Occupational Health Clinician — Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic
World-scale major infrastructure project · UK · Contract
Protecting the health and fitness for work of a complex workforce
Triton Risk Management is seeking an experienced and motivated Occupational Health Clinician (Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic) to join our expanding Health and Medical Services Team, supporting a world-scale major infrastructure project.
This opportunity is open to appropriately qualified Nurses and Paramedics with relevant occupational health, industrial healthcare, workplace health or closely related clinical experience.
You will play a key role in protecting the health, wellbeing and fitness for work of a large, multidisciplinary workforce operating within a complex and high-hazard environment.
Working alongside our established Emergency Response Team, you will deliver proactive occupational health services, provide clinical assessment and treatment, promote workforce wellbeing and contribute to the continuous improvement of health outcomes across the project. The role is particularly suited to clinicians who can combine occupational health capability with autonomous clinical assessment and experience within occupational health, industrial healthcare, emergency care, urgent care or pre-hospital environments.
An integrated Health and Medical Service
This is not a traditional Occupational Health Nurse vacancy. Triton is looking for clinicians capable of contributing to an integrated Health and Medical Service incorporating:
Appropriate training and competency development may be provided to otherwise suitable candidates.
Key responsibilities
Occupational health and fitness for work
- Undertake occupational health assessments and provide evidence-based clinical advice.
- Deliver fitness-for-work advice and assessments.
- Support return-to-work programmes following illness or injury.
- Manage occupational health case management, referrals and onward liaison with specialists.
- Liaise with local healthcare providers and Occupational Health specialists.
- Maintain accurate and confidential clinical records in line with professional standards and GDPR.
Clinical assessment and treatment
- Assess and treat minor injuries and illnesses presenting on site.
- Deliver first-line clinical interventions within individual professional scope of practice.
- Support ongoing health monitoring of personnel.
- Provide clinical advice and appropriate referral to external healthcare providers where required.
Workforce wellbeing and health promotion
- Develop and deliver health promotion and workforce wellbeing initiatives.
- Promote healthy lifestyles through education and engagement.
- Deliver campaigns covering physical health, mental wellbeing, hydration, nutrition, fatigue management and musculoskeletal health.
- Support wellbeing initiatives aligned with the project's Occupational Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
Health screening and surveillance
- Undertake routine health screening and wellbeing assessments.
- Deliver health surveillance activities where applicable.
- Provide confidential health advice and signposting to appropriate services.
Fatigue management
- Support fatigue risk management programmes.
- Provide health-related advice for employees affected by fatigue.
- Assist with health-related case management and return-to-work planning.
Drug and alcohol testing
- Conduct pre-induction, random, for-cause and post-incident testing where appropriately trained and competent.
- Maintain robust chain-of-custody procedures and accurate documentation.
Emergency medical support
- Provide clinical support to Triton's Emergency Response Team during medical incidents where appropriate.
- Assist in casualty assessment, stabilisation and ongoing care.
- Liaise with NHS Ambulance Services and other emergency responders when required.
- Participate in emergency exercises and major incident preparedness.
Reporting and continuous improvement
- Produce anonymised health and wellbeing trend reports to support project health initiatives.
- Identify emerging occupational health risks.
- Contribute to continual improvement initiatives.
- Participate in project health meetings and multidisciplinary reviews.
Essential qualifications
- Current professional registration as either:
- Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC); OR
- Registered Paramedic with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Relevant nursing, paramedic or healthcare degree/diploma.
- Evidence of appropriate clinical competence and continuing professional development.
- Full UK driving licence.
Desirable experience and competencies
- Occupational Health case management.
- Management referrals.
- Return-to-work assessments.
- Safety-critical medicals.
- Pre-employment medicals.
- Health surveillance.
- Audiometry.
- Spirometry.
- HAVS assessment.
- Drug and alcohol testing and chain-of-custody procedures.
- Emergency, urgent or pre-hospital medicine.
- Experience within construction, infrastructure, engineering, energy, mining or another high-hazard environment.
- Non-medical prescribing, where applicable.
Experience
- Experience within occupational health, industrial healthcare, workplace health or a closely related clinical environment.
- Clinical assessment and treatment of minor illness and injury.
- Experience of working autonomously within an appropriate professional scope of practice.
- Experience of fitness-for-work, health screening, health surveillance or workplace medical assessment.
- Experience of health promotion and workforce wellbeing.
- Strong clinical documentation and case-management skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary environment.
Personal attributes
- Professional and approachable.
- Compassionate and people focused.
- Calm under pressure.
- An excellent communicator.
- Confident working independently.
- Highly organised with excellent clinical judgement.
- Committed to continuous professional development.
- Passionate about improving workforce health and wellbeing.
What we offer
- Opportunity to work on a world-scale major infrastructure project.
- A varied and rewarding clinical and occupational health role.
- Integration within an established Emergency Response Team.
- Ongoing professional development, training and competency support.
- A collaborative and supportive working environment.
- The opportunity to shape and influence workforce health and wellbeing across a complex operational environment.
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