Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Woodland House
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £30,420 - £37,030 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/04/2025 23:59
Occupational Health Nurse
Band 5
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.
OUR REGION:
Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.
Job overview
This role is appointed jointly by Cardiff and Vale UHB (CAVUHB) and Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB (CTM UHB). 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 post holder is guided by clearly defined protocols and legislation and contacts more senior colleagues for complex situations. They are required to be accountable for their own actions, to use their initiative and act independently with discretion. Their workload is managed rather than supervised, and they may be responsible for supervising OH nurse students.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of the role is to:
1. Administer safely work-related vaccines and flu vaccines as per written instructions/Patient Group Directives (PGDs).
2. Provide advice and where appropriate onward referral for staff who have sustained a needle stick/contamination incident.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Registered Nurse
* Evidence of professional development and willingness to acquire qualification relevant to occupational health
* Knowledge of organisations Policies/procedures
* Professional awareness and ongoing professional development
* Good knowledge base of clinical conditions
* Health & Safety (e.g. NEBOSH or IOSH), Health Promotion, infection control qualifications
* Member of specialist interest groups and networks locally and nationally
Experience
* Sufficient experience working within the NHS
* Experience of applying health & wellbeing advice
* Experience of giving vaccinations as community or practice-based nurse.
Skills and Attributes
* Expanded clinical nursing skills.
* Good interpersonal skills
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Effective organisational skills
* Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
* Good IT and keyboard skills
* Highly motivated
* Ability to prioritise workload
* Ability to remain calm in stressful situations
* Ability to deal with verbal aggression and written aggression in a calm and professional manner
* The ability to speak Welsh
Other
* Committed to equal opportunities
* Good team player
* Problem-solving approach
* Must be prepared to travel between bases and to other sites in Wales or within the UK if required
* Successful DBS Check
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa.
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.
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