Overview
Are you looking for a new and exciting step in your career journey? We are looking for a passionate and experienced Occupational Health Nurse to join our nuclear team and help lead Britain to achieve Net Zero!
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 you answered yes to the above, apply today!
The opportunity
We’re recruiting for an Occupational Health Nurse to join our team on a permanent basis at Dungeness B. As an Occupational Health Nurse, you’ll offer a focused driven mind-set for all Occupational Health matters liaising with staff as appropriate.
Staff will range from new to legacy EDF employees also including line manager, and HR professionals, where you will provide comprehensive advice and guidance on statutory legislation affecting Occupational Heath for our EDF employees.
5 days a week on site at our Dungeness B site, at 37 hours per week, we can be flexible with start times, i.e. 8AM – 4PM or 9AM – 5PM etc.
There will be opportunities where over time and extra shifts will be required, the shifts on the weekend will be paid at double time, and your over time will be paid at time and a half! This will be on ad hoc basis, but with plenty of advance notice, approx. for a few hours every 1 to 2 months.
Pay, benefits and culture…
We can offer a competitive salary starting from £30,650 for the right Occupational Health Nurse and you’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience, and qualifications.
We believe in progression and helping employees achieve a successful career, there will be a level of training and career progression involved in this role.
At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, 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, adjusting as you need.
We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.
This role will require several security checks, due to these candidates will need to hold a British Nationality or Citizenship and have 3+ years of UK working experience.
What you’ll be doing…
As our next Occupational Health Nurse, you will 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.
- Conduct Health Surveillance, which may include spirometry, audiology, skin assessment, hand arm vibration and radiation worker medicals within the specified timings, service level agreement (SLA) requirements and operational requirements.
- Conduct Fitness for Work Medicals, MyHealth First Assessments (employee wellbeing) Conduct Drug and Alcohol testing.
- Provide advice on mental health issues, utilising the mental health indicator tools.
- Organise health promotion information and liaise with outside organisations as appropriate.
- Update and maintain accurate health records.
- Assist the Occupational Health Advisor in monitoring compliance with statutory requirements and collate relevant data.
Who you are…
- As a minimum requirement, you will need to hold a Registered Nurse qualification.
- Occupational Health experience including fitness for work medicals, health surveillance and health promotion are essential; it would also be desirable to have experience with Drug and Alcohol testing and basic case management, although training will be given.
- Working within Service Levels Agreements and Key Performance Indicators
- Excellent communications skills.
- You will be required to provide evidence of the qualifications you currently hold.
Closing date for applications is the 6th August. – We will be reviewing applications throughout this time frame and may need to close the role early; we highly suggest you apply asap if this role is of interest to you.
This role will conduct two stages of interview, Teams Video calls will be completed in August and face to face station interviews will be completed in the beginning of September.
You will receive 28 days annual holiday plus bank holidays, incremental and competency-based progression, and a Company pension scheme. The pension scheme starts at 5% employee contribution matched with 10% company contribution, rising to up to 15% after 24 months if employee increase to 7.5%.
Please let us know if you require flexible working arrangements by highlighting this on your application. We’re happy to talk flexibility in line with the requirements of this opportunity.
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