Occupational Health Screening Nurse (NHS AfC: Band 5) - Occupational Health - The Royal Marsden ...

Occupational Health Screening Nurse

Band 5 part time set days - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

This is an exciting opportunity to join the in-house occupational health team at The Royal Marsden Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a nurse-led Occupational Health service with a sessional OH Physician.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Occupational Health screening nurse who will lead in delivering the immunisation assessment and clearance for our external contract, based at the University of Greenwich's Southwood (Avery Hill) campus. This is a part time permanent role working three days per week on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

The successful candidate will work alone on site at the University of Greenwich's Southwood (Avery Hill) campus, with support from the OH team in our Chelsea and Sutton locations. Therefore, experience of delivering NHS immunisations and vaccinations is essential for this role.

You will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication skills and evidence-based decision making. Initial training and induction for this role will be provided at our Sutton location (SM2 5PT).

Main duties of the job

1.1. To support the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Manager in the provision of an Occupational Health and Wellbeing service to our external client, the University of Greenwich for to provide Students on Health Care courses with appropriate immunisation screens, vaccinations and blood tests.

1.2. To promote a high standard of Occupational Health and Safety amongst students in line with current legislation.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

You will be a member of at he Occupational Health team but based solely on the Avery Hill site delivering the Occupational Health immunisation services, including:

• Undertaking immunisation and phlebotomy for NHS immunisation requirements
• Providing specialist advice relating to blood borne viruses and management of inoculation incidents.
• Providing advice and support contact tracing for specific illnesses and infections

Essential criteria

• Current registration with NMC part one NMC register
• Competent in assessing healthcare workers in line with NHS requirements
• Undertaking phlebotomy and NHS vaccinations
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Competent IT skills
• Confident and competent to work with minimal supervision, working alone in clinic with no onsite admin support.

Person specification Education/Qualifications

• Registration with NMC Part 1
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Evidence of up-to-date knowledge base of professional and specialist issues
• Sound educational background including a good standard of numeracy and written English
• Use of OH clinical records software
• Recent immunisation update (1 day face to face, within the past 12 months)

Experience

• Experience of working as an Immunisation Screening Nurse in an NHS Occupational Health Service
• Competent in venepuncture and all NHS immunisations
• Ability to work independently and alone on site
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, written and oral
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, written and oral
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications including excel, word and outlook
• Experience of assessment of student healthcare workers immunisation status in line with national guidelines
• Competent in undertaking body fluid exposure assessment and follow up

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Experience using Meddbase OH software

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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 Pippa Dolman Job title Occupational Health and Wellbeing Manager Email address