Band 6 Occupational Health Advisor

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham is committed to building better healthier lives. Led by the Trusts Chief People Officer, our Occupational Health Service is the epicentre of a staff charter to ensure health and wellbeing.

As UHB continues to expand, our supporting departments also need growth to ensure our staff wellbeing commitment. Due to growth, we are excited to announce three Occupational Health Advisor vacancies to join our dedicated team with improving the quality of working life to our NHS and non-NHS clientele.

We are looking for Nurses with a working Occupational Health knowledge. You could already have extensive experience with management referrals or have experience with Occupational Health vaccination clinics and are preparing to make the next step up in your Occupational Health career.

With 22,000+ colleagues in our workforce, the Trust is built on the values of Kind, Connect and Bold. It is therefore essential that you too hold these values and show passion about promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of all employees together with a flexible, effective and high-quality OH Service.

In return you will not only join the UK largest NHS Trust, you will also receive a starting salary of 35,392 rising to 42,618, support with achieving NMC CPD requirements, a renowned NHS pension, 27 days leave rising with service, and more.

Please see the job description for details on whether your skills could fit this role. Feel free to contact us in confidence on 01213717170

Main duties of the job

As an Occupational Health Advisor you will work autonomously and also within a friendly and supportive team providing all aspects of Occupational Health Services. You will be expected to provide regular clinical supervision to junior staff and assist the department leads with governing a high quality and well-respected service.

The role encompasses a wide variety of duties including but not limited to: management referral clinics, health surveillance, and assessing fitness for work. As health promotion is integral to this role you will have excellent communication and IT skills, cultural awareness, empathy and a pro-active approach to managing a diverse and demanding workload.

Our Occupational Health Service team consists of two Consultant Occupational Physicians, an external Occupational Health Physician, Speciality Trainees, Occupational Health Specialist Drs, Occupational Psychiatrist, Counselling and Wellbeing Team, Lead OH Nurse, Occupational Health Advisors, Operational Manager, and Clinic Nurses all supported by an excellent Administrative Team.

You will be primarily based at one to two of UHB's four main Hospital sites, with a regular working pattern and occasional travel to cover other locations. Our team is committed to providing an inclusive work environment and we will consider requests for flexible working, job-sharing and hybrid working for the successful candidates.

To arrange an informal visit, please contact one of the Senior Advisors on 0121 371 7170.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1080984GB

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* RN-Adult branch.
* NMC Registered -- Level 1.
* OH Diploma/Degree or working towards this.

Experience

Essential

* Minimum 4 years post-registration experience 2 of which should have been in an OH setting.
* Knowledge of health risks to NHS staff and other service users.
* Have relevant up to date knowledge, training, and experience of undertaking the role of an occupational health advisor or undertaking training.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* RN-Adult branch.
* NMC Registered -- Level 1.
* OH Diploma/Degree or working towards this.

Experience

Essential

* Minimum 4 years post-registration experience 2 of which should have been in an OH setting.
* Knowledge of health risks to NHS staff and other service users.
* Have relevant up to date knowledge, training, and experience of undertaking the role of an occupational health advisor or undertaking training.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).