Trainee Occupational Health Advisor

Profile

Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km's of pipes, to keep taps flowing and toilets flushing. We are an essential service and have operated throughout the Covid19 pandemic.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open.
What you'll be doing
We want to support the future of this profession and are looking for a Trainee Occupational Health Advisor to join the Thames Water Occupational Health & Wellbeing team. You will help to manage the increasing service demands and ensure the occupational health service delivery can develop further to meet business needs.
This is role will be a mixture of remote clinical assessments and field-based health surveillance/safety critical medicals. As part of the field-based work you will be required to travel to several our operational sites in and around the Reading and Thames Valley area. There will be a particular focus on our staff based at our site offices and corporate buildings.
From September, if you choose to move forward with your training, you will begin day-release to study for your Specialist Community Public Health Nurse SCPHN 1-day-per-week, funded by us. We are looking for someone who has a very keen interest or experience in Occupational Health.
We're looking for you to
Be a registered Nurse with the NMC (this is a must) for at least three years
Preferably have experience in community-based nursing
Be highly motivated, able to work autonomously and as part of a team
Have good awareness of the role of occupational health in business including case management, health promotion and health screening/surveillance
A good awareness of relevant legislation, regulatory and operational requirements
You will be personable with excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to build relationships within all areas of the business
You will be able to work on your own initiative and manage your own time
You should also be competent in Microsoft packages and ideally familiar with clinical databases.Occasional travel required to main offices, Mogden, Reading and Swindon. Candidates can be based in any of these areas. Car allowance to be provided.
What's in it for you?
Whilst this is a full-time opportunity, you will have the autonomy to work flexibly from home and on site whilst managing your own caseload. We are open to new ideas and approaches so if you have innovative and creative solutions, we are happy to work with you to see these through to implementation.
This is a key role in our organisation where our aim is to provide occupational health best practice and we are making a measurable difference to the health of our employees. We believe here at Thames Water that our people are the key to success, and we require a highly effective candidate that has the natural ability to work both as part of great team and to stand out as an exceptional individual.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme.
We're proud of the positive ways of working we have adopted during the pandemic. We want to create a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive. For our office-based roles we're moving to a hybrid approach where we'll provide options around working from our offices, our operational sites and home dependent on role/team/individual. This will be discussed during the assessment process.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you'll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We're also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader and we're a Times Top 50 Employer for Women.
Click here to find out more about working at Thames Water

Company info

Sign Up Now - HealthcareCrossing.com