Job description

Job responsibilities

As a PCN, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all with staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

Please be aware that all employees working for DDPCN will need to secure a DBS check at an enhanced level.

Job responsibilities

As a PCN, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all with staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

Please be aware that all employees working for DDPCN will need to secure a DBS check at an enhanced level.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Demonstrate a wide range of OH experience
• Current registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Good numeracy and literacy skills with an ability to write detailed reports.
• Right to Work in the UK
• Full UK Drivers License
• Occupational Experience
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team with an emphasis on OH matters.
• Experienced in health promotion activities including.
• Health Surveillance
• Display Screen Equipment assessments.
• Health Screening
• Pre-employment assessments
• Exit medicals.
• Sickness absence management advice
• Take referrals from managers and HR, engage with the employee and return a written management report within an agreed time frame.
• Offer face to face appointments or telephone assessments dependent on each individual case.
• Give specific return to work advice, which would include, timescales, adjusted duties, phased return to work schedules with an inclusive knowledge around the Equality Act.
• General health advice for employees at work to support and maintain their attendance at work.

Desirable

• Knowledge of clinical systems namely Systm1 and EMIS.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Audiometry (hearing tests).
• Spirometry (lung function testing).
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Venepuncture/vaccination skills
• Occupational Health processes linking into Public Health experience.

Qualifications

Essential

• Demonstrate a wide range of OH experience
• Current registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Good numeracy and literacy skills with an ability to write detailed reports.
• Right to Work in the UK
• Full UK Drivers License
• Occupational Experience
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team with an emphasis on OH matters.
• Experienced in health promotion activities including.
• Health Surveillance
• Display Screen Equipment assessments.
• Health Screening
• Pre-employment assessments
• Exit medicals.
• Sickness absence management advice
• Take referrals from managers and HR, engage with the employee and return a written management report within an agreed time frame.
• Offer face to face appointments or telephone assessments dependent on each individual case.
• Give specific return to work advice, which would include, timescales, adjusted duties, phased return to work schedules with an inclusive knowledge around the Equality Act.
• General health advice for employees at work to support and maintain their attendance at work.

Desirable

• Knowledge of clinical systems namely Systm1 and EMIS.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Audiometry (hearing tests).
• Spirometry (lung function testing).
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Venepuncture/vaccination skills
• Occupational Health processes linking into Public Health experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Derbyshire Dales Primary Care Network

Address

Darley Dale Medical Centre

Dale Road South

Darley Dale

Matlock

Derbyshire

DE4 2EU

Employer's website

https://ddpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)