Bank Occupational Health Physician - Specialty Doctor

Job summary

We are excited to offer an opportunity for highly motivated and ambitious individuals to join our Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service (OHWS) via the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Staff Bank at Specialty Doctor Grade.

This role is part of our ongoing efforts to expand clinical capacity and ensure timely, high-quality Occupational Health provision across the organisation.

Please note we reserve the right the close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The main duties and responsibilities of this post include;

• Make an effective contribution to reaching the Trust's vision and strategic objectives
• Provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team, working alongside other Clinical Leads
• As part of holding a wide variety of clinical cases, you will be required to provide clear and timely advice to managers, employees and People & OD Services, including attendance and input at case conferences
• Provide advice to the organisation on medical assessment of new/existing employees in line with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, immunisations, statutory medical examinations and clinical assessments for fitness to work, including promotion of health and prevention of ill health
• Contribution to reduction of sickness absence/supporting people back into employment
• Provide guidance on trends and organisational risk factors

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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