Occupational Health Nurse

We’re not just an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction that’s home to 20,000 incredible animals inside 128 acres of stunning gardens. We’re not just the UK’s most popular zoo. We’re a major wildlife charity that’s committed to the recovery of endangered species, globally. And, as the world faces an extinction crisis, we’re making a hugely significant contribution to conservation at a time when it’s needed most. We are Chester Zoo, and we prevent extinction.

The Role

We now have an exciting new role for an outstanding Occupational Health Nurse Reporting to the Head of people and culture, with the support of the Executive, Senior Management team and Board of Trustees, you’ll provide a professional, in-house occupational health service to our employees and interns.

We’re looking for someone who can:

• Assist the Occupational Health Advisor (OHA) to undertake occupational health (OH) policy and procedures to ensure they meet legislation and Department of Health recommendations reflecting standards of best practice.
• Provide timely and regular health surveillance in accordance with current legislation. To liaise with the OHA, Health, and Safety team, and if required, the employees’ GP.
• Support the OHA in the design and delivery of health promotion initiatives under the wider banner of wellbeing.
• Support the OHA with defined projects as agreed with the OHA to support the delivery of a proactive occupational response (for example, Zoonotic disease risk management).
• Focus on your own personal development, maintaining a good understanding of current OH trends, keeping up to date with industry information with a focus on your continuous professional development
• Keeping accurate and confidential Occupational health records in line with GDPR and Data protection.

The Package

• Permanent contract
• 16 Hours per week
• Salary of £11608.48
• 33 days annual leave
• Staff pass so you can visit the zoo during your time off, plus multiple complimentary tickets for your friends and family
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare plan and employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounts on cinema tickets, restaurants, high street shops and more via Perks
• Pension scheme with generous employer contributions up to 9%

Our Requirements

• Be a registered nurse with NMC Part 1.
• Have an up-to-date knowledge base of professional and specialist issues.
• Have a good standard of numeracy and written English.
• Be accountable, confident, and assertive with a grounded approach to practice.
• Able to work flexibly and independently, with minimum supervision.
• Be proactive, with the ability to manage own time and workload to meet service needs and deadlines
• Have good interpersonal and communication skills, written and oral.
• Enjoy working collaboratively as part of a wider team.
• Be a competent user of Microsoft Office
• Be willing to undertake relevant training.
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality. Demonstrates respect for others and has tact, empathy and diplomacy when dealing with employees/interns.

Although not essential, the following would be desirable:

• An OH qualification and being fully trained in occupational testing (e.g. audiometry, spirometry) would be an advantage, as would knowledge/experience of working in public health environments.

What makes Chester Zoo a great place to work?

Well, where do we start? Here goes…

We’re a huge team of conservationists, scientists, educators, animal welfare experts, marketeers, visitor experience professionals, environmental policy influencers; the list goes on. Each and every one of us is on a mission to make Chester Zoo the best in the world, and our planet a better place.

As the UK’s biggest and best zoo, we have ambitious goals, exciting plans, and there’s always lots going on here. We’re an inclusive and diverse organisation, made up of nearly 500 permanent and 500 seasonal team members, and we know how important it is to invest in our colleagues to help boost their career development. We have ambitious goals, and we want you to be with us for the long term on our exciting journey.

Our working environment could not be more different from a typical office – where else can you see critically endangered orangutans from your office window, or stroll among rare giraffes and tigers on your lunch break?