Bank Occupational Health Physician - Specialty Doctor

NHS; Ashington; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Bank Occupational Health Physician to provide leadership and medical assessments as part of its Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service. The role involves significant interaction with management and employees to promote health and reduce absence. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and NHS Occupational Health experience. Offers a competitive salary from £61,542 to £99,216 pro rata.

Qualifications

• Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience at Foundation level or equivalent.
• NHS Occupational Health experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team.
• Advise on medical assessment and fitness to work.
• Contribute to reducing sickness absence.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Medical assessment

Occupational Health experience

Education

MBBS (or equivalent)

MRCS (or equivalent)

Full registration with the GMC

BSc/BA Hons

FFOM or MFOM (or equivalent)

Job description

Bank Occupational Health Physician - Specialty Doctor

The closing date is 20 November 2025.

We are excited to offer an opportunity for highly motivated and ambitious individuals to join our Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service (OHWS) via the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Staff Bank at Specialty Doctor Grade.

This role is part of our ongoing efforts to expand clinical capacity and ensure timely, high-quality Occupational Health provision across the organisation.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The main duties and responsibilities of this post include:

• Make an effective contribution to reaching the Trust's vision and strategic objectives
• Provide clinical leadership to the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team, working alongside other Clinical Leads
• As part of holding a wide variety of clinical cases, you will be required to provide clear and timely advice to managers, employees and People & OD Services, including attendance and input at case conferences
• Provide advice to the organisation on medical assessment of new/existing employees in line with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, immunisations, statutory medical examinations and clinical assessments for fitness to work, including promotion of health and prevention of ill health
• Contribution to reduction of sickness absence/supporting people back into employment
• Provide guidance on trends and organisational risk factors

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full breakdown of the duties and requirements expected of the successfully appointed post holder.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS (or equivalent)
• MRCS (or equivalent)
• Hold full registration with the GMC
• BSc/BA Hons, Distinctions, Prizes at Undergrad or Postgrad Level. Primary FRCA or Equivalent
• FFOM or MFOM (or equivalent)

Experience

• Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis)
• Minimum of 2 years' experience at Foundation level or equivalent
• NHS OH experience
• Formal training in teaching, educational & clinical supervision and appraisal

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Details

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Date posted

11 November 2025

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

£61,542 to £99,216 a year pro rata per annum