Practice Nurse (Headquarters, Chelmsford)

Location of Role: Chelmsford 

Advert Closing Date: 29/10/2024 

Starting Salary: £38,754.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri 

Weekend/Evening Working: No 

An exciting opportunity for an individual to undertake the role of Occupational Health Practice Nurse within the multi-disciplined Health and Wellbeing Services.  This is a full time role and precise working hours can be negotiated locally to support both the individual and the delivery of services.

The main purpose of this role is to provide health surveillance and medical recruitment activity for the force, providing Well Persons health screening checks for officers and staff, undertaking all aspects of routine medical checks and vaccinations, providing advice and guidance on healthy life styles and, where appropriate, referring officers and staff for further monitoring or investigation of potential medical conditions, enabling individuals to improve their levels of fitness and be proactive about their health care regime.

It is essential that the successful candidate is a Registered General Nurse, with post qualification experience preferably in a screening role.

This is a challenging role that requires the successful candidate to organise and prioritise their own workload and strong organisational skills are required, together with the ability to work under pressure in order to achieve deadlines.  Experience of setting up and undertaking a range of clinics is an advantage.

This opportunity would suit a highly motivated and dynamic individual who can bring their wide experience to the role and someone who is interested in this particular field of occupational health.

Please evidence the following criteria within your application:

• An ability to adapt and innovate so that the office/clinical environment contributes to increased efficiency and effectiveness

• Adherence to all data protection requirements and is able to demonstrate understanding of data protection principles

• An effective communicator who is able to understand sensitive and complex case history information

• Good IT skills and proficient with office technology and software

• A sound working knowledge of Occupational Health issues and services available would be advantageous

• A qualification in Occupational Health or experience in an Occupational Health environment is desirable, as is previous experience in a medical role within an emergency service setting

If you require any further information on the role, please contact: Janine Jury on janine.jury@kent.police.uk

Essex Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £40,890.00.

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Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CV’s, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance.  During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete. 

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to:

• British Citizens
• Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.  
• Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.

All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.

Essex Police is a Disability Confident Leader, we:

• have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to external challenge and validation
• are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At Essex Police we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.

Through the dedicated commitment of our support networks, DE&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our DE&I commitments, ensuring Essex Police is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.