Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing (Nurse) - Human ResourcesGrade 9

The University of Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Birmingham seeks an Occupational Health Service Leader to oversee the OH team and manage contracts, providing vital leadership and support across various projects. The successful candidate will possess a strong occupational health background and demonstrate leadership qualities, enhancing employee wellbeing through specialized services.

Benefits

40 days paid holiday a year

Occupational sick pay

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Recognised clinical professional qualification required.
• Extensive experience in occupational health practice needed.
• Good understanding of staff support essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Occupational Health Service and manage contracts.
• Oversee the OH team and support managers.
• Provide specialist advice and develop Wellbeing strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Health Surveillance

Counselling

Education

Diploma or Degree standard in Occupational Health

Postgraduate qualification in relevant area

Job description

Description

Position Details

Human Resources

Location: University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range 57422 to 66537 with potential progression once in post to 86760

Grade: 9

Full Time Permanent

Closing date: 26th May 2025

Our offer to you

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years andweare equally proud to be recognised as a leading global want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond support them to succeed and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here todevelopthrough our sectorleading Birmingham Professional programmewhichprovides allprofessionalservices staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full almost 5000professionalservices jobs in a widerange of functionsin Edgbaston andin our campus inDubai there are plenty of opportunities foryou to be able to develop yourcareer at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas innovation and warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we areand how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees andtothe success of the University and depending on the role we offer avarietyof flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible addition you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 dayspaid holidaya year one paid day a year for volunteering occupational sick pay and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus including main bus routes and a train station on campus we have a stateoftheart sports centre with pool shopsplaces to eat and drinkour own art gallery museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the Universityof Birmingham

Role Summary

The post holder will lead the service provision of the Occupational Health Service and has responsibility for the external OH Physician and Employee Assistance Programme contracts. The post holder reports to the Director of Employee Equality Inclusion and post holder is a member of the management team for the EDI and Wellbeing Team.

The post holder provides leadership to and management of the Occupational Health Service and works closely with the wider EDI team on cross functional projects across post holder is responsible for developing and coordinating the services to ensure a broad spectrum of support for staff that meets their particular needs supports managers and the institution and links to other service providers.

The post holder is responsible with the EDI and Wellbeing Director for developing and where appropriate implementing University strategy and post is the senior adviser to the University in this area and provides specialist advice and represents Wellbeing in policy review and formulation from other parts of HR and the University.

Main Duties

• Responsibility for developing and coordinating the services to ensure a broad and inclusive spectrum of support for staff that meets their particular needs supports managers and the institution and links to other service providers.
• To take responsibility for the line management of the OH team including guiding coaching and advising where with any performance issues and supporting the team to ensure objectives are met.
• To deputise for the EDI & Wellbeing Director as agreed and where appropriate.
• The post holder is the lead clinician in the Occupational Health Service.
• Designing delivering and advising on training as pertinent to Occupational Health and Wellbeing.
• Be responsible for professional standards in the service including confidentiality; ensuring that protocols and procedures relating to clinical work are developed and maintained and that robust administrative processes are in place to ensure that the service fully complies with published standards of good professional practice Data Protection legislation Health and Safety legislation etc.
• This role includes a clinical caseload in addition to Occupational Health Practitioner activities in particular includes assessing and advising on the more complex cases such as longterm or recurrent shortterm sickness absence or disability and other healthrelated issues taking the lead role in case conferences.
• Provide comprehensive specialist advice on the safe and effective management of occupational health issues to human resources line managers and staff.
• Acting as the main professional point of reference for colleagues throughout the University.
• Developing with others the Wellbeing Strategy and approach at the University and policy relevant to Wellbeing Services.
• Reporting to UHSEG HRSLT UEB and College Boards as required.
• Active participation in HEwide projects representing the University and other as appropriate.
• Acting as Secretary to the Occupational Health Advisory Group and a member of Hazardous Substances Advisory Group and Biological Hazards Advisory Group subcommittees of Environment University Health and Safety Executive Group (UHSEG).
• Coordinating the teams contributions to Universitywide policy by providing specialist occupational health advice on aspects of First Aid all aspects of preenrolment /placement health screening and immunisation policy.
• To contribute to the leadership and ongoing development of Occupational Health & Wellbeing in the context of HR by active participation and collaboration with senior colleagues in the EDI and Wellbeing team and more broadly in will include discussion and development of strategy policy and plans.
• Representing the teams and Director on University committees and other meetings.
• Responding to higher education initiatives drafting codes of practice proactively responding to changes in legislation and guidance or initiative.

Person Specification

Essential:

• Must have a recognised clinical professional qualification.
• Qualified to Diploma or Degree standard in Occupational Health.

Desirable:

• Postgraduate qualification in relevant area.
• Registered as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Occupational Health (SCPHN OH).

Experience

Essential:

• Ability to prioritise and to work under pressure to meet a range of diverse deadlines.
• Must have extensive experience in occupational health practice to include health surveillance and immunisation.
• Good understanding of staff support.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in higher education or in the Public Sector.
• Experience of managing an occupational health service.
• Experience in counselling or other support services.

OH and DBS required

The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice therefore all associated preemployment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Occupational Health and DBS clearance prior to appointment.

Informal enquiries to Monique Myers email:

View our staff values and behaviours here

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of University of Birmingham staff and that diversity in its many forms is a strength that underpins the exchange of ideas innovation and debate at the heart of University life. We are committed to proactively addressing the barriers experienced by some groups in our community and are proud to hold Athena SWAN Race Equality Charter and Disability Confident accreditations. We have an Equality Diversity and Inclusion Centre that focuses on continuously improving the University as a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We are also committed to sustainability which is a key part of our strategy. You can find out more about our work to create a fairer university for everyone on our website.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 57422 - 66537