The Occupational Health service works to ' promote good health, safety and welfare in work collaboratively facilitating the right support, at the right time in the right way"The main purpose of the role would be to:o Administer safely work related vaccines and flu vaccines as per writteninstructions/Patient Group Directives (PGDs).o Provide advice and where appropriate onward referral for staff who have sustained a needle stick/contamination incident. Advise the employee of follow-up as necessary and ensure compliance with the CTUMHB Needlestick policy. The post holder is guided by clearly defined protocols and legislation and contacts more senior colleagues for complex situations.The post holder is required to be accountable for their own actions, to use own initiative and act independently with discretion.Their workload is managed rather than supervised and act independently whilst undertaking clinical duties.They may be responsible for supervising OH nurse students.
We are seeking an RGN qualified individual interested in developing their skills and gaining experience within the occupational health speciality. You will have excellent communication skills, be IT literate with a flexible, proactive approach to service delivery and be able to work clinically in an autonomous manner. The main purpose of the role would be to administer work related vaccines and flu vaccines,provide advice and where appropriate onward referral for staff who have sustained a needle stick/contamination incident as well as conducting skin assessments with onward referral to specialists where appropriate. You must have proven clinical skills alongside strong interpersonal and organisational skills. Working patterns are mainly Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn and improve
* We treat everyone with respect
* We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.