Job overview

Occupational Health Screening Nurse 
 
Band 5 part time set days – Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

This is an exciting opportunity to join the in-house occupational health team at The Royal Marsden Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a nurse-led Occupational Health service with a sessional OH Physician.    
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Occupational Health screening nurse who will lead in delivering the immunisation assessment and clearance for our external contract, based at the University of Greenwich’s Southwood (Avery Hill) campus.  This is a part time permanent role working three days per week on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

The successful candidate will work alone on site at the University of Greenwich’s Southwood (Avery Hill) campus, with support from the OH team in our Chelsea and Sutton locations.  Therefore, experience of delivering NHS immunisations and vaccinations is essential for this role.

You will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication skills and evidence-based decision making.  Initial training and induction for this role will be provided at our Sutton location (SM2 5PT).

Main duties of the job

1.1.    To support the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Manager in the provision of an Occupational Health and Wellbeing service to our external client, the University of Greenwich for to provide Students on Health Care courses with appropriate immunisation screens, vaccinations and blood tests.

1.2.    To promote a high standard of Occupational Health and Safety amongst students in line with current legislation.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.