OH Medical are seeking a Treatment & Occupational Health Screening Nurse to join our clients London Construction team. This role will be based across multiple sites, so travel throughout London is essential. This is a full time role, where the successful applicant will work Monday to Friday, 7.5 hours per day between the hours of 8.00am and 4.00pm.
The successful individual will be required to work in a multidisciplinary team providing Occupational Health screening, treatment and emergency response services across our client site. This role requires the ability to assess and manage minor injury and illness, deliver health and wellbeing initiatives, and work with external organisations and other healthcare professionals.
Main duties of the role include:
Provide professional advice, support and guidance
Assess new clients presenting to Occupational Health
Assess an individual’s fitness to work for the appropriate job role
Provide a clinical assessment of clients presenting with minor illness and injury
Provide health surveillance
Write letters to GP/Specialists in line with the Access to Medical Reports Act and GDPR
Support the OH Manager to advise, monitor and assess the clinical practice of the OH team
Respond to Client/Manager’s requests for support/information on the working environment
Provide competent treatments and successfully manage the referral of clients
Maintain appropriate records
Ensure clinical assessment skills are maintained in line with best practice
Provide clinical support and cover to all Peripatetic Occupational Health Clinics managed within the contract
Provide clinical support to the first aid provision on site
Prioritise and manage the clinical caseload generated by the various clients
This role will be roughly 50% safety critical medicals/Health Surveillance, 30% mini health checks and treatments, 10% Health Education and 10% Drug and Alcohol testing
Essential Skills
Be a registered nurse with NMC Part 1
Have a solid educational background including a good standard of numeracy and written English
Be able to evidence up to date professional knowledge
Have the ability to work confidently and independently whilst operating within a team framework
Be able to demonstrate a self-motivated and proactive approach to work
Demonstrate good IT literate
Have experience within an A&E and/or an acute/practice area
Be able to prioritise own workload and manage own time effectively, self-motivated and capable of working flexibly and to strict deadlines
Desired Skills
Previous experience working in Occupational Health, ideally in a construction setting.
It is desirable for nurses to have experience in the following areas, however, training can be provided:
Audiometry
Spirometry
HAVS
Skin assessments
Fitness for work medicals
Pre-placement questionnaires
Please contact James Baron or Ben Higgins on 01582 235500 to discuss in confidence.