Health at Work Nurse - Stevenage, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
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Stevenage, United Kingdom

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We are recruiting for a Health at Work Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This may be the pathway for you


The Health at Work Service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is nationally accredited as a Safe, Effective, Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS).


Our growing service is creating new opportunities for enthusiastic Nurses (Band 5) to join our innovative, friendly team delivering high quality occupational health and wellbeing services for several organisations within the Hertfordshire and West Essex region.


Experience in promoting health and wellbeing at work is an advantage but not essential as we are committed to supporting and developing our people and internal training will be provided.

In addition the Trust's leadership development pathway will offer you a range of opportunities to enhance your skills and confidence to practice effectively and compassionately.


We are committed to providing an environment which supports a healthy work life balance, our opening hours are between 08:00 - 16:30 Monday to Friday and will be pleased to consider a variety of flexible working options to suit your needs.

Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond


Participation in the health surveillance of staff potentially exposed to hazards in the workplace through programmes such as immunisations, skin health assessments, hearing tests, eye sight tests, and lung function tests.

Offer telephone work health advice to employees and managers with support from a Health at Work Advisor.


Provide support and advice to staff following an injury at work such as a sharps injury or moving and handling injury.

Supports the employee and manager in advising on immediate actions required, undertaking risk assessments, identifying lessons learnt and recommend appropriate follow up.

Provision of advice to protect and promote musculoskeletal health, undertaking appropriate referrals for occupational physiotherapy where required.

Able to offer appropriate support and advice to employees experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues.

To signpost to ongoing sources of support and to refer staff where appropriate for services such as counselling or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Participation in the planning and delivery of health and wellbeing promotion events and initiatives.

Participates in the Trust induction programme, and staff health and wellbeing training initiatives.


At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.


We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood


We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role
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