About Me - Karen Shea (SheaOH)

I have worked in the Occupational Health and Safety arena for the last 20 years. These years have given me a great deal of experience, in areas of risk management, health surveillance, sickness absence and rehabilitation, training and all aspects of health and safety.

It is this experience that I would like to utilize to aid your companies.

Initially completing my Registered General Nurse training in 1986, I worked as a theatre scrub nurse for a few years before moving on to work for Slough Occupational Health service (that developed the UK first Group Occupational Health service)

 

Nursing and Midwifery Council

In 1996 I completed the Royal College of Nursing Diploma in Occupational Health; at this time I also undertook and gained an ENB research certificate. I have the status of a specialist practitioner in Occupational Health

Royal College of Nursing

Having completed many Occupational Health related courses, including

• Phlebotomy course
• Vital graph Spirometry Workshops Link Vitalograph (www.vitalograph.co.uk)
• SJK Scientifics Audiometry in Industry course
• SJK Scientifics Industrial noise monitoring Link SJK
• South bank university Industrial dust monitoring Link LSBU (www.lsbu.ac.uk)

Many aspects of my role in Occupational health involved imparting knowledge on a formal or individual basis, to enhance my ability I undertook and completed a City and Guilds adult teaching course

It was then time for a greater challenge so I undertook a master’s degree in health and safety at South Bank University and graduated in 2003. This gave me membership of the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety

London South Bank University

In 2007 I completed successfully the Health and Safety Executives Hand arm Vibration assessment course and passed the Faculty of Occupational Medicine examination

Health and Safety Laboratory

Faculty of Occupational Medicine

In 2008 I was admitted as a chartered member of the Institute of Occupational Health and safety

Institute of Occupational Healthy and Safety

In addition I act as a nurse mentor for students on the Occupational Health course at Brunel and Southbank universities, and occasionally teach on these courses also.

I am also a mentor for Association Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners for newly qualified Occupational Health nurses.

Association Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners