Occupational Health Nurse – Uppingham Careers

Occupational Health Nurse

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Job details

Contract hours: Part time, 2 days per week (9am – 5pm)
Basis: Permanent
Salary: £35,000 per annum, pro-rata
Location: Uppingham
Closing date: 14 April 2023, 11:59 pm

Description

At Uppingham School, we care about our employees. As we continue to develop our employee health and wellbeing strategies, we now wish to appoint an Occupational Health Nurse to support us in our journey.

As our Occupational Health Nurse, you’ll provide a robust health and wellbeing service for all employees. This will include undertaking workplace assessments for individual employees in respect of workstations and ergonomic related working practices and conducting voluntary health “MOTs”. You will advise managers on employees’ health and fitness for work, recommending adjustments as well as creating comprehensive OH reports and phased return to work plans. You will also be expected to proactively monitor the WHO calendar and deliver exciting health promotion and wellbeing sessions and workshops as required.

If you are a Registered General Nurse (Level 1) with current NMC registration, experience of co-ordinating health and wellbeing strategies and carrying out health surveillance, we would love to hear from you.

In return, Uppingham offers a community that values people. We are warm, compassionate and mutually supportive. This is reflected in our working environment and the benefits we are able to offer:

  • 50% contribution to premiums for School’s private health scheme
  • Free membership of dual-use Sports Centre (£25 annual joining fee)
  • Free staff lunches in term-time
  • School fee discount for children of staff (subject to change at any time)
  • Retail, gym, supermarket, cinema and restaurant discounts
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme which provides a range of support including counselling and legal advice
  • Occupational Health Services to support staff who have health/medical issues
  • Free annual ‘flu jabs
  • Recognised as a “Disability Confident” employer
  • Recognised as a “Mindful” employer
  • Working towards Investors in Diversity

 

Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All positions at the School are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore ALL convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ under the Act) MUST be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. All information given will be treated as confidential and each case will be taken on its merits. Failure to disclose this information may result in the withdrawal of an offer of employment or immediate termination of employment.

Uppingham School is an equal opportunities employer.

Working at Uppingham

Uppingham is a vibrant, stimulating, energetic and forward-looking school. Our community is made up of talented people offering a diverse range of experiences. We welcome applications from candidates who are both experienced and new to working within the independent education sector.