9270 Occupational Health Nurse

The Role

Hutchison Ports UK is looking to appoint an Occupational Health (OH) Nurse to join its OH team based at Felixstowe and help us continue our tradition of offering the highest standard of occupational healthcare, safety and wellbeing in the workplace. The OH Department will consist of 4 employees supported by a part-time Company Doctor and various specialist 3rd party suppliers (e.g for counselling and physio services).

You will help support the OH requirements for approximately 2,700 employees who work in a diverse range of roles from plant driving to labouring to office functions. They work a range of different shift patterns, many covering 24 hrs/7 days per week. Whilst occasionally working at other HPUK sites, you will mostly operate from our state of the art OH facility at Felixstowe.

It is an exciting time to join the OH team with the opportunity to review and change procedures to further improve our OH service. We will want your ideas and input to help shape the OH service for the future.

Key Requirements

• Proactively undertake all general nurse activity spanning the full employee career lifecycle from applicant to leaver.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of the principal roles in the Port from an OH perspective in order to provide the most appropriate OH advice.
• Work closely with the HR team to minimise sickness absence levels by offering rehabilitation and welfare support to help people back to work wherever possible.
• Provide relevant OH advice to both employees and managers on issues such as fitness to work, medical restrictions, medication and general health & welfare.
• Organise and conduct health assessment/surveillance for both new applicants and the existing workforce in line with company policies & procedures e.g testing for audiometry, vision, drug & alcohol, general health screening (height/weight/blood pressure), hand-arm vibration, lung function etc.
• Organise and perform immunisations/vaccinations as required.
• Provide return to work advice to employees and managers following sickness absence.
• Maintain all medical records, data and documentation to the highest standard and in accordance with agreed processes and legislation.

Who are we looking for?

Suitable applicants will be:

• Qualified Registered General Nurse with a broad base of clinical knowledge and evidence of continuing professional development.
• Whilst it is desirable to have previous experience of delivering OH services, it is not essential. OH skills and training can be acquired in the role.
• You will need to be highly motivated, team-oriented and flexible, capable of responding quickly to changing requirements especially given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
• You must have excellent communication skills.

Hutchison Ports is committed to creating and developing an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants and encourage discussion about flexible working opportunities. We offer a supportive, community environment and have recently been awarded Chartered status by Women In Maritime. We have our own Women’s Network, offer leadership, mentoring and role specific training.

Please apply via the Port-al where you will be required to upload your CV.