Position: Senior Occupational Health Advisor
Salary: £45,000 – £48,500
Location: Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire
Job Type: Full time
To lead the Occupational Health Unit’s day-to-day operational and clinical services, providing senior clinical leadership, management, and supervision. The role will also deliver expert occupational health advice and guidance across the wider organisation.
Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the delivery of the Occupational Health service, ensuring effective provision of management referrals, pre-employment assessments, periodic medicals, role‑specific health surveillance, and statutory medical assessments, including asbestos medicals. Arrange referrals to external providers when required.
- Provide specialist occupational health advice and guidance to managers, HR, employees, and other stakeholders on fitness for work, sickness absence, workplace adjustments, rehabilitation, and complex cases. Support case discussions to ensure timely and appropriate outcomes.
- Ensure good clinical governance and professional standards through the development and review of Occupational Health policies, procedures, audits, and service improvements. Maintain compliance with legal, ethical, confidentiality, and data protection requirements, acting as the Occupational Health Data Controller.
- Manage and support the Occupational Health team through effective leadership, clinical supervision, guidance, and staff development. Oversee the daily running of the Occupational Health Unit, including referral triage, workload management, and ensuring cases are handled by the appropriate team member within agreed timescales.
- Work with the wider Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing team and key stakeholders to develop and deliver health promotion and wellbeing initiatives that support employee health and wellbeing.
- Review occupational health data and service activity to identify trends, monitor performance, and support service development. Produce reports, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and oversee external occupational health contracts to ensure effective service delivery.
Experience
- Significant post‑registration experience in occupational health nursing within a large or complex organisation.
- Experience of leading and managing the day‑to‑day delivery of an Occupational Health service.
- Experience using an occupational health system, including managing referrals, health questionnaires, appointments, clinical records, and reports.
- Experience of delivering service improvements and managing projects.
- Experience of supervising, supporting, and developing staff.
- Experience of advising on sickness absence management, rehabilitation, and complex employee cases.
- Experience of analysing occupational health data, identifying trends, monitoring performance, and using information to improve services.
- Experience of delivering occupational health services within a public sector or similarly complex organisation.
