Join the CLOHNG group, Send your cv and a covering letter speculatively to a range of OH services, particularly the NHS. There are so many OH agencies in London and South East. Have a look at Occupational Health held by the RCN library. Recruiters frequently advertise posts on this site keep your eyes open for them and think how you can sell your skills to there best effect. Good luck Anne On 30/9/08 21:04, "SUBSCRIBE OCC-HEALTH E T Chiwi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > East london is where I live. I can work anywhere in Greater London and some > parts of Essex and Kent. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:33 > Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Work Placement > > Hello Esther > This demonstrates your interest in OH to me. Keep at it - you will get > there in the end! Its a bit of a chicken and egg situation - the > qualification is often needed to get a job and you need the experience to > get the qualification. > > Have you registered with all the OH agencies? Join your local OH group - > the CLOHNG group in London is a start - you may hear of jobs through that. > Send your cv speculatively to OH services in your locality. > > Where do you live??? > > Anne > > > On 30/9/08 11:05, "SUBSCRIBE OCC-HEALTH E T Chiwi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > Hello Anne, >> > >> > Many thanks for all the useful information and advice you have given, Anne. >> > I want be an OH nurse so much that at the moment financial gain is not in >> my >> > list as I am more than willing to even work as a volunteer ( if such is >> > allowed), >> > just so that I can gain experience working in the specialty I have a >> passion >> > for. I have taken an initiative to get myself started by doing a >> certificate >> > course in health and safety (NEBOSH), just so I can have basic knowledge in >> > health and safety issues. I am also doing Travel Medicine, a short course >> > provided on-line, which has provided me with more knowledge and >> > understanding of the international vaccination requirements and the UK >> > immunisation/ vaccination system (the Green Book). I have also done the >> > spirometry course, and have apparently been looking in the wrong places for >> > the other courses i.e. audiometry and eye test, because if I was looking in >> > the >> > right places I would have done them by now, therefore the information you >> > have provided me with will be useful. >> > I am looking forward to joining some OH department team and provide my >> > services while I also learn from them. >> > >> > Thank you once again. >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Esther Chiwi >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Please remove this footer before replying. >> > >> > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: >> > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html >> > >> > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: >> > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH >> > >> > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS >> > http://OHJobs.drmaze.net >> > >> > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION >> > http://www.aohne.org.uk >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS > http://OHJobs.drmaze.net > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION > http://www.aohne.org.uk > > AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. > Sign up <http://info.aol.co.uk/email1> for a free AOL Email account with > unlimited storage today. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk