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Screening Nurse
Entry level into Occupational Health field for nurses with limited or no previous OH experience. Undertaking clinical activities including vaccinations, phlebotomy, questionnaire screening and medical assessments in relation to health surveillance and fitness to work medicals. Role is predominantly clinic based but there may be the requirement to deliver services peripatetically to client sites as required.

MAIN OBJECTIVES 

• Practice within the scope of the NMC professional practice and Code of Conduct and to work according to qualification, experience, and competency.
• To ensure clinical standards of best practice are followed and company policies and procedures are adhered to.
• To fully utilise company IT systems in the performance of duties.
• To undertake health surveillance/medicals/health promotion activities as required.
• Perform Phlebotomy and vaccinations
• To act as an ambassador and promote the Occupational Health services available.

SPECIFIC DUTIES 

• Provide and maintain appropriate advice on health issues, health promotion and health education to employers and employees.
• Undertake vaccinations and phlebotomy as required both in clinic and on client premises.
• Undertake all Health Surveillance and Fitness to work Medicals in accordance with agreed clinical standards and to meet Service Level Agreements.
• Complete screening of Placement and online health questionnaires as required.
• Undertake the daily check of the clinic fridge temperature where required and document as accordingly.
• Perform daily equipment checks and calibration and document as required.
• Ensure that adequate consumable stock levels are maintained in clinic and for peripatetic delivery.
• Ensure familiarity with the delivery requirements of all appropriate client contracts.
• Liaise with Customer Service teams regarding patient queries in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Attend in-house Clinical Audit days, nurse training days and departmental meetings and clinical supervision.
• To maintain competency with all clinical activities and ensure training records are kept up to date.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITES & ACCOUNTABILITIES 

• Understand, demonstrate, and promote the Company’s Genetic Code
• Assist with induction and training of new employees
• Manage confidential data in line with the UK GDPR
• Provide support with administrative tasks in clinic locations as required.
• Contribute ideas and suggestions to continuously improve the Customer & Employee Experience
• Assist with colleagues work during absences
• Attend meetings and training sessions as required
• Maintaining registration and NMC revalidation
• To comply with Data Protection Legislation and Information Security requirements, such as ISO 27001.
• To ensure commitment to impartiality, confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of information.
• Adhering to policy, procedure, regulatory, customer and standard requirements relating to quality, information security and environmental management systems

REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE 

Suggested Nursing skills of benefit to this role:
• Trained in or available for training to undertake Fitness for work Medicals and Health surveillance.
• Trained in or available for training in drug and alcohol testing
• Trained in or available for training in undertaking ECG assessments
• Experience in vaccinations and phlebotomy
• Trained in or available for training to undertake the screening of Placement and other Online health questionnaires.

CORE SKILLS

RN Qualification/NMC registration

Previous experience in a clinic-based environment or peripatetic clinical role (desired but not essential)

Organisational skills/ Time planning and priority setting

Ability to follow agreed standards of Practice and protocols

Exemplary communication skills/good telephone manner

Ability to identify gaps in own skills and knowledge and request training to promote clinical development.

Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint &

Outlook

At all times act and behave in accordance with NMC – The Code

Good Interpersonal skills/Influencing skills

Full UK driving licence.