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Provide a specialised Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) service to the staff of NHS Lanarkshire and/or Non NHS clients, which fulfils service level agreements or contractual obligation. Be a source of knowledge of OHS issues and provide expert advice and support to managers, clients staff representatives and others as required. This is predominately a home based role that can be carried out anywhere in the UK, and therefore the post holder will be expected to carry out telephone based consultations, which are mainly management referrals, and achieve a set productivity level of work each week. There may be the occasional requirement to carry out face to face work at a customer site, where the post holder is the nearest clinician.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
1. Must have high level of specialist knowledge across a wide range of areas including policies, procedures, acts of parliament and legislation.
2. Must be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council as RGN/RMN accompanied by specialist qualification (OH nursing diploma/degree).
3. Must have good theoretical knowledge with significant amount of relevant occupational health experience.
4. Evidence of ongoing training and continuing professional development relating to professional discipline.
5. Evidence of Managerial/leadership training and/or experience.
6. Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation.
7. An understanding of Audit Systems.
8. Evidence of knowledge or recognised training in Spirometry, Audiometry and the use of Vision Screening Equipment.
9. Evidence of experience or recognised training in Venepuncture.
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
Additional Information Specific to the Role
The post holder requires to be:
1. self-motivated.
2. have access to a car and be prepared to travel.
3. have suitable internet connectivity at home to carry out home based work.
4. have an area at home where they can comfortably carry out remote work whilst maintaining confidentiality.
5. be willing to undertake any additional training that is required to carry out the role.
Contract type
Permanent
Full time
37 hours
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be home based.
The working pattern for this role: Monday to Friday.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
1. A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service.
2. A minimum of 8 days of public holidays.
3. Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits.
4. Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
5. Occupational health services.
6. Employee counselling services.
7. Work-life Balance policies and procedures.
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack.
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