Occupational Health Nurse

Are you naturally skilled at building positive relationships with employees and fostering a supportive environment as an Occupational Health Nurse? Are you passionate about promoting employee well-being and an occupational health service - enhancing employee’s physical and mental health in the workplace? If so, we would welcome your application!

At EDF, success is personal. Here you’ll develop a career that’s unique to you. Whether you want to move horizontally, deepen your specialty, or advance through the levels — it’s your journey, powered by us. Join us and be part be of our mission to help Britain achieve Net Zero

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an Occupational Health Nurse to join our onsite team on a fixed term basis at Heysham 2 power station. As an Occupational Health Nurse, you’ll offer a focused driven mind-set for all Occupational Health matters liaising with staff as appropriate. 

You will provide comprehensive advice and guidance on statutory legislation affecting Occupational Heath for our EDF employees. 

This is a fixed term position for an initial 12-month period, 14 hours per week, with a working pattern of Monday 09:30 – 13:30, Wednesday 09:30 – 13:30, Friday 08:30 – 15:00. This is a site based post.

Pay, benefits and culture 

Alongside a competitive starting salary ranging from £33,717 - £43,009 and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. 

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.  

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.  

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.   

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments. 

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal. 

What you will be doing 

You will be required to work with company standards and procedures whilst also ensuring compliance within Radiation Regulations. You will play a pivotal role in supporting the mental and physical wellbeing of our employees.

Roles and responsibilities include:

• Assess through health screening and statutory health surveillance that employees are fit for work.
• Complete pre employment, random and for cause drug and alcohol tests for our employees and contractors.
• Provide advice to management on fitness for duty after illness or injury and during rehabilitation.
• Respond to incidents and medical emergencies as appropriate during normal hours of work.
• Provide advice and treatment for minor illness/injuries for both EDF and contractors.
• Comply with OH clinical governance audit and processes
• Work closely and effectively with other members of the team predominantly theOHA, whilst supporting and mentoring the onsite OH technicians.
• Attend / contribute to local safety meetings and Peer Group meetings in the absence of OHA

• Provide support for Mental Health First Aiders
• Active participation in staff wellbeing initiatives , providing health information.

Who you are

As a requirement, you must hold a Registered Nurse qualification with preference of OH experience. Be able to demonstrate your commitment to continuous professional development, your expertise in medical confidentiality, ethics, and accountability will all be essential in providing comprehensive and responsible care to our EDF employees.

Experience in chronic disease management is preferable. Audiometry, spirometry, skin surveillance, HAVs assessment, ECG, and Vision screening is desirable, although  training will be available.

In addition, there is a minimum requirement for an appropriate First Aid Qualification to Frec 3 standard – training will be provided.

Applications for this role close on 25th September, with 1st stage interviews to take place week commencing 7th October 2024.

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