Occupational Health Nurse Job Descriptions

Occupational health nurses aim to encourage better health and wellbeing in workers.
As an occupational health nurse, your main duties could include:
· carrying out pre-employment medicals
· assessing and treating employees who are injured or become ill at work
· providing counselling and support
· advising management on health and safety issues
· carrying out risk assessments
· training employees in first aid
· maintaining employee health records
· Developing and managing emergency procedures.

Key Skills
· good communication skills
· the ability to relate to people from a variety of backgrounds
· the ability to teach people (about health and safety issues, for instance)
· the authority to make sure instructions on heath and safety issues are carried out
· good powers of observation, with the ability to deal with health and safety risks as they arise
· the ability to remain calm and think clearly in an emergency
· the ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
· A responsible attitude to work.