Practice Nurse Team Leader (Headquarters, Chelmsford)

Location of Role: Chelmsford 

Advert Closing Date: 08/05/2024 

Starting Salary: £41,928.00 (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 has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Practice Nurse Team Leader within the multi-disciplined Health and Wellbeing Services.  

The main purpose of this role is to co-ordinate the delivery of 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, 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 in a screening role and a post graduate Occupational Health related qualification is desirable.

This is a challenging role that requires the successful candidate to organise and prioritise their own workload and lead a small team of nurses responsible for health surveillance and medical recruitment activity, therefore strong organisational skills are required, together with the ability to work under pressure in order to achieve deadlines and supervisory or team leader experience is desired.  Experience of implementing and undertaking a range of clinics is essential.

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 and leading and developing a team of clinical specialists.

Please evidence the following in your application:

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

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

• Experience of setting up and undertaking a range of clinics is essential and good IT skills and proficient with office technology and software

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

• Registered General Nurse

• Supervisory or Team Leader experience in an organisational setting

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

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

Essex Police offer agile working which allows some flexibility in terms of work arrangements. Due to the operational nature of this role, it will be predominantly office based within an office-based team. Some travel may be required to other police sites to discharge duty.

If you require any further information on the role, please contact Karen Horgan on 01622 653053.

Essex Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £45,546.00.

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Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria. 

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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 the EC or other states in the European Economic Area. If you are a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national, you must be a resident in the UK free of restrictions and with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. All applicants 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.