Nurse Lead

at  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Occupational health team as Lead Nurse.
The Nurse Lead will assist in the co-ordination and delivery of a comprehensive Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust employees, its subsidiaries and employees of external clients. The post holder would be expected to contribute to the on-going development, delivery, leadership, monitoring and evaluation of the service.
Assist in the co-ordination and delivery of a comprehensive Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust employees, its subsidiaries and employees of external clients. The post holder would be expected to contribute to the on-going development, delivery, leadership, monitoring and evaluation of the service.
Assess the Occupational health needs of the more complex individual’s physical, psychological, social health needs and make a decision on suitability to perform work tasks and provide comprehensive reports to management in order the staffs absence can be successfully and supportively managed. To plan and implement return to work programmes with a structured vocational recovery plan as required.
Responsible for personal and nursing team self-development of skills and competencies through participation in training and development activities and to maintain up to date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post. Keeping abreast of current occupational health, wellbeing and safety knowledge through journals, web searches and networking
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
The attached job description outlines the full duties and responsibilities of this role including both clinical and leadership responsibilities and accountabilities

Please refer the Job description for details