Are you are a registered nurse looking for different career options?

This podcast from The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) discusses the fabulous specialty of occupational health nursing. It will give you ideas of how to explore this specialty, decide if it is for you and training options.

Anna Harrington speaks with Janet O'Neill about her years of experience as an OH nurse and why it has never been a more important role.

Links

Examples of careers in occupational health (OH) nursing https://www.som.org.uk/occupational-health-nurses

Mentoring scheme to support nurses and AHPs wishing to enter OH https://www.som.org.uk/sites/som.org.uk/files/Nurse_and_AHP_mentoring_Mar_23.pdf

The National School of Occupational Health (NSOH) has blogs from OH nurses, links to useful information and links to training providers https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/occupational-health/national-school-occupational-health

The Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing (FOHN) has information on an OH nurse career framework, quality and practice https://www.fohn.org.uk/

The SOM podcast is sponsored by Orchid Live - specialist occupational health software used by a number of SOM members to run every aspect of their occupational health operations. They hold healthcare records for over 1 million UK workers and work with both in-house OH teams and OH providers. You can find out more at OrchidLive.com.