Occupational Health Advisor inNelson inNelson PUBLISHED 13 MAY 2024

Overview



Reference

WJFRP82102


Salary

Competitive Salary


Job Location

- United Kingdom -- England -- North West England -- Lancashire -- Nelson


Job Type

Permanent


Posted

13 May 2024


About the role


This is a fantastic opportunity for a self-motivated and organised Occupational Health Advisor with excellent communication skills to join the People team. Reporting to the HR Business Partner, you will be responsible for planning, developing and delivering the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service to the business, to improve attendance and offer improved wellbeing for colleagues, ensuring full compliance to Health and Safety regulations. Please note that this is a part-time role (expected to be 25.5 huors per week but open to discussion regarding working hours).

Please note that the Occupational Health Advisor will be required to maintain a presence across all sites and shift patterns.


What you will do:

• Provide professional and timely advice to managers, the People team and the Health and Safety team to assist their management of absence and ill-health and to increase productivity and reduce sickness absence.
• Deliver expert case management services, producing professional, comprehensive evidence-based reports concerning sickness absence, fitness for work, and other OH-related advice.
• Produce an update report on all cases as determined by the agreed KPI specification.
• Conduct workplace assessments and implement and workplace adjustments where required.
• Implement and coordinate role-appropriate risk-based employee health surveillance screenings, vaccination, and health surveillance programmes in accordance with health and safety legislation.
• Assess the outcomes of medicals and health surveillance, ensuring accurate fitness advice is given and escalating when clinically necessary.
• Carry out pre-employment health screening to ensure fitness for work, adhering to best practice standards, policies and protocols.
• Advise managers regarding reasonable adjustments for new starters as appropriate.
• Coordinate and implement health promotion initiatives across all sites.

What you will need:

• Qualified or Registered Nurse with a valid NMC PIN
• Formal Occupational Health Qualification Level 6 Diploma / Degree with proven experience in Occupational Health
• Comfortable with Word and basic Excel and Powerpoint
• Awareness of relevant Health & Safety & Employment legislation and able to practically apply this within Occupational Health i.e health surveillance requirements, Equality act etc.
• Ability to establish and maintain sound working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Good organisation with ability to work flexibly to achieve required presence across all sites and shift patterns.