Events

Occupational Health and wellbeing for University staff

Reporting findings of the 4th national survey of the HE sector. There is evidence that wellbeing in the university sector is poor and the support available in institutions is varied and fragmented. There is quite rightly a focus on improving student wellbeing, but little attention is given to the needs of staff. We recommend there should be a formal requirement for universities to report their investment in staff health and wellbeing – this could encompass OH spend, stress management training, return to work support etc. as well as investment in risk assessments such as stress and wellbeing audits. Guidance could be provided on developing a multi-level wellbeing strategy with staff involvement, intervention planning and implementation and review. Given the reliance on league tables in the sector, should the spend on staff wellbeing be a criterion? 

Chair – Nicola Neath. Chair, Mental health sub group – Council for Work and Health

Speaker - Dr. Gail Kinman, CPsychol FBPsS FAcSS FHEA Visiting Professor of Occupational Health Psychology

Discussion (tbc) with Dr Ali Hashtroudi

How to develop a health and wellbeing strategy that takes the needs of all types of staff into account.

-  What is good practice and effective interventions e.g. in terms of a multilevel approach taking a primary, secondary and tertiary approach?

-  What is the role of HR/Occupational Health/EAP?

-  Is flexibility and collegiality enough to help staff meet the huge demands they face?

-  How can those on zero hours contracts be supported?

-  Have HEIs have spent more time and effort keeping students happy than worrying about their staff?

-  What are the barriers to access mental health services?

-  What are policies that need to be put in place constructively and the process to put in place when things are not OK.

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Occupational Health Nursing

A keynote webinar with the Queen’s Nursing Institute CEO

A webinar hosted by SOM – Nov 17th 12-1pm

Chair – Professor Anne Harriss

How does occupational health nursing form part of the family of nurses who work in community?

OH nurses have advocated for health professionals over the pandemic e.g. about PPE in Care Homes

What can we learn from each other e.g. the impact of Long Covid on the health of the workforce?

Crystal will also cover the role and future of QNI, the QNI review and action plan on Race, Equality and Inclusivity; increasing the representation of BAME nurses with the title of Queen’s Nurse as an example of one action; allyship, career champions, and how being a QN opens doors; and, other ways that QNI is addressing diversity and inclusion.

Supporting Nurses to tell their stories – through our work with Suzanne Gordon and the importance of being able to share with the public the impact we make on the health of communities - to influence policy.

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Dr Crystal Oldman CBE is Chief Executive of the Queen’s Nursing Institute.  Crystal qualified as a nurse at UCH, London. Crystal also spent 18 years in Higher Education, where her role as Dean included the development of evidence based practice within the integrated community nursing, primary and social care workforce. Crystal’s interest in leadership and management inspired her doctoral studies. Crystal is a Governing Body Nurse with Buckinghamshire CCG. In 2017, Crystal was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to community nursing and her leadership of the QNI. Crystal is an Honorary Professor at LSBU.

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Workplace drug and alcohol issues are becoming an increasing demand on Occupational Health Teams. 

Within health and safety it is best practice for every company to have a Drug and Alcohol Policy however they vary considerably between industry and organisations. Procedures associated with the policy need to be practical and balanced in approach, enabling implementation and compliance.

Delegates will see from the programme that Helen Vangikar has developed four courses to equip Occupational Health Teams with knowledge to confidently tackle issues raised, ranging from policy content, is testing appropriate?, collections and report interpretation and quality standards.

These courses are suitable for healthcare professionals and allied professionals such as health & safety and human resources.

CPD Attendance Certificates will be issued to delegates.

MRO1 and MRO2 have CPD accreditation from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.

For more information please email: helen@helenvangikar.com or visit www.helenvangikar.com/training. 

Venues and dates available throughout 2021:

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