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Following my (hopefully) successful completeion of an MSc in Occupational Psyhciatry and Psychology I was aiming for Occupational Mental and Health Nurse Consultant But it wont fit on a badge... Susan Gorton | OH Nurse Manager | Occupational Health Department | Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Level 3, Ormond House, 26-27 Boswell St., London WC1N 3JZ |020 7405 9200 Ext 0247 | DD to OHD 020 78138554 | Direct Fax 020 78138355 | Mobile 07833294568 Please be advised that all e-mail communication relevant to assisting in the management of the OH process will be printed and entered into the individual's OH file or copied and added as an electronic note on their electronic OH record. This may therefore be disclosed under the Data Protection Act (1998). find us on: shop: -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] Sent: 12 September 2012 11:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] OHT to OHA? Hello Dave The term OHA is not a protected title so anyone can call themselves OHA. So in short a technician can call themselves what they like. Some OH Nurses erroneously believe that styling themselves OHA indicates a more senior position, perhaps that they are SCPHN registered. It doesn't. A technician cannot call themselves a registered nurse if they are not registered with the NMC so in my opinion OH Nurse indicates a particular level of professional standing. The downside is that some practitioners have experienced that having Nurse in their job title leads to certain perceptions amongst clients and management. Some believe that it was a lost opportunity that the NMC did not include OH in the registration for OH Nurses thus: RSCPHN-OH. I did raise that with Dickon Weir-Hughes when he was Chief-Exec of the NMC when I met with him a few years ago. The answer of the NMC was that it would complicate matters when the register was opened up to other public health practitioners and other specialist nurses (eg ITU) may want something similar. Anne Anne Harriss Course Director London South Bank University On 12/09/2012 10:00, "dave barnard" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi group, > Someone asked me today how an OHT could 'convert' to an OHA. I didn't > have a clue! Does anyone know? > > ******************************** > 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 ******************************** 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 ********************************************************************************************************* This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation. ********************************************************************************************************* ******************************** 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