Occupational Health Nurse

Occupational Health Nurse – Pre-Employment & Employee Screening Services

Location: Various locations across Cork
Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time (permanent)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and professional Occupational Health Nurse to join a well-established pre-employment and occupational health service. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality clinical assessments, immunisation programmes, health surveillance, and evidence-based guidance to support safe recruitment and workforce wellbeing.

This role is ideal for a nurse who is experienced, organised, and confident in autonomous practice within an occupational health or clinical assessment setting.

Key Responsibilities

Pre-Employment & Clinical Screening

• Provide a comprehensive pre-employment screening with occupational health needs assessment.
• Assess the fitness of employees returning to work following sickness absence and develop rehabilitation programmes to ensure duty of care.
• Advise line managers of verbally and in writing of programmes for return to work and amended working patterns
• Carry out Occupational Health screening following short- and long-term absence referral
• Carry out health surveillance and assessments based on risk assessments and in accordance with current legislation.
• Communicate with HR and Managers working to support the individual within flexibilities of service
• Monitors absence trends, and provide reports to highlighting opportunities for improvement in attendance
• Proactive approach case management and giving advice on individual rehabilitation and return to work plans
• Assessing and treating employees who are injured or become ill at work
• Giving health education and advice advising on health and safety issues.
• Maintaining and analysing employee health records and statistics developing and managing emergency procedures.
• You may be required to take blood samples for testing and administer vaccinations.
• Referrals to occupational health doctors for complex cases
• To be involved in sickness absence case management. Including return to work and rehabilitation programmes
• To attend meetings as required providing specialist advice to managers to assist with their decision making.
• Liaise with GP’s and community health services as required.
• To be knowledgeable of specific issues at work that could affect the health of employees and give appropriate advice
• Drop-in service for employees on-site
• Protection Act 1988 to 2018; The Freedom of Information Act 1997 (FOI) as amended by the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 and all other relevant legislation
• Flexibility to cover alternative shift patterns on occasion if required.
• Ability to analyse absence data and report trends
• Knowledge of eOpas Occupational Health Management Software

Essential Requirements

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) with active NMBI registration.
• Strong clinical decision-making and documentation skills.
• Excellent communication and the ability to work independently.
• Competent with IT systems and digital assessment tools.
• Clean driving license and access to a vehicle
• Registration with An Bord Altranais/ Nursing and Midwifery Board Ireland
• Postgraduate qualification in Occupational Health or equivalent
• Sound educational background including a good standard of numeracy and written English.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary dependent on experience and qualifications
• CPD and professional development support
• Monday-Friday hours (typical), with minimal or no shift work
• Opportunities for progression into senior OH roles

Why This Role?

• Support a safe and healthy workforce
• Work in a structured, well-supported environment
• Develop specialist skills in occupational health and clinical assessment
• Ideal for nurses seeking a move away from shift work or hospital rotations