advisor on a full time basis. The OH Advisor will be required to work within the in house service/dept, managing a diary case load of approx 5 management referrals per day (or the equivalent). We pride ourselves on quality and therefore offer a one hour appointment to undertake a management referral to ensure the assessment and report is of a high quality.

We promise a kind and enthusiastic team, focused on our values of being professional, kind, responsive, patient centred and safe. We are passionate about providing a quality Occupational Health, Safety and Well being service to our 4,000 staff so if you would like to work within this fantastic team and service, please apply

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nurse
Occupational Health qualification

Desirable criteria

NHS experience
Minimum of 2 yrs experience post OH qualification

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
Cycle to work scheme
Uniform provided (where required)
On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
On site health and fitness club
On site car parking
Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

J Rowntree

Job title

Head of Occupational Health

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

01722336262

Additional information

J Rowntree

Head of Occupational Health

Occupational Health & Safety Services

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Telephone: ext 5665

Mobile : 07342 057555

Email: [email protected]

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