Occupational Health Nurse

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

This post is for a Registered Nurse with experience of, or strong interest in, Occupational Health practice. It is a clinic nurse role working within a small nurse led service comprising Specialist Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners.

The post holder will work independently in clinics to assess staff fitness for work, advise on infection prevention and control and other matters that affect staff health and safety. This requires an ability to assess risk within a defined framework; to work calmly and methodically under pressure; and be able to engage with distressed persons.

Screening, venepuncture and immunisation skills are required. Induction and ongoing support will be provided through access to a senior or more experienced OH nurse to facilitate learning and skill acquisition.

The ability to manage own workload and adapt to changing priorities is necessary to ensure the service remains agile and responsive to the Trust's People Services needs.

• Preplacement and pre-employment assessment of fitness for work for prospective employees and workers.
  
  

Identification of the standards of immunity screening required for defined staff roles.

Venepuncture, vaccinations, swabbing and immunisations.

Mass vaccination programme (flu campaign).

Post exposure to infection risk assessment.

Health surveillance activity for targeted groups of workers.

• Support health and wellbeing initiatives and signpost staff to resources.
  
  

Respond to individual need for mental health first aid or other support in the moment.

There is a requirement to work flexibly during evenings, nights or weekends on occasion.

The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.

Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Fawcett Job title: Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager Email address: samantha.fawcett3@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 365045