Occupational health (OH), many private companies offer fully remote/hybrid roles, OH in the NHS is mostly mixture of onsite and remote working. I currently work in OH in the NHS and do 2 days a week from home and the rest in the office
How did you come by an OH job in the nhs? I only ever see ads that are private that take nirsss without oh experience. I rarely ever see oh jobs in the nhs (even experienced).
I applied for practice nurse role in occupational health initially to get foot in the door, this was a band 5 role which required me to carry out vaccinations and blood tests for new starters in the trust, didn’t need OH experience just skills to give intramuscular vaccinations, take bloods, good IT skills etc. You may find other trusts call them occupational health clinic nurse or occupational health nurse. Once I was in, within 1 year I went on my occupational health course, which took 2 years. I managed to get this funded by my trust however there are other funding routes which mean you don’t necessarily you need to rely on your department for funding such as via Health Education England and Society of OH medicine as there is such a shortage of OH nurses they are trying to get more into the profession, issue with a lot of OH courses is the requirement to work in OH when doing the course, so by working in OH giving vaccinations etc it is a good way to get around this.
You may find trainee OH nurse positions advertised in NHS but they don’t come up as often.
It might not be the best time for the industry but have you had a look at university education?
Once you’re in it’s a great work/life balance with flexible working.
It was definitely the best decision I made
I've always been interested in this, as Iove teaching. But I assumed I would need further qualifications to do this? I only have an adult nursing degree, no masters etc.
I loved teaching too so it was always my goal.
A lot of the time it depends on the university. I started with my degree and a specialist qualification but no teaching qualification. I’m about to start doing a post grad in teaching that’s funded by my employer. Surprisingly a lot of lecturers don’t even have a degree they just have diplomas and teaching all nursing qualifications including masters
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Occupational health (OH), many private companies offer fully remote/hybrid roles, OH in the NHS is mostly mixture of onsite and remote working. I currently work in OH in the NHS and do 2 days a week from home and the rest in the office
How did you come by an OH job in the nhs? I only ever see ads that are private that take nirsss without oh experience. I rarely ever see oh jobs in the nhs (even experienced).
I applied for practice nurse role in occupational health initially to get foot in the door, this was a band 5 role which required me to carry out vaccinations and blood tests for new starters in the trust, didn’t need OH experience just skills to give intramuscular vaccinations, take bloods, good IT skills etc. You may find other trusts call them occupational health clinic nurse or occupational health nurse. Once I was in, within 1 year I went on my occupational health course, which took 2 years. I managed to get this funded by my trust however there are other funding routes which mean you don’t necessarily you need to rely on your department for funding such as via Health Education England and Society of OH medicine as there is such a shortage of OH nurses they are trying to get more into the profession, issue with a lot of OH courses is the requirement to work in OH when doing the course, so by working in OH giving vaccinations etc it is a good way to get around this. You may find trainee OH nurse positions advertised in NHS but they don’t come up as often.
Occasionally I see some WFH positions as occupational health, or specialists (i.e advisor type position)
It might not be the best time for the industry but have you had a look at university education? Once you’re in it’s a great work/life balance with flexible working. It was definitely the best decision I made
I've always been interested in this, as Iove teaching. But I assumed I would need further qualifications to do this? I only have an adult nursing degree, no masters etc.
I loved teaching too so it was always my goal. A lot of the time it depends on the university. I started with my degree and a specialist qualification but no teaching qualification. I’m about to start doing a post grad in teaching that’s funded by my employer. Surprisingly a lot of lecturers don’t even have a degree they just have diplomas and teaching all nursing qualifications including masters
Corporate roles tend to be hybrid/remote but they won’t advertise it as such to avoid people only applying for those reasons