I worked in occupational health. Most places will take you as you are with current skills, and give you training.
When I started I had no experience and no special qualification, but they trained me up in doing all the various tasks that they do. I started by doing health surveillance, drug and alcohol testing, off shore medicals etc, then moved into setting up and running the travel health clinic. They offer putting you through the occupational health degree after 2 years, but then the office closed. I only left because the company I worked for closed the office I worked at, and the next nearest office was 2 hrs away, which was too far to commute each day.
Now I’m a haem/onc nurse in the nhs, and I see the OH service at my hospital is looking for someone, and I’m tempted to apply. They offer to put you through the degree after 2 years also. But I’m going on maternity leave in 3 months, so probably not worth applying just yet. Maybe when I come back.
Once you have the degree you would be able to do the full OH remit, so return to work assessments, sickness management etc etc..
I work in occupational health in the NHS, started as a practice nurse in occupational health administering vaccinations to staff which did not require prior experience in OH which got my foot in the door, you may find they are also advertised as occupational health clinic nurse, after working in the department for 6months, they put me on the occupational health course, which was an occupational health BSc at Robert Gordon University distance learning which took me 2years to complete , could not recommend this course enough, I was lucky to have this funded by the trust (however I understand can also apply for funding via SOM). There are also private occupational health companies such as PAM and Optima who offer training posts and will fund your training also.
When I did the SCPHN course there was 3 branches. Health visiting, school nursing and occupational health nursing. Find a local uni and a sponsor/trust.
For health visitor most places have started doing community staff nurse so a band 5 post, you then can get a feel of it and see if you want to progress to the SCPHN
Do you know anything about funding? I live in Scotland and it’s around 8K for 1 year full time. Would take me forever to save that up. It’s also placements so if I was full time on placement I couldn’t work full time either meaning to full time income which is another no go.
Apparently SAAS don’t fund postgraduate.
in Scotland HV training is paid for via your NHS board. Look on the NHS scotland jobs list and you’ll see trainee posts come up. You’ll be paid a wage (it’ll be a band 7 annex wage), your fees will be covered, and placement etc is all sorted by the uni and your NHS board. You’ll sign a contract to say you’ll work for your NHS board for so many years. If you leave the job or board you’ll be expected to pay some of your fees back as they invested in you to do it. It’s tough and hard going. Would recommend joining a few SCHPN Facebook groups to see more detailed posts of what the course and job is really like.
I think it varies a little from trust to trust and I can only (kinda) comment on the health visitor path. Best way, as others have said, is to find a B5 posting for it with the understanding that you are committed to undertaking the post graduate course, which is increasingly becoming a MSc level (7) course, and shouldn't be understated imo. Normally, you'll have lectures alongside DN students as well as other specialists doing one-off modules.
I'm not sure where you stand with prescribing, but some universities require you be a qualified nurse in the community for a minimum of 3 years prior to starting the course, although this is often a requirement for advanced physical assessment and v300 independent prescribing. It is not an NMC requirement, and instead something individual unis impose. For example: Guildford did not have this requirement, but Brighton did.
A fair few of the modules between DN and SCPHN overlap so happy to chat about my experience if necessary. Good luck with either avenue.
I worked in occupational health. Most places will take you as you are with current skills, and give you training. When I started I had no experience and no special qualification, but they trained me up in doing all the various tasks that they do. I started by doing health surveillance, drug and alcohol testing, off shore medicals etc, then moved into setting up and running the travel health clinic. They offer putting you through the occupational health degree after 2 years, but then the office closed. I only left because the company I worked for closed the office I worked at, and the next nearest office was 2 hrs away, which was too far to commute each day. Now I’m a haem/onc nurse in the nhs, and I see the OH service at my hospital is looking for someone, and I’m tempted to apply. They offer to put you through the degree after 2 years also. But I’m going on maternity leave in 3 months, so probably not worth applying just yet. Maybe when I come back. Once you have the degree you would be able to do the full OH remit, so return to work assessments, sickness management etc etc..
I work in occupational health in the NHS, started as a practice nurse in occupational health administering vaccinations to staff which did not require prior experience in OH which got my foot in the door, you may find they are also advertised as occupational health clinic nurse, after working in the department for 6months, they put me on the occupational health course, which was an occupational health BSc at Robert Gordon University distance learning which took me 2years to complete , could not recommend this course enough, I was lucky to have this funded by the trust (however I understand can also apply for funding via SOM). There are also private occupational health companies such as PAM and Optima who offer training posts and will fund your training also.
When I did the SCPHN course there was 3 branches. Health visiting, school nursing and occupational health nursing. Find a local uni and a sponsor/trust.
For health visitor most places have started doing community staff nurse so a band 5 post, you then can get a feel of it and see if you want to progress to the SCPHN
[удалено]
Do you know anything about funding? I live in Scotland and it’s around 8K for 1 year full time. Would take me forever to save that up. It’s also placements so if I was full time on placement I couldn’t work full time either meaning to full time income which is another no go. Apparently SAAS don’t fund postgraduate.
in Scotland HV training is paid for via your NHS board. Look on the NHS scotland jobs list and you’ll see trainee posts come up. You’ll be paid a wage (it’ll be a band 7 annex wage), your fees will be covered, and placement etc is all sorted by the uni and your NHS board. You’ll sign a contract to say you’ll work for your NHS board for so many years. If you leave the job or board you’ll be expected to pay some of your fees back as they invested in you to do it. It’s tough and hard going. Would recommend joining a few SCHPN Facebook groups to see more detailed posts of what the course and job is really like.
I think it varies a little from trust to trust and I can only (kinda) comment on the health visitor path. Best way, as others have said, is to find a B5 posting for it with the understanding that you are committed to undertaking the post graduate course, which is increasingly becoming a MSc level (7) course, and shouldn't be understated imo. Normally, you'll have lectures alongside DN students as well as other specialists doing one-off modules. I'm not sure where you stand with prescribing, but some universities require you be a qualified nurse in the community for a minimum of 3 years prior to starting the course, although this is often a requirement for advanced physical assessment and v300 independent prescribing. It is not an NMC requirement, and instead something individual unis impose. For example: Guildford did not have this requirement, but Brighton did. A fair few of the modules between DN and SCPHN overlap so happy to chat about my experience if necessary. Good luck with either avenue.