Occupational Health Advisor - Essex

Job Location: Essex, UK

Job Location Type: Hybrid

Job Contract Type: Full-time

Contract: Permanent, Part-time and full-time hours available

Salary: Up to £43,000 per annum, depending on experience

As an Occupational Health Advisor at Medigold Health, you’ll play a key role in supporting our clients to create healthier, safer working environments for their people. You’ll deliver a full range of clinical services, including case management, fitness-for-work assessments, health surveillance, vaccinations and phlebotomy. You’ll be confident providing clear, practical guidance that supports both employers and employees, drawing on your professional judgement and up-to-date clinical knowledge. You’ll work both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team, providing practical, evidence-based advice to help reduce absence, support return-to-work plans, and promote a healthy working environment.

If you’re an experienced OHA who’s confident managing a varied clinical caseload and looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Main Objectives

• Practice within the scope of the NMC professional practice and Code of Conduct and work according to qualification, experience and competency.
• Ensure clinical standards of best practice are followed and company policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Fully utilise company IT systems in the performance of duties.
• Undertake health surveillance/medicals/health promotion activities as required.
• Deliver the Occupational Health Service to Medigold clients and ensure that the provision of occupational health advice is at all times of the highest standard.
• Undertake clinical supervision/peer audit in relation to case management.
• Act as an ambassador and promote the Occupational Health services available.

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide professional occupational health case management advice for our clients expediting an early return to work for absent employees.
• Maintain appropriate advice on health issues, health promotion and health education to employers and employees.
• Work autonomously and as part of the Medigold Health multi-disciplinary team to ensure a satisfactory level of service is provided to all clients and their employees, achieving current service level agreements.
• Undertake health surveillance, including vaccinations and phlebotomy as required.
• Practice within the scope of the NMC professional practice and Code of Conduct and work according to qualification, experience and competency.
• Ensure CPD and other training needs are undertaken to ensure compliance with NMC requirement for continuing registration, maintaining evidence in support of revalidation.
• Be familiar with the requirements of all appropriate client contracts and Aide Memoirs.
• Maintain, store and handle medical records in accordance with Medigold‑Health Data Protection Policy and GDPR requirements, preserving client and employee confidentiality.
• Liaise with other service teams regarding client and patient queries.
• Complete all clinical administration in accordance with Medigold‑Health policies and procedures, ensuring activities are completed within agreed timescales and service level agreements.
• Participate in clinical audit activities as required.

Requirements for this role

• Nursing qualification.
• Occupational Health degree/diploma.
• NMC registration.
• Demonstrable equivalent experience within Occupational Health departments.
• Experience of attending, presenting, and hosting client Wellness and health promotion days.
• Trained to undertake all clinical services including health surveillance, fitness‑to‑work medicals, vaccinations and phlebotomy.
• Experience with case management activities and undertaking complex referrals.

Our Company Benefits

• 31 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, increasing with length of service.
• Pension scheme.
• Paid professional memberships and indemnity insurance.
• Access to company benefits and discount portal.
• Access to a health cash plan.
• Free eye care vouchers.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Access to confidential employee assistance programme.
• Interactive mental health and wellbeing app.