Senior Occupational Health AdvisorNHS

Job summary

**Interviews will be held w/c 21st September**

Due to the retirement of the current postholder an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Specialist Occupational Health Practitioner to join the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service at Harrogate & District Foundation Trust.

The Trust provides services to all staff based on the Harrogate hospital site, as well as to a wide range of community services across an expanding Trust footprint.

We are looking for an experienced Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health; with excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making skills, who is flexible and can work 4 days a week, both on site, and remotely as service need requires.

Main duties of the job

You will be able to deliver evidence-based occupational health services to all Trust employees and contracted services, whilst providing clinical leadership, professional support and education across the Occupational Health Service, whilst ensuring compliance with responsibilities associated with Health & Safety legislation and maximising and promoting the health of all employees. The ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and build effective working relationships, whilst demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and high standards of care is essential.

Working autonomously within your scope of professional practice, as a senior nurse within the team you will manage a varied and complex clinical caseload, providing specialist occupational health assessments, management referral consultations, health surveillance, immunisation programmes; which meet the vaccination and immunisation framework and fitness for work advice, whilst supporting staff health, safety & wellbeing. Ultimately, contributing to the development of high-quality, safe and effective services that supports clinical governance, workforce development and quality improvement.

Job description

For a full list of duties and responsibilities of this role, please see the job description and person specification attached.

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trustdoes notoffer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.