Lead Nurse – Occupational Health Service

Finegreen are currently recruiting for a Lead Nurse – Occupational Health Service to undertake a 3-month interim assignment based in the South East Coast. This will be working to a competitive rate, dependant on experience and working inside IR35. The post holder will manage and provide professional leadership to Occupational Health Nurse Advisors and the wider multidisciplinary team within the Occupational Health department. Key responsibilities will include: Act as a resource of clinical expertise for relevant staff within the Occupational Health team; Lead, develop and take continuing responsibility for the development and maintenance of a full Occupational Health service; Develop and maintain practise in line with legislation, guidance, policy and the required external and internal quality standards for occupational health; Monitoring systems to ensure compliance with key occupational health performance indicators; Manage the organisations Employee Assistance Programme contract and reflect usage trends/ issues/delivery to support Wellbeing Agenda; Work as a clinical expert in occupational health advising on all aspects of occupational health and wellbeing in accordance with evidence-based outcomes and best practice and in conjunction with OH consultant; Ensure confidential occupational health records, paper and electronic are maintained and safeguarded in full compliance with the legislation; Monitor and identify patterns of management referrals of sickness absence and work incidents/accidents reporting to senior managers as appropriate. The ideal candidate will have: Must have experience working within the NHS/ a healthcare setting; Registered Nurse with current registration with NMC; Thorough specialty knowledge relevant to Occupational health e.g. (MSK, mental health, occupational diseases); Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues; Expertise within clinical governance and Risk management; Experience of handling complex clinical and non-clinical incidents; Managing resources, organising and co-ordinating Occupational Health activities and quality standards; Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information. If you are interested in the role, please contact Donna Larder and send a copy of your CV and availability across to (url removed)