OH Senior Nurse Advisor

Main area:
Occupational Health. Grade:
Band 7.

Contract:

Permanent.

Hours:

37.5 hours per week with on‑site work in the OH building and occasional work from home. Full time, part time and flexible working hours may be considered. Job
-F-267193.

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

This role is an opportunity to join the Occupational Health (OH) and Wellbeing team as an OH Senior Nurse Advisor, providing clinical, professional and managerial leadership for a team of registered nurses and technicians. The advisor will help ensure a professional, timely and efficient OH service to staff across Cambridge University Hospitals and external organisations. OH qualification and experience is essential but applicants who are working towards this may also be considered.

• Work alongside the existing OH Senior Nurse Advisors to ensure smooth day‑to‑day running of the wide range of clinical services provided by the OH nursing team, including management referrals, pre‑employment screening, health surveillance and infectious incident contact tracing. This includes nursing leadership for the Royal Papworth Hospital OH contract.
• Provide leadership, advice, support and line management to the OH nursing team, covering recruitment, professional development, appraisals, sickness and performance management processes.
• Undertake clinical duties covering the full scope of OH nursing, including management referral appointments and any new initiatives as they arise.
• Monitor key performance indicators and investigate and address any service issues promptly, escalating as required.
• Develop new and update existing OH protocols, PGDs, procedures and policies to ensure they are evidence‑based, up to date and consistent across the nursing team.
• Collaborate closely with the OH Clinical Lead, Head of Service, Senior Lead Nurse and members of the Senior Leadership Team, doctor team and wider OH clinical and administrative team members.

• Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake.
• Post registration Degree/Diploma in OH or related service (e.g., respiratory medicine, infection control or public health).
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Research Module, Master’s Degree, Teaching qualification (as appropriate).

• Occupational Health (OH) experience or experience in a related service (e.g., respiratory medicine, infection control or public health).
• Proven delivery of evidence‑based clinical practice within OH or a related service.
• Experience of outbreak management and testing programmes.
• Experience of line management of nursing teams in different locations, encompassing all aspects of line management including professional development, performance and sickness management.
• Experience of formal/informal teaching.
• Experience of leading service development projects and change management.
• Experience of managing clinical risk and undertaking risk assessments.
• Experience of leading or supporting service delivery.
• Experience of working within an NHS environment or organisation.
• Understanding and dealing with Duty of Candour.
• NHS experience.

• Public health, outbreak management, contact tracing, infection control.
• Understanding of evidence‑based practice in Occupational Health or a related service.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management and its importance to service delivery.
• Understanding of supporting both the physical and mental health and wellbeing of NHS staff.
• Understanding of information governance and the consent process.
• Knowledge of supporting Senior Lead Nurse and other SLT colleagues in maintaining annual SEQOHS Accreditation.
• Knowledge of the professional nursing agenda and broader issues within the NHS.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health in the NHS, its evolution and its role in providing services to both NHS and external businesses.
• Understanding of employment law, including infectious diseases relevant to health at work.

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
• Adaptability to changing situations, workload and colleagues’ needs.
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
• Leadership…