Senior Occupational Health Advisor

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Occupational Health Nurse Advisor to join our amazing team. If you would like to make a positive difference and work in an organisation which truly values its staff, this will interest you.

You will be leading a team of Occupational Health Nurses and involved in all aspects of the service, providing a high level comprehensive Occupational Health Service to our staff. This will include facilitating employee wellbeing through health screening, health assessment and health promotion, working as part of a cohesive occupational health team within a very busy environment.

The ideal candidate will be highly confident, have excellent communication skills, proficient IT skills and a flexible pro-active approach to work to be able to manage a varied and demanding workload.

We support agile working which enables our staff to physically choose a work setting where it is most suitable for them to complete their task.

The UHB supports and encourages agile working

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will be to

• Manage and provide professional leadership for the delivery of an effective high quality occupational health service for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and as required to external organisations.
• Provide professional leadership for all OH nursing staff and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Provide OH clinical leadership, ensuring the standard of evidence-based care delivered to staff is of the highest quality.
  • Contribute to strategic OH work, including attendance at key meetings representing OH eg Workforce and OD , Health and Safety, Strategic immunisation Group, Infection prevention and Control Committee and interdepartmentally take a lead for specific projects e.g Computer database superuser, Continual Professional Development lead, Mentorship for new OH staff
  • Demonstrate considerable initiative, work autonomously and establish relationships with service users and agencies and be a key player in the rapidly evolving OH service in line with current OH initiatives on multiple sites.
  • Provide departmental OH leadership undertaking all aspects of line management for the nursing team within their area.
  • Management of the clinical area including managing resource, maintaining a safe environment to implement high standards of OH services.
  • Monitor standards of OH service, client experience and safety through robust evaluation and implementation of appropriate action.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.