Occupational Health Advisor in Reading

This is a great opportunity to join the Thames Water Occupational Health & Wellbeing team to manage increasing service demands and ensure the occupational health service delivery can develop further to meet business needs. This is predominantly a field-based role where you will be required to travel to several of our operational sites in and around the Reading and Thames Valley area, focusing especially on staff at site offices and corporate buildings. This is a key role in our organisation where our aim is to provide occupational health best practice and make a measurable difference to the health of our employees.

What you’ll be doing as an Occupational Health Advisor:

• Providing professional and timely advice to HR managers and supervisors to assist their management of absence.
• Participating in case conferences with managers/supervisors as appropriate, including regular meetings with HR and management, and educating managers on proactive ways of reducing sickness absence.
• Liaising with the Occupational Health doctor as appropriate, and consulting with other professionals when required.
• Conducting health screening and health surveillance medicals and utilising opportunities to provide individual health advice and health promotion.
• Carrying out risk assessments (DSE, Pregnant worker and musculoskeletal).
• Participating in the planning and delivery of health promotion and education initiatives at both a local and organisational level.
• Complying with NMC guidelines on professional issues and clinical supervision.
• Maintaining accurate statistics for reporting monthly activity to identify areas of improvement and meet agreed Key Performance Indicators.
• Understanding the implications of current relevant government health and safety employment legislation and approved codes of practice, and advising on practical implementation.
• Responding professionally to all people who may have dealings with Occupational Health.

Base location: Reading – Hybrid, with travel around London. Working pattern: 36 Hours – Can be done over 4/5 days.

What you should bring to the role:

• You must be a registered Nurse with a Degree or Diploma in Occupational Health – preferably the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification in OH.
• Occupational Health qualification recorded on part 3 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register.
• Highly motivated, able to work autonomously and as part of a team within a commercial environment.
• Good clinical knowledge and experience of case management, health screening/surveillance (including audiometry and spirometry) & undertaking health risk assessments.
• A sound knowledge of relevant legislation, regulatory and operational requirements.
• Personable with excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to build relationships within all areas of the business.
• Can work on own initiative and manage own time.
• Competent in Microsoft packages; ideally familiar with clinical databases such as the Cohort software system.

What’s in it for you:

• Competitive salary from £50,000 to £55,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Annual Leave – 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays).
• Car allowance.
• Performance‑related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to benefits to support health, wellbeing and finances, including annual health MOTs, access to physiotherapy and counselling, Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

We welcome applications from all candidates and are an equal‑opportunity employer.