Senior Fitness For Work Practitioner | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

MFT's Employee Health and Wellbeing (EHW) service provides specialist advisory services and support programmes to MFT employees and managers, as well as to a variety of external clients. The vision of the EHW Service is to provide efficient, highly professional and cost-effective services which meet the common and often complex occupational health challenges faced by our large and diverse workforce.

We are currently increasing our service delivery model which means that we are undergoing some exciting changes. We are looking for anOccupational Health Practitioneror Occupational Therapist/Mental Health Practitioner/MSK specialist with proven experience in Occupational Health to join our team!

Occupational medicine has been at the forefront of Employee Health and Wellbeing during the pandemic and here at MFT the EHW Service is part of a national trailblazing pilot in terms of developing that arena - Growing OH.

We are continuing to build our multidisciplinary team, not usually seen in occupational medicine, comprising of Senior Managers, Occupational Physicians, Fitness for Work Advisers, Clinic Nurses, Psychological Support Therapists, Mental Health Practitioners, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, EHW Physiotherapists and EHW Occupational Therapists. There are weekly MDT meetings to discuss complex cases to ensure all appropriate measures are taken.

Specialist staff pathways are currently being developed for long term condition management, menopause support and Long Covid. Working with other internal specialist teams e.g. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the Disability Support group we have created a staff wellbeing passport to empower staff and managers to have the confidence to make timely practical reasonable adjustments, enabling staff to remain well and in work. In conjunction with the Disability Forum, HR and other key stakeholders, the EHW service has also developed a reasonable adjustments toolkit and to support employees through their journey within MFT.

To support our case management (fitness for work) service, we are currently recruiting an experienced Senior Fitness For Work Advisor to support this service delivery and work alongside our expert colleagues in providing an EHW service to our highly skilled organisation. The candidate will be highly motivated and competent to carry out the full remit of the fitness for work assessment (Case manager/Fitness For Work role). They will be able to provide quality reports to management and be able to engage with all relevant stakeholders. There will be a requirement to engage with managers and Trust staff across the MFT sites to ensure understanding and to deliver support., Disability Confident
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MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide'that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.