Occupational Health Advisor

TN United Kingdom; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking organization is seeking an Occupational Health Advisor to join their dynamic team. This role offers a blend of remote and onsite work, providing an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-quality occupational health service. As part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will engage in health surveillance, fitness assessments, and wellness campaigns. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, NMC registration, and experience in occupational health nursing. Join a team recognized for excellence in health and wellbeing, and help shape the future of employee health initiatives.

Benefits

On the job support and development

Learning about unique business

Supportive multidisciplinary team

Qualifications

• NMC Registered General Nurse with broad OH nursing experience.
• Evidence of appropriate training and career progression in OH.

Responsibilities

• Deliver health surveillance, pre-employment assessments, and fitness assessments.
• Collaborate with HR and Health & Safety colleagues for effective service delivery.

Skills

Registered General Nurse (RGN)

Occupational Health experience

NMC Registration

Phlebotomy skills

Spirometry and audiometry

ECG skills

Excellent IT skills

Strong communication skills

Self-starter

Education

NMC Registered General Nurse

Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner (SCPHN)

Tools

OH data management system

Job description

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World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit an Occupational Health Advisor (can be full time or part-time) subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. The role is a hybrid role of working from home and onsite. Your base site can either be from the companies Bristol, Stevenage or Bolton office.

Key experience include;

• RGN - Registered General Nurse
• NMC Registered
• Occupational Health experience

Monday to Friday core hours 9.00am - 4.00pm but there is some flexibility on this (Full time could accommodate 2 days working from home).

Also open to part time would have to be 3 days minimum.

Contract Duration: 12 Months (initially and then very much long-term thereafter).

Occupational Health Advisor Job Description:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and forward thinking in House OH team. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team the post holder will contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of an efficient, effective, and high quality OH service.

Applicants will need the full remit of OH skills including case management, health surveillance, fitness for work medicals and travel health awareness. As part of our wellbeing offering we also carry out wellness assessments within our team which will require phlebotomy skills.

The role requires strong communication skills to work collaboratively with HR, Line Managers and our Health & Safety colleagues. The role is mainly site based due to the nature of the work, with some flexibility to occasionally work dynamically from home. The role may require occasional travel to other sites to ensure consistency of service.

The Role:

Hours considered:- Full time / Part time

The applicant must be a NMC Registered general nurse and preferably NMC registered Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner (SCPHN) with qualification (part 3) and possess a broad range of occupational health nursing experience and

Evidence of appropriate training and career progression.

The role will involve:

Delivering a proactive face to face technical function involving, health surveillance, health pre-employment assessments, fitness assessments, lifestyle screening and health & wellbeing campaigns

What's in it for you?

• Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team
• On the job support and development
• Learning about our unique business and meeting employees from across the business

What's great about the team?

We have a great diverse OH team who demonstrate their passion for the profession, their role and the business

• You will be joining a dynamic team who have brought fresh ideas and been responsible for the development of the new occupational health & wellbeing service
• The team strive for excellence and have contributed to the business Rospa Gold and Investors in People Health & Wellbeing awards- being awarded Platinum in 2024 for IIP Wellbeing, Silver for Minds Index

What are we looking for?

• An NMC Registered general Nurse - Essential
• Experienced OH Nursing setting - Essential
• Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner (SCPHN) with qualification (part 3)
• Phlebotomy skills - desirable - willing to have training
• Experienced in Spirometry and audiometry (formally trained- essential)
• ECG skills - desirable - training can be given
• Passionate about health & wellbeing
• A self-starter - to succeed in this role, you need to be proactive, organised and able to multi-task well
• Excellent IT skills and ability to use OH data management system