Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Occupational Health and Wellbeing team as an OH Nurse Advisor.

There are currently two full-time posts available due to vacancy and internal promotion.

Based in the purpose-built OH building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, you will play a key role in supporting the health of staff working at Cambridge University Hospitals and external organisations.

You will be responsible for the provision of the full range of specialist Occupational Health services including a caseload of referrals, staff screening and outbreak contact tracing.

Main duties of the job

We're ideally looking for a nurse with previous experience of working in Occupational Health and either with or working towards an OH qualification.

The job involves case and screening management. Experience of undertaking management referral appointments is desirable.

Knowledge of triaging, staff immunisation and screening processes is helpful in addition to experience of shift lead duties and supervising direct reports.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 18th October 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 26th October 2026.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification:

Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Leadership skills Proven skills in negotiation and the ability to read situations and respond accordingly
• Able to remain calm and work effectively in pressured situations
• Ability to communicate with and develop good working relationships with all members of the healthcare team, colleagues, clients, and managers
• Able to work as part of a specialist OH team, accessing current specialist knowledge to provide evidence based clinical care
• Able to demonstrate practical application of health, safety and wellbeing in relation to own and client welfare
• Able to work within management referral triage process including assessment, referral, and discharge competence
• Ability to effectively contact trace on routine and urgent screening, results, tests and exposures • Able to motivate self and others to work
• Able to motivate self and others to work collaboratively and enthusiastically within a team
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload within predetermined timeframes
• Ability to be proactive, take initiative and liaise with senior staff and colleagues when required
• Able to identify problems and recommend and act upon solutions
• Able to give constructive feedback to others, providing supervision and guidance to colleagues
• Able to report effectively on a range of complex situations
• Work within clinical governance framework and OH strategy, Able to lead on the development of departmental standard operating procedures and clinical processes and contribute to the development of Trust policies and procedures.
• Able to participate in research, clinical audit and write departmental reports
• Willingness to adapt to change as the Department and Organisation develops
• Able to identify and address own learning needs to maintain current best practice and skills
• Able to achieve competency in Department and Trust computer systems: Cority; word; outlook; excel; calendar; PowerPoint, EPIC, DATIX, TRAC
• Able to identify limits of own knowledge and seek help appropriately

Desirable

• Explore and evaluate solutions to make clinical decisions and recommendations
• Able to demonstrate practical application of public health in relation to staff health
• Committed to the development of junior staff and experience of line managing a junior team member
• Documentation and presentation skills
• Participation in the appraisal/PDP process
• BLS trained
• Committed to service and process improvement
• Assess situations and identify the root cause of a problem
• Effective management of equipment and resources
• Change management skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist theoretical and practical knowledge within the OH clinical environment
• Working knowledge of staff immunisation and screening processes
• Management of Quality and safety issues and use of KPIs audit and clinical effectiveness and their application to Occupational Health and the improvement of services
• Knowledge of triage and case management processes
• An understanding of Public health and commonly transmissible diseases
• Infection control practice in a healthcare setting
• Awareness of the relevant risk databases and their application in practice
• Understanding and knowledge of information governance

Desirable

• Knowledge of risk management processes (health and safety and individual)
• Knowledge of the professional nursing agenda
• Knowledge of Occupational Health in the NHS, and its role in providing services to business
• Knowledge of contact tracing and case load management
• Working knowledge of health and safety regulations

Experience

Essential

• Proven delivery of evidence based clinical practice within OH environment or Proven delivery of evidence based clinical experience within a related specialty in an NHS environment
• Experience of case and screening management (relevant to OH/Current role)
• Experience of line management of junior staff and also clinical and shift management in the absence of senior colleagues
• Experience of supervising and teaching junior colleagues
• Experience of utilising reflective practice
• Experience of MDT working and working alongside and with other departments

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking management referrals
• Experience of Risk Assessment (individual)
• Wellbeing and Health Promotion experience
• Communicable disease, management and screening
• Post registration experience of at least 18 months within an busy clinical environment
• NHS experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Current registration with NMC on part one or two of the Register
• Portfolio of evidence of continuing professional development relevant to nursing and role
• Certificate in OH nursing or relevant healthcare specialty

Desirable

• Degree or diploma in OH nursing
• Diploma or module in public health, infectious or respiratory diseases or other healthcare specialty
• SCPHN – OH
• Certificate level teaching qualification
• Mentorship qualification

Additional Requirements

Essential

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors, and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent. This behaviour is outlined on the final page of this person specification