Occupational Health and Wellbeing Nurse

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Occupational Health and Wellbeing Nurse

The closing date is 28 July 2026

Job summary
Do you enjoy the challenge of working in a busy service where no two days are the same? This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, enthusiastic Occupational Health and Wellbeing Nurse to join our SEQOHS accredited friendly team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The post is based at The Working Well Centre, Worcester, but will also involve cross site working, travel to some outside NHS sites and companies for whom we provide an Occupational Health and wellbeing service.

This post will be attractive to candidates who are interested in developing a career in the expanding field of Occupational Health nursing. This post provides the opportunity to gain a range of experience in a specialist area in a supportive learning environment. The field of Occupational Health offers diverse career choices, we will invest in and support your on-going professional development. Previous work delivering immunisation services within the Occupational Health / Public Health setting would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide a full Occupational Health and Wellbeing nursing service, carrying out duties in line with agreed standard operating procedures and protocols, supporting the maintenance of Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) standards and acting in accordance with Trust values at all times.
• To support the head of department in delivering a high standard of OH service .
• To undertake pre-employment health assessment for service users.
• To assist in carrying out effective immunisation programmes and vaccination storage within UKHSA and OH policy guidelines.
• To provide a visible accessible and approachable presence within the clinical area providing and offering advice and support to all service users.
• To maintain confidentiality and accurately record written entries.
• To give appropriate advice following blood borne virus exposure incidents and ensure correct follow up action is completed.
• To provide listening support to service users in an emotionally distressed state
• Supporting the Trusts Influenza vaccination campaign
• Please see person specification and Job description for further details

About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

• Being open and honest
• Ensuring people feel cared for
• Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details
Date posted: 14 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9365-26-0540
Job locations: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom

Job description
Job Purpose:
To support and contribute to the effective provision of a high quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service to the Trust and other public sector and private organisations.

To promote and maintain a systematic, holistic approach to occupational health and wellbeing provision, its implementation and evaluation.

To participate in identifying and maintaining a safe working environment and preventing ill health that may be associated with work.

The post holder would be able to gain experience and contribute by participating in the management of the service alongside more senior staff.

To work with private organisations and deliver high quality Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service within agreed service level specifications.

To contribute to an atmosphere conducive to learning, audit and the use of research based/best practice guidelines.

Key Duties:

• To safely deliver allocated immunisation clinics at either the Working Well Centre Worcester or at the satellite clinics at Hereford, Redditch, Kidderminster, or at various private company workplaces in and out of county.
• To support colleagues in the co-ordination of the flu campaign.
• To support colleagues in the co-ordination of projects relating to health and well-being promotion activities.
• To attend meetings as an OH representative, where appropriate.
• To undertake preplacement screening.
• To be involved in work related Health Surveillance programmes, and other general medicals required by employers. This will include tests such as; BMI calculation, B/P, Urinalysis, Vision Screening, Spirometry, Audiometry, HAVS, skin assessments and advice.
• To attend training and administer vaccination programmes as per Written Instructions.
• To perform Venepuncture as per Trust policy and attend regular updating sessions.
• To provide advice and support to employees via telephone or face to face following needle-stick injury/violence/musculoskeletal injury / sickness absence.
• To be involved in delivering health education programmes in response to the public health agenda.
• To be fully aware of the workplace and its risks to health, visit areas as and when required and send appropriate reports to Managers.
• To liaise with other professional departments within the Trust and be involved in Outbreak follow up with Infection Control.
• To respond to general telephone queries from staff and managers, providing advice and support e.g. follow up of needle-stick injury, musculoskeletal incidents, and to instigate necessary referrals as required to counsellor, physiotherapist. To bring to the attention of the senior nurse should there be situations that require further support.
• Maintenance of individual health records and recall systems
• Undertake any other similar duties in line with the key purpose of the job.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Registered general nurse with at least three years post-qualified clinical experience
• Able to demonstrate experience of team working
• Able to take responsibility and work to competing deadlines and manage conflicting demands

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Team working skills
• Able to communicate at all levels both face to face, on the telephone and email
• Good organisational skills and time management
• Flexible to change in demands of service
• Able to travel across sites as required

Skills / Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of the role of Occupational Health
• Venepuncture
• Computer skills
• Business awareness
• Health education and promotion
• Excellent customer care
• Can demonstrate computer skills-competent with Microsoft office

Desirable

• Working knowledge of OH law and relevant legislation

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered general nurse

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

For questions about the job, contact:
Head of OH & Wellbeing Services
Helen Wealthall
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Supporting documents
Flexible Working and Support to Staff
An Inclusive Employer
There is more to us than WAHT you see
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement

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