Employee Health and Wellbeing Clinical Adviser (Registered Nurse)

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Employee Health and Wellbeing Clinical Adviser (Registered Nurse)

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area Occupational Health / Employee Health & Wellbeing
Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref 349-COR-7088289*

Site Wythenshawe / Oxford Road / Trafford / NMGH - Cross site working
Town Manchester
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period Yearly
Closing 15/04/2025 23:59

Job overview

To provide a safe, professional and effective Immunisation and Vaccination Programmes to internal and external clients.
Providing clinical services to support the delivery of the MFT Health and Wellbeing agenda.
To continually review and evaluate working practices to ensure best practice and clinical standards are maintained.

Main duties of the job

1. Professional accountability for delivering high standards of clinical care.
2. Maintain EHW records in line with the Data Protection Act, Caldecott principles and local protocols.
3. Administration of an Immunisation and Vaccination programme in line with Department of Health Guidelines, the Green Book, Patient Group Directives, Trust Policy and local EHW procedures/protocols.
4. Assessing and interpreting the Immunisation and Vaccination requirements for different client groups.
5. Provide clinical services to support the Management of inoculation injuries in line with Department of Health Guidelines, Trust Policy, and local EHW protocols.
6. Assessing risks of an employee contracting a blood borne virus following an exposure incident and liaising with specialist teams for high risk incidents regarding treatment plans.
7. Support the delivery of the seasonal influenza vaccination programme, delivering clinics across the Trust or in specific external locations e.g. external client premises.
8. Undertake the role of ‘Duty Clinician/Coordinator’, which can include activities such as management of inoculation injuries, attending outbreak meetings, skin assessments, responding to management/employee queries, escalating queries that fall outside the remit of clinical adviser to EHW Adviser.
9. Provide clinical advice whilst supporting managers, employees and Infection Prevention Team during ‘outbreak’ situations in line with Trust Policy and local protocols.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Current Registration with NMC as Registered General Nurse
• Immunisation and Vaccination experience

Experience

• Management of intra-muscular injections
• Management in venepuncture procedures
• Management of an Immunisation and Vaccination Programme for Healthcare Workers
• Management of Inoculation Injuries
• Health and wellbeing lifestyle screening
• OPAS/COHORT system or equivalent OH IT system

Skills

• Proficient in venepuncture
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Good IT Skills
• Clinical assessment of immunisation and vaccinations

Knowledge

• Immunisation and Vaccination requirements for Healthcare Workers
• Management of Inoculation Injuries
• Health and lifestyle screening programmes
• Commitment to achieving personal, departmental and organisational objectives

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Kathleen Forkan
Job title Clinical Services Team Leader
Email address kathleen.forkan@mft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 0161 276 4289

Additional information
and Louise Hamilton, Clinical Services Team Manager, Louise.Hamilton@mft.nhs.uk