occupational health advisor

We have a great opportunity for a Band 7 senior Occupational Health Advisor to join us at the Employee wellbeing Service at Barts Health. You will be working with an established, friendly team that offers an innovative model to preventative health for all Barts staff. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team of occupational health specialists.

• Work flexibly remotely and occasionally onsite
• You will have the opportunity to undertake clinics (consulting with staff on their new roles and ensuring that they have the correct immunisations requirements).
• Providing immunisations
• Phlebotomy
• Monitoring of blood borne virus'
• Complete Health surveillance. Training or updates can be provided
• Be a case manager for management referrals, including complex dependent on experience. Current model if for no more than 6 management referrals per day
• Take part in peer audit with regular access to teaching from experienced OHAs
• Have access to clinical supervision and a multi-disciplinary team
• To provide line management responsibilities to a small group of occupational health staff.
Main duties of the job To participate in an efficient, effective, comprehensive, high quality Occupational Health service using evidence based Occupational Health. To provide Occupational Health Advisors services including the full remit of occupational health needs. The role will predominately be focused on case management of management referrals, with an emphasis on providing quality, evidence-based reports to allow managers to provide support to staff with reasonable adjustments. The post holder will ensure a proactive comprehensive service is provided and delivered to the highest standard and support the delivery to Barts Health NHS Trust and associated external contracts. The post holder is also required to work with other occupational health advisors, to implement and monitor policies, standards and guidelines within the Barts Health NHS Trust service.To provide line management responsibilities to a small group of occupational health staff. The Specialist Practitioners are required to act as a professional leader to the team and to encourage and maintain a supportive and learning environment, where there is a focus on lifelong learning and reflective practice. The senior occupational health advisor will have line management responsibilities for the occupational health advisors. They will also deal with the complex management referrals.


• Relevant experience in occupational health experience post OH qualification or equivalent.
• Health care setting, audit and use of evidence based practice.
• Sickness absence/return to work assessments.
• Experience of managing people
• Supervising, teaching and mentorship skills.
Desirable
• Management or leadership qualification
Experience Essential
• Experience in writing reports and collating statistics using excel
• Leadership and influencing skills
• Proven ability to deal effectively with difficult and sensitive issues
• Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good skills in dispute resolution
Desirable
• Previous line management experience
Knowledge Essential
• Microsoft word and power point Microsoft Excel
• Current OH issues within the NHS
• Health and Safety legislation
Desirable
• People Management Processes
Skills Essential
• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Occupational Health
• Certificate/Diploma/BSc or equivalent
• Management qualification
• Evidence of OH post qualification study at BSc/MSc level
• Effective communication for people management
Desirable
• Spirometery Qualification
• Audiology Qualification
  
  Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment. We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.