Band 4 Occupational Health Advisor

Main area Occupational Health Advisor Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This role will cover all 5 sites) Job ref 391-RFL-8292702

Employer NLPSS Employer type NHS Site Royal Free London, however will need to work on satellite sites Town London Salary £34,186 - £37,389 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

Band 4 Occupational Health Advisor

NHS AfC: Band 4

We are a partnership of 10 north central London NHS trusts whose purpose is to deliver high quality and better value shared NHS corporate services at scale.

Launched on 1 December 2021 with transactional recruitment services, our experienced and knowledgeable team help staff across our network to access the information, systems and processes they need quickly and seamlessly, allowing staff to focus on the frontline and enabling the best use of NHS resources.

The NLPSS board is made up of executive-level representatives from each trust in the partnership who agree on an annual business plan which is executed by the managing director. Within this structure, individual services are accountable to the managing director, who reports to the board.

NLPSS is hosted by The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, acting as the legal entity, contracting authority and main employer of staff.

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The post holder will be expected to work as part of the OH administrative team, which is responsible for the effective operational running of the administration teams at all sites where the service operates.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a high quality, responsive, streamlined service to managers, employees, prospective candidates and all other service users accessing the service: such duties include:

• Data Entry (Both numeric and non-numeric) into various systems
• Ensuring that users of the service are provided an accurate and quality service.
• Ensuring that all administrative KPI’s are adhered to.
• Working within the policies and procedures; ensuring that audit requirements are met at all times
• Appropriate application of data protection rules.
• Assisting the occupational health and wellbeing service by delivering comprehensive administration support where needed.
• Assisting with the triaging and resolution of queries calls received through the agreed communication channels

The post-holder will use various systems including Opas Civica G2 Occupational health management system and a call system to ensure that all communications are recorded and dealt with in timely manner.

Working for our organisation

North London Partners Shared Services is an innovative new NHS business unit dedicated to providing our corporate services at scale across London. A partnership of 8 Trusts, our vision is to redefine our corporate services around the user experience, using technology to support innovation in service delivery. Our simple vision is to deliver an ‘excellent patient care through an outstanding employee experience’ and we need the most innovative, creative and caring people from outside and inside the NHS to deliver our mission.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at North London Partners Shared Services.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to A level or equivalent experience

Experience

• Relevant and significant clerical/ administrative experience in a busy environment
• Experience of working within in a team
• Knowledge of employment legislation.
• Experience of working in a customer focused environment
• Experience of managing a varied workload, often under pressure
• Experience of working within an NHS organisation or public sector

Skills

• Computer literate and experienced using all MS Office packages including but not limited to word, excel, and Microsoft Teams
• Demonstrates understanding of the confidential nature of working in OH
• Demonstrate the skills to continually improve the service
• Attention to detail – ability to identify where inconsistency or inappropriate data has been entered
• High level of organisation skills and ability to manage allocation of workload across individuals and sites – manage potential risks

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under the UKVI points based system .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Anne Ormiston Job title Service Manager Email address anne.ormiston@nhs.net

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Address RFL
Telephone If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060